Lost old passport

McTavish said:
If USCIS has a list of all our comings and goings why don't they just print the thing out instead of having us make our own list?
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They don't have a 100% complete list of everybody's entries and exits. So they'll look at your passport and N-400 to fill in the gaps and cross-check against their own records.

But you as an individual don't know how much they know or don't know about your travels. So anybody who deliberately doesn't list a trip or falsifies the dates because USCIS doesn't know everything about everybody is setting themselves up for trouble. Even though they don't know 100% about all green card holders, they could know 100% about you. Or nothing. Or anywhere in between. You never know.
 
Hence the need for evidence if required I sense this is becoming forum ping pong.
Maybe it's time to draw a line?
 
IMHO the travel question is nuts anyway.
They could just ask if you stayed out of the country for more than 180 days in any one calendar year since becoming a LPR, if so, did you apply for a reentry permit?

Second, did you travel to a country that is under embargo by the US whilst you were a LPR? If so, did you apply for a permit?

Isn't there a paper reduction act?
 
MartinAub said:
IMHO the travel question is nuts anyway.
They could just ask if you stayed out of the country for more than 180 days in any one calendar year since becoming a LPR, if so, did you apply for a reentry permit?

Second, did you travel to a country that is under embargo by the US whilst you were a LPR? If so, did you apply for a permit?

Isn't there a paper reduction act?
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You could be right! You could be wrong!
I may agree! I may not!

As far as this thread goes we'll never know!

Ping Pong
 
Found old passport!

As a result of all the dicussion on this thread I decided to have a thorough look everywhere for the old passport.

I seached high and low, then went to my storage unit and teared that apart, and low and behold.....the old passport. So I have it if they ask, but as I said in my second post I had already listed from memory my travel dates, there was no attempt to mislead or make a false claim on the N400.

I just never thought they would ask for it, but thats all academic now, I have it just in case.

Thanks to everyone for the informative discussion.
 
The lesson is......

MartinAub said:
barr1025,

so - what is the lesson you would tell everyone else?

Congrats, btw
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Keep everything! And I mean everything, no matter how insignificant you may think it is - KEEP IT!

I am terrible at throwing away papers believing I will never need them again, not anymore.

It is thanks to this site, I had no idea what was involved in applying for Naturalisation - I was just going to fill out the application and wait for my green light - that simple. Now I know what is involved because of this forum, so come May 2009 I should be well prepared in sending off the application.

Good luck to everyone.
 
Actually - and that (probably is) should be part of the GC forum.
As soon as you apply for the GC, get an application for N-400, that way you might know what's hitting you 3, 5 or more years down the road.

When I got my GC, the IO pointed to the N-400 because I was immediately able to apply for citizenship (due to processing time, GC was backdated to day of application due to marriage, plus 2 years waiting period to have the darn restriction removed). I didn't intend to apply back when, but took a form anyway.
 
I have lost my old passport(expired one). I got new one. I had visited US in 1994 and now i am applying for US visiter visa. I am 59 years old. Will there be any problem in the visa interview if i don't have the old passport?
 
pratimadhavale said:
I have lost my old passport(expired one). I got new one. I had visited US in 1994 and now i am applying for US visiter visa. I am 59 years old. Will there be any problem in the visa interview if i don't have the old passport?
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This thread is about the effect of lost passports with respect to applying for US citizenship. You are applying for a tourist visa which is a totally different situation.

Ask in the B-visa section: http://forums.immigration.com/forumdisplay.php?184
 
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