Can we take a long-ish trip after n-400 filing?

[longtimecoming94 2]

Hi everyone! Can I take a long (5 month) trip to my home country after filing? we will file online, 3 year marriage based, we have had 180 days out of the country in the last 3 years. Does an additional 150 Days impact my citizenship? My husband would keep his US job, I would try to keep mine but they might not allow me to stay remote.

 

My I751 was approved in June this year (7.5 months), SLC, UT office.

 

This is assuming we get a biometric reuse notice. If we don't we would leave after biometrics.

 

We would keep our US house and mortgage (would leave it vacant since it’s our residence), it would just be a long visit not to live. I would of course return as soon as any interview is scheduled, we are happy to book a short notice (day of) flight so that we have time to return with no issue. Has anyone done this or something similar?

My home country is Australia and they have totally messed up their vaccine rollout, they make it really hard to come and go from Australia, with insane quarantine requirements - $6,000 for a couple for the 15 days, flight caps mean flights are nearly 50 thousand dollars AUD (40k usd) for a couple. This makes it really hard to go for less than at minimum a few months.

 

Thank you all for sharing your input!

Edited August 5, 2021 by longtimecoming94

[Mike E 11,723]

@longtimecoming94 

 

You roughly cannot exceed   18 * 30 = 540 days of physical absence  in the USA. 
 

You are planning 330 days of absence 

 

Should  be fine. 

Edited August 5, 2021 by Mike E

[arken 4,197]

I don't see any issues either. 

[retheem 553]

19 hours ago, longtimecoming94 said:

Hi everyone! Can I take a long (5 month) trip to my home country after filing? we will file online, 3 year marriage based, we have had 180 days out of the country in the last 3 years. Does an additional 150 Days impact my citizenship? My husband would keep his US job, I would try to keep mine but they might not allow me to stay remote.

 

My I751 was approved in June this year (7.5 months), SLC, UT office.

 

This is assuming we get a biometric reuse notice. If we don't we would leave after biometrics.

 

We would keep our US house and mortgage (would leave it vacant since it’s our residence), it would just be a long visit not to live. I would of course return as soon as any interview is scheduled, we are happy to book a short notice (day of) flight so that we have time to return with no issue. Has anyone done this or something similar?

My home country is Australia and they have totally messed up their vaccine rollout, they make it really hard to come and go from Australia, with insane quarantine requirements - $6,000 for a couple for the 15 days, flight caps mean flights are nearly 50 thousand dollars AUD (40k usd) for a couple. This makes it really hard to go for less than at minimum a few months.

 

Thank you all for sharing your input!

Why not wait until your citizenship is done then you can travel?

[Mike E 11,723]

1 hour ago, retheem said:

Why not wait until your citizenship is done then you can travel?

After such a long trip, i would suggest waiting 3 months before filing an N-400 to meet the requirement that the N-400 reside continuously for 3 months in the same district of a USCIS field office.  
 

So it is either file now or wait 8 months. Easy choice for me: file now. 

[longtimecoming94 2]

2 hours ago, Mike E said:

After such a long trip, i would suggest waiting 3 months before filing an N-400 to meet the requirement that the N-400 reside continuously for 3 months in the same district of a USCIS field office.  
 

So it is either file now or wait 8 months. Easy choice for me: file now. 

We are filing beforehand We reside in our state and meet those requirements. We won't be breaching continuous residence or the physical presence test.

 

4 hours ago, retheem said:

Why not wait until your citizenship is done then you can travel?

It can take over a year in our state. I am very homesick and miss my family and friends, we travel a lot in general.