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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Thailand
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I would like to take my wife on a 7 day cruise in the Caribbean for our wedding anniversary. We are planning on having her N-400 mailed out on July 1st which is our 3 year wedding anniversary and 79 days early. The entire thing is filled out and all the copies and documents are in the package waiting to be mailed.

I am not sure I understand whether this will have an effect on her application.

Since she arrived here in May 2006 we have traveled out of the country as follows:

12/12/2006-1/4/2007 = 22 days

7/1/07-7/2/07= 2 days

12/4/07-1/14/08 = 22 days

11/3/08-12/31/08 = 59 days

The total is 105 days.

Are there any rules about not being able to travel after your package is submitted? Is there anything else I should be thinking about or concerned about.

Thanks

Mike

K1 1/18/06 Fedex VSC

1/20/06 Package delivered to VSC (Day 1)

1/24/06 Check was cashed

1/24/06 NOA1 (Day 4)

2/2/06 NOA2 Approved (Day 13)

2/7/06 Case number assigned at NVC (Day 18)

2/16/06 Received Medical, requested Police record, paid Visa fee at post office

2/20/06 Mailed in her Checklist and DS-230 P1-Never received her Packet 3 (Day 31)

3/06/06 Received Packet 4 in the mail (Day 45)

3/07/06 Mailed in 2 photos and copy of passport photo page

4/24/06 Interview BNK Embassy (Day 94)

4/25/06 Received K1 Visa

5/09/06 Entered the USA at POE Chicago

5/19/06 Applied for SS#

6/21/06 Received SS#

7/01/06 Our Wedding Day

7/07/06 Changed name on SS Card

7/19/06 US Civil Surgeon Supplement $43.00

AOS 7/26/06 Mailed out the AOS to Chicago Lockbox (AOS day 0)

8/10/06 Received 3 Notice of Actions AOS, EAD, AP (Day 15)

8/19/06 Received RFE for financials...I already gave them everything! ??????

8/21/06 Biometrics in Manchester NH 11:00 AM (Day 26)

8/24/06 Mailed RFE financials again (Day 29)

9/07/06 Transfered to CSC (Day 43)

9/22/06 Received Welcome Notice email (Day 58)

9/28/06 Received "Approved" email

9/30/06 Received Green Card in Mail (Day 64)

I-751 06/20/08 Mailed out

06/25/08 NOA Received

01/26/09 Biometrics appointment

02/12/09 Transfered from VSC to CSC

04/05/09 Approval

06/30/09 Mailed N-400 to Texas

07/06/09 NOA

07/29/09 Biometric Appt

08/13/09 IL Reeived

09/21/09 Passed

10/16/09 Oath and Passport Application

?Notify S.S. of Citizenship

?Passport Received

Posted
you can travel with an N-400 pending... you will update your new "out days" at the interview.

In your situation, a 7 day cruise will have no effect

"Unless it's one of those 3 hour cruises I have heard about...."

My Advice is usually based on "Worst Case Scenario" and what is written in the rules/laws/instructions. That is the way I roll... -Protect your Status - file before your I-94 expires.

WARNING: Phrases in this post may sound meaner than they were intended to be. Read the Adjudicator's Field Manual from USCIS

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Thailand
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Posted
you can travel with an N-400 pending... you will update your new "out days" at the interview.

In your situation, a 7 day cruise will have no effect

"Unless it's one of those 3 hour cruises I have heard about...."

:lol:

Service Center : Vermont Service Center

Consulate : Bangkok, Thailand

Marriage : 2006-11-08

I-130 Sent : 2008-02-22

I-130 NOA1 : 2008-03-10

I-129F Sent : 2008-04-08

I-129F NOA1 : 2008-04-14

I-129F touched: 2008-05-06

I-130 touched: 2008-05-09

I-129F approved 2008-09-05

I-130 approved 2008-09-05

NVC received 2008-09-12

Pay I-864 2008-10-08

Pay IV bill 2008-10-08

Receive Instruction 2008-11-05

Case Complete 2008-11-18

Medical 2009-01-19/20 passed

Receive Pkt 4 2009-01-30

Interview 221g 2009-02-23

Second interview 2009-03-02 Approved

POE DFW 2009-03-07

Received SS card 2009-03-17

Received GC 2009-04-01

Done for 3 years or 10 years. Haven't decided yet.

(I'm going for the IR-1 and blowing off the K-3. Even if it takes an extra couple months, it's worth it to not have to deal with USCIS again)

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Note:

Please fill out I-130, wait 6 months for approval, then 3 more months for an interview. (Unless of course we've bombed your country into the stone age, then you qualify for expedited processing.)

Welcome to the USA!!!

 
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