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Calculating dates on N400 application
- Thread starter fams
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phillydude411
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Well technically, untill the airplane hits international ground, your still on US soil or the originating country.
I dont have a record -what do I do ?
You don't have a record of the India entry stamp in your India passport?
You're not expected to show exit records at the interview. Don't over complicate things..just subtract 1 day from the India entry stamp in your passport to determine when you left US.
spiderman03
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That is normal to do it that way. Roughly figuring out the travel time plus the time difference will give us an idea when we exited USA port
Since I have only entry stamps in India and not exit stamps from the US, I have put in the "Date you left US" as one day before the entry stamp in India. I dont have any other record. Am I safe in doing so?
It need not be one day. Some times it may be two days.
If you reach India before 12am, it would be one day (difference).
If you reach after 12am, it would be two days.
Al Southner
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Ok guys...
Guys,
Let us not be technical about this simple issue. Flying from NY to Tokyo shouldn't be complicated. The OP should just put in a day later than the day his or her passport was stamped with entry stamp in India.
If you are flying from NY to Narita, JP on 9/1/09 at 11:59pm, what date are you going to put them on your application? The plane took off at 12:15am, but didn't leave the US airsapce till 4 hours later? You arrived in Japan at 1:05am on 9/3/09.
Guys,
Let us not be technical about this simple issue. Flying from NY to Tokyo shouldn't be complicated. The OP should just put in a day later than the day his or her passport was stamped with entry stamp in India.
If you are flying from NY to Narita, JP on 9/1/09 at 11:59pm, what date are you going to put them on your application? The plane took off at 12:15am, but didn't leave the US airsapce till 4 hours later? You arrived in Japan at 1:05am on 9/3/09.
Point here is, if one can find out the date he left US, then why not show that date? Here OP knows when he landed in India, so he can find out the date he left US and add it to the "Date Left US" column. There are no complications..
If one doesn't remember the exact date and no other way to find out then guessing may help but here - there is a way to know the date he left the US and it is simple.
If one doesn't remember the exact date and no other way to find out then guessing may help but here - there is a way to know the date he left the US and it is simple.
cpzinga- The point here is : How do I find out my exact date of departure since I dont have the tickets etc -my only clue is the ENTRY STAMP IN INDIA . What Al Southner says is close to what I'm thinking
fams, Can't you find out the departure date using the ENTRY STAMP in India?
That's how everybody find out their departure date in US.
Unless you have any long stays on the way to India (in europe or other countries), it is straight forward calculation.
BostonCool
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nothing to worry with dates
the idea of asking dates is to calculate total number of days spent outside US
so padding extra days doesn't cost you much at all
the idea of asking dates is to calculate total number of days spent outside US
so padding extra days doesn't cost you much at all