Number of days spent outside US, HELP!!

[Sharobaro 0]

So am just going through form N-400 and one thing that is stressing me out is the question about days spent outside US. Am married to US citizen and the requirement is to have stayed at least half of the 3 years since I got my permanent resident. So here is the question, I traveled for 3 weeks before I got my PR, the application process was still going on and I got the travel authorization. Do I have to count these days too or not? Because when I traveled, I wasn't a PR yet. Anyone who knows this, please let me know. Thanks guys.

[Cheezees 1,514]

So am just going through form N-400 and one thing that is stressing me out is the question about days spent outside US. Am married to US citizen and the requirement is to have stayed at least half of the 3 years since I got my permanent resident. So here is the question, I traveled for 3 weeks before I got my PR, the application process was still going on and I got the travel authorization. Do I have to count these days too or not? Yes. Because when I traveled, I wasn't a PR yet. Anyone who knows this, please let me know. Thanks guys.

[JimmyHou 610]

1- Just to make sure we're all on the same page, there's a resident since date on your green card. That's the day you became a resident.

2- The N400 doesn't ask for trips since you became a resident; it asks for trips in the last 5 years. If you take the question at face value, list all trips up to 5 years before the day you filled out your application.

3- Others choose to apply some common sense to the question; since you are applying based on marriage, you may choose to list trips in the last three years only.

Technically, according to the law, what will be reviewed at the interview is your trips in the 3 years predating the date you filed (not the interview date, although some interviewers have messed this up). So if you took a trip a month before you got your green card and you file your N400 90 days early, you have to list that trip. But if you apply on or after your green card anniversary, the trip will be more than 3 years old and you don't have to list it. Basically count back 3 years from the date of the application and list all trips.

4- Unless you're very close to the limit, stop worrying about this and just list it. If you are very close, then wait until you safely have the correct number of days before applying.