Total time outstide the United States when applying for Citizenship

[fqadri 8]

I'm trying to help my Aunt and her family to apply for citizenship. They first came in 2008 and have made 4-5 trips back home. I was helping filling out the new N-400 application. They have stayed about 600 days out of the 5 years and none of the trip have exceeded the 6 month limit. My questions are:

1. Do they still qualify to apply?

1a If yes, would they have issues during this process?

1b if No, How long more do they have to wait.

2. I'm helping them fill out the application do I need to fill in that information on the application? I'm not a lawyer.

Thanks in advance for all your help.

[DC85 113]

1- yes they can apply, no they won't have issue

2-yes, it's not a big deal

[Dave&Roza 748]

I'm trying to help my Aunt and her family to apply for citizenship. They first came in 2008 and have made 4-5 trips back home. I was helping filling out the new N-400 application. They have stayed about 600 days out of the 5 years and none of the trip have exceeded the 6 month limit. My questions are:

1. Do they still qualify to apply?

1a If yes, would they have issues during this process?

1b if No, How long more do they have to wait.

2. I'm helping them fill out the application do I need to fill in that information on the application? I'm not a lawyer.

Thanks in advance for all your help.

For a period of 5 years, that equals 1825 days. You need to be in the US greater than out of the US so that means 912 days out and 913 days in for exactly half. You need to include all trips outside the US of 24 hours or more for the last 5 years on the N-400 form.

Good luck,

Dave

[fqadri 8]

Thanks of the quick responses.

Great they qualify. I found a very easy tool for date to date calculator. http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html

[Terry J 50]

Your aunt qualifies so no need to worry

You will list the travel info for each trip in Part 7 of the form.

Just for perspective, when my husband was applying for US citizenship due to his work, in the 5 years he had traveled 48 trips for a combined total of 694 days.

It took us a couple of hours to locate the travel dates for each trip.

He had to bring all his expired passports and the current one and they took one day to review the travels. A couple of days later we received the e-mail that he was being scheduled for the oath ceremony.

Edited February 11, 2014 by Terry J

[fqadri 8]

Thank you all for your prompt responses.