Traveling while waiting N400 submitted

[mike42979 57]

Me and my wife would like to go to Spain next May but just filed the N400 paperwork in June, my understanding is the process will take about a year but does that mean I shouldnt travel? I wouldnt want to be on vacation during the time they tell us she needs to have her interview or for them to schedule the interview in our vacation window. How have some of you handled similar scenarios?

[VNN 147]

2 minutes ago, mike42979 said:

Me and my wife would like to go to Spain next May but just filed the N400 paperwork in June, my understanding is the process will take about a year but does that mean I shouldnt travel? I wouldnt want to be on vacation during the time they tell us she needs to have her interview or for them to schedule the interview in our vacation window. How have some of you handled similar scenarios?

• It does not mean you should not travel but sometimes you must arrange it in the way that it lessens your stress  
• You could request o re-schedule the interview but doing it normally will cause months of delay and reason must be appealing one(s)
• It is not advised that the petitioner is doing international while N-400 is pending 

My recommendation: It can be done before May  if not, postpone the travel until she gets her USC.  

 

Hope there are some real cases from other posters, I filed my N-400 while I was hoping to get some government jobs long long ago so I did not dare to go outside of US.

[TBoneTX 46,067]

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[DanAl 11]

21 hours ago, mike42979 said:

Me and my wife would like to go to Spain next May but just filed the N400 paperwork in June, my understanding is the process will take about a year but does that mean I shouldnt travel? I wouldnt want to be on vacation during the time they tell us she needs to have her interview or for them to schedule the interview in our vacation window. How have some of you handled similar scenarios?

Obviously it depends on the wait time at your local office, and how long you will be in Spain. 

There is no bar for her to travel outside of the country as long as it wouldn't put her beyond the allowed days outside of the country in the last 3 years (or 5, depending on basis for her application), and as long as she has a valid GC to come back in. 

 

I had to go on 3 international trip after I applied and before my interview and it wasn't a problem at all. 

 

As far as timing - of course there is no way to predict, but if you are going to a short time, chances are the dates won't fall on the exact time of the interview. Usually there is about 1 month between getting the interview notice and actual interview date, so it could leave you time to reschedule/cancel if needed (travel insurance might be a good idea - a policy that covers situations like that). 

 

Good luck

[cheena 6]

Yeah , I had 2 International Trips and it was all good durning the interview , no big deal