N-400 Part 11 question 39-40 help.

[nunette 1]

So i'm applying for my US Citizenship and i'm stuck in Part 11 questions 39-40.

for question 38: are you currently a member of the US armed forces? answerd NO

but question 39. if you are currently a member of the US armed forces are you scheduled to deploy overseas,including to a vessel within the next 3 months? answered no

question 40: if you are currently a member of the US armed forces are you currently stationed overseas? answered no

so my question is for questions 39 & 40 i should answer NO and not leave it blank correct?

If someone can help me, that will be great.

[AnotherLostSoul 167]

just answer no

[ustrack 3]

for question 39 and 40 just answer N/A (this means not applicable) you are not in the armed forces so those questions are not applicable to you sou just put in (N/A)

[nunette 1]

ustrack the only options are yes or no, there is no N/A. i have to answers these questions or else my application will get rejected, that what customer service from uscis said

[AnotherLostSoul 167]

just answer no (you have yes/no options only). If they are deeply interested, they'll ask over the interview and you can then answer to a 5 hour length if you wish to

[Buckyball 22]

Not so hard to understand, right? A NO in 38 makes all subsequent questions automatically a NO.

[cweiss 0]

Well, it *IS* hard to understand (not just hard to understand but impossible to answer) because neither "Yes" nor "No" are applicable if you are not currently a member of the U.S. Armed Forces. The pdf form does not provide N/A for these questions. The pdf form prevents applicants from answering certain questions depending on the answers to previous questions. For example; in part 11 question 46, if you answer No to 46 a then you cannot enter an answer in 46 b. According to the same logic, if you answer No to 38 then you should not be able to make any answer to 39 or 40. In this case the instruction say to answer "N/A" but that is not an available check box.

However, lacking better guidance and with only the ability to *guess* what IO expects to see, my completely blind recommendation is to answer "No" if 37 is "No".

[dioxide45 25]

If I recall correctly, I just left them blank. No issues. The IO will go over all the questions again anyway at the interview. Answering No or leaving blank won't cause them to reject your application.

They really need to make these questions gray out if you answer No to 38 just like they do in other areas of the form. I believe there are other questions where this issue comes up.

Edited January 3, 2015 by dioxide45