Travel abroad after the interview but before the Oath ceremony, and forgot to indicate it - help!

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AnastIvan

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Here's the situation. I travel a lot for my job, both domestically and internationally. All the trips were indicated correctly in N400. When the final form for the Oath ceremony was filled, I somehow forgot to indicate one short trip that did happed after the interview, and put an answer "no". Now, my total number of days outside of the US within that last 5 years in not high at all, there were just a lot of short trips, so these couple extra days don't change my eligibility at all. It's just that I (unintentionally!) lied about the fact of the trip.

Note: I did get my naturalization certificate and about to apply for the US passport.

What should I do in this situation?
Please help me get a peace of mind!
Thx
 
If it was just an error and did not materially change your eligibility to Naturalize, you can simply ignore the error and go ahead with your passport application.
 
You should have disclosed it, but at this point it doesn't make sense to do anything about it. If they found out about it before your oath and you didn't tell them, that could have caused a delay or denial, but now that you're a citizen the burden of proof will be on them to show in court that you withheld material information. If all you left out was a 2- or 3-day trip, and the trip wasn't to a country that would invite suspicion like Cuba or Iran (or your country of persecution, if you're an asylee or refugee), they won't have a chance against you in court so they won't waste their time trying.
 
Same

I'm wondering, if I send a letter to USCIS and explain the situation (for the "peace of mind"), what happens? Does anybody know if USCIS has any procedure, so the discovered mistakes could be reported?

Thank you for your input!
 
AnastIvan said:
I'm wondering, if I send a letter to USCIS and explain the situation (for the "peace of mind"), what happens? Does anybody know if USCIS has any procedure, so the discovered mistakes could be reported?
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Most likely they will ignore your letter. But in the unlikely event that they choose to do anything about it, they would attempt to revoke your citizenship. So you have nothing to gain by trying to report this to them now.

Is there any reason for you to believe the trip could be material information ... for example, did you go to Cuba or Iran or Yemen, or the same country you fled years ago as a refugee/asylee? If not, forget about it and move on with your life.
 
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Jackolantern said:
Most likely they will ignore your letter. But in the unlikely event that they choose to do anything about it, they would attempt to revoke your citizenship. So you have nothing to gain by trying to report this to them now.

Is there any reason for you to believe the trip could be material information ... for example, did you go to Cuba or Iran or Yemen, or the same country you fled years ago as a refugee/asylee? If not, forget about it and move on with your life.
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If it was one of those countries it would be insane to go in between interview and the oath... It was just Canada, and it is the question of misrepresentation of facts, and not illegal action(trip) in any way.
Thx
 
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