happyface, thank you i will do that..do you think if god willing i apply for citizenship later in life they will ask for this gap as in where i stayed or why i didn't report? im asking coz i know they have all the little details about us coz my brother was asked about a police case even when it was expunged..in his citizenship interview..i know im a little bit over concerned about these things but thats the way i  am ...