Travelling outside the U.S between the interview and the oath date

[ndp125]

Hello all,

I passed the interview yesterday. Now the oath date is April 26 2011. I had plans of going outside the U.S however on the oath letter there is a question asking whether I travelled outside of U.S.

So my question is can we travel outside the U.S during this period (interview passed - oath date) ?

Let's say I was out for 20- 30 days would those days be subtracted from the total no. of days in the U.S

 

[baikal3]

Hello all,

I passed the interview yesterday. Now the oath date is April 26 2011. I had plans of going outside the U.S however on the oath letter there is a question asking whether I travelled outside of U.S.

So my question is can we travel outside the U.S during this period (interview passed - oath date) ?

Let's say I was out for 20- 30 days would those days be subtracted from the total no. of days in the U.S

The physical presence requirement, where the total number of days in the U.S. is relevant, only has to be satisfied at the time of filing N-400, so any travel after the interview does not affect it and in that sense nothing will "get subtracted" from the total number of days in the U.S.

However, the continuous residency requirement must be satisfied up to the moment of taking the oath.
If the trip you are planning to take is strictly temporary in nature (e.g. vacation, visiting relatives, etc), it should be OK. But if the trip is for some non-temporary purpose (e.g. to take on a job abroad, buy a house abroad, etc), it could cause a problem.

 

[memo]

I took a trip after my interview and before my oath. I answered YES on back of the oath ceremony invitation form and brought some documents (ticket, photocopy of stamped paged in passport, boarding passes,etc). I told the guy who was collecting the forms and green cards and he said it is fine without checking the documents and only took the form and GC.

 

[sanjoseaug20]

I took a trip after my interview and before my oath. I answered YES on back of the oath ceremony invitation form and brought some documents (ticket, photocopy of stamped paged in passport, boarding passes,etc). I told the guy who was collecting the forms and green cards and he said it is fine without checking the documents and only took the form and GC.

Same (or similar) here. I was asked the follow up question - "how long" and when I said 3 weeks, he wrote 3W on the form and waived me in. For me the physical presence / continuous residence questions could not have arisen as I had about 100 days absence from US, so even if they checked it would not have mattered.