Need help for date left USA - N400

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pat1

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I am struggling with In Part7 of N400 (Date you left the United States).
I will appreciate if any one can assist me.
I have visited 7 times to India and I have my arrival time stamp on my passport.Now I do not remember when exactly I left US for those trips.How can I figure out that (is it -2 or -1).Very confusing to me.
I do not have any travel records other than my passport.
Can any body please help me.

Thanks
 
When going to India, it is usually -1 (if flight reaches India before midnight ) This is how it is atleast from East Coast

One place to check is your frequent flier card. That may show the flights you took along with dates when flight left.
 
Just use -1. Any partial days in the US count as days in the US. So, even if you actually left -2, that -2 day is considered a full day in the US. So, the only day you were out would be the -1 day. If you actually left -1, well then you're fine. If you actually left -2 and are listing -1, then you should still be fine as long as you count all -1 days as being out.

Hope that helps. I doubt they have a record of your departures that's easily accessible. Even if they do, they're not going to deny your app because you were off by a day, especially since the US doesn't stamp passports on exit.
 
I cent percent agree with N400Atl. If you don't have the departure record, the best way to look for it is either see an arrival stamp on your passport and subtract a day or two (make a dummy booking from the airline website and figure it out) or refer back to your frequent flier mileage card. That will give you the exact dates and times of travel.
 
Use the same dates that you landed in India.It is a 24 hr flt.Unless you flew via timbukto;).You get stamp both ways going in as well leaving!
 
It is usually the same day (as the departure stamp) flying back from India but arrival stamp date - 2 when flying to India (you leave the US in the late evening and arrive about a day later which is already the following morning in India). This is of course from the East Coast flying over Europe. Dunno how it works when flying from the West Coast over Asia.

-KM
 
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Pat1,
If you cannot recall the exact dates, put down your best guesses and make a note of it at the interview. An honest "I cannot remember" answer is perfectly acceptable by USCIS.
 
Thank you all for your suggesstion.
But I am thinking to put arrival date -2 as departure from US to be on safe side.Will that pose any problem.
 
Whatever you put, you need to be comfortable that it is truthful. We made a note that our dates where within a day or two of being accurate for the previous 5 years, but were *much* less accurate for the period before that.

If you are not near the boundaries of the continuous residence and physical presence rules, it should not be an issue. Being truthful is more important than being precise.
 
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