Old Immigration paperwork after citizenship

[Fin]

I was cleaning stuff out couple of weeks ago during Christmas and found lots of old immigration paperwork - all the way back to my asylum application. Its probably close to a thousand pages (wild guess). I dont have a commercial feeder scanner so scanning this one by one is not practical. Can anyone think of any practical reasons to keep all this paperwork? I was thinking of getting rid of it all. For context, its been almost 5 years since my citizenship.

 

[cafeconleche]

Hmm, I'm always nervous about throwing away official documents without at least scanning them. But, I think most people do, and are completely fine. Your choice. Make sure you shred the important stuff, though. Or, burn it.

 

[controlsauce]

I was cleaning stuff out couple of weeks ago during Christmas and found lots of old immigration paperwork - all the way back to my asylum application. Its probably close to a thousand pages (wild guess) european boy names. I dont have a commercial feeder scanner so scanning this one by one is not practical. Can anyone think of any practical reasons to keep all this paperwork? I was thinking of getting rid of it all. For context, its been almost 5 years since my citizenship.

Since you’ve already obtained citizenship and it’s been almost 5 years, most of the paperwork is likely unnecessary. However, you might want to keep key documents for proof of your immigration history in case of future legal or tax situations. If the paperwork isn’t crucial, scanning and storing important documents digitally would be a practical option before discarding the rest.