5 year travel history for a 3 year marriage based app ?

[asls 29]

I started my application online about two weeks before my window open (just because it's a lot to go through and i want to make sure i get everything right). However, the online application is asking for 5 years of travel history:

Shouldn't this be 3 years of travel history and will it change once my window to apply opens ?

It's the same for work history, should this be 3 years ?

 

Also, will these questions change once my window opens to apply under the 3 year rule ?

 

I selected this option:

I am at least 18 years of age and have been a lawful permanent resident of the United States for at least 3 years. In addition, I have been married to and living with a U.S. citizen spouse for the last 3 years, and my spouse has been a U.S. citizen for the last 3 years at the time I filed my Form N-400.

Edited November 4, 2019 by asls

[ton_guc 2]

I'm guessing the "normal" eligibility to apply for naturalization is 5 years of residence. The 3 year eligibility due to being married to a US citizen is a special case. The form will not change once your window opens, it will always ask for 5 years of history. Why don't you just put in 5 years worth of information on residence and employment? If you don't have 5 years of history, it is what it is, you cannot change the past. Put whatever you have in. 

 

Also, based on a previous case I've read, I recommend sending in your application maybe a day or two after your window opens. One forum user had a serious problem that was solved in very difficult ways. They sent their application at 3 am local time, after the last day of 3 years of marriage. At 3 am, the servers that run on different time zones were not updated, so his application was denied for being sent before the 3 years have ended. Just be safe and wait a few days, it won't change much. 

 

Best luck.

[asls 29]

8 hours ago, ton_guc said:

I'm guessing the "normal" eligibility to apply for naturalization is 5 years of residence. The 3 year eligibility due to being married to a US citizen is a special case. The form will not change once your window opens, it will always ask for 5 years of history. Why don't you just put in 5 years worth of information on residence and employment? If you don't have 5 years of history, it is what it is, you cannot change the past. Put whatever you have in. 

 

Also, based on a previous case I've read, I recommend sending in your application maybe a day or two after your window opens. One forum user had a serious problem that was solved in very difficult ways. They sent their application at 3 am local time, after the last day of 3 years of marriage. At 3 am, the servers that run on different time zones were not updated, so his application was denied for being sent before the 3 years have ended. Just be safe and wait a few days, it won't change much. 

 

Best luck.

Problem is if i put 5 years of residency / travel i will.be outside of the us for more than 2 years.

[bec128 44]

My wife just applied under the 3 year rule, and it still asked for 5 years of travel history, residence, and employment.

 

But, we only included 3 years of travel history, since it's pretty clear that the question is primarily to establish your eligibility for citizenship by having a certain number of days in the US since you became an LPR.

 

The residence and employment questions are for background check purposes, though, so you will need to provide 5 years of history for both of those.