I am getting ready to file my N400. In the form, there is a section where I need to list my current address and all my previous addresses I have lived in for the past 5 years. But I don't remember the exact dates I moved (I moved twice in the past 5 years). Can I just put down the month and year without a date? Will that be a problem? Anyone has done this without a date?
N400 question on residence
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Month and Year will be fine.
I believe the form specifically asks for month/year.
Another question on days outside USA. I plan to file 3 months before my 5th anniversary of getting GC. My GC issue date is Nov. 2004 and I am eligible to file N400 in Aug. 2009. I went back to my home country in Oct. 2004 which was one month before I got my GC. On the N400 form, do I need to list this trip? I am not clear whether it is asking all trips outside of USA after I got my GC or during the past 5 years. Since I am filing 3 months early, my trip in Oct. 2004 falls into the "past 5 year" category. Please advise. Thanks!
googlemethis
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Thanks for posting this question. I was curious to know how others answered this part in the N400 as well.
The safest way to interpret the "past 5-years" instruction is to consider the 5-year period immediately preceding when you are actually filing the application. The N-400 instructions do not say anything about how you should regard the permissible filing period 90-days in advance of your 5-year LPR anniversary. It asks simply to list what travel you had in the previous 5 years. So counting back from the day you intend to submit the application, include those trips that you took.
You can always clarify this response during your interview. Among the things they want to check with this question is that you did not break continuous U.S. residency by staying abroad for too long.
Jackolantern
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Travel before GC approval is not to be included.
Thanks for all the replies!
I found the following statement under Part 7 (C) on N-400 form:
List below all trips of 24 hours or more that you have taken outside of the United States since becoming a lawful permanent resident.
But questions (A) and (B) under Part 7 merely say "during the past 5 years" without mentioning "since becoming a lawful permanent resident". This is really confusing! But to make all three answers consistent, it seems to make sense to count days after becoming a LPR.
I found the following statement under Part 7 (C) on N-400 form:
List below all trips of 24 hours or more that you have taken outside of the United States since becoming a lawful permanent resident.
But questions (A) and (B) under Part 7 merely say "during the past 5 years" without mentioning "since becoming a lawful permanent resident". This is really confusing! But to make all three answers consistent, it seems to make sense to count days after becoming a LPR.
This set of instructions would suggest that the form anticipates that you would only file for the N-400 after 5 years of permanent residence. But it also appears to ignore people who can file after 3 years of permanent residence based on marriage, and it does not seem to address people who are filing in the 90-day period before they complete their required residency period.
Typical!
Perhaps as you suggest, it is just safest to list those trips you have made since becoming a permanent resident because presumably the point of the question is to assess whether you have broken the "continuous residence" requirement for naturalization.
I have same issue in my resident address and employment history.
I moved many times and changes a couple jobs. I can't remember the date. But the electonic N 400 form, you have to pick a date, correct?
Do I need list my short time employment even for 2 weeks?
thanks,
I moved many times and changes a couple jobs. I can't remember the date. But the electonic N 400 form, you have to pick a date, correct?
Do I need list my short time employment even for 2 weeks?
thanks,
I am not sure there is an electronic version of the form N-400. There is a "fillable form" Adobe PDF which just allows you to enter characters into various fields and there do not appear to be hard-fill date fields. I know I entered just month and year for employment, residence, and foreign travel.
I don't think it is necessary to enter a job that lasted only 2 weeks, but if you received a W-2 from the employer or some kind of payment, you may want to enter it. I am sure just entering month and year for that job will be acceptable.
You are right, that is the PDF fillable form N400. But the date part, you have to use the calendar things, to pick a date, correct? How to just fill month and year? I am trying to fill the form now.
Yes, my 2 week job does have a w-2, I think I have to enter that.
Thanks
I would just enter the first of the month and the end of the month and then explain to the IO during the interview that you don't have the exact dates. It is not a big deal.
The other choice you have is to not fill out the dates using the fillable form for those questions. Then you can print it out and just fill in those fields by pen with just month and year.