Old passports crucial for naturalization interview?

[N and S 29]

Dear VJers,

 

We have our naturalization interview scheduled at Mount Laurel field office next week. We were assembling our package and seems to have lost N's old passports somewhere. How crucial are having the old passports for the naturalization interview? We have photocopies of the biometric pages of the old passports. 

 

Thanks in advance for any inputs. 

 

[xyz12345 260]

Usually the old passports are used to verify dates of international trips. If N is nowhere close to breaking the continuous residence requirement, then I wouldn't worry too much about it.  imo Just tell the IO that they are lost when asked. If you're still worried, do you have old boarding passes etc?

 

The IO did ask for all my passports but after my placing all (7) of them on his desk, he just looked at the pile and then told me that I can put them away.

[N and S 29]

11 hours ago, xyz12345 said:

Usually the old passports are used to verify dates of international trips. If N is nowhere close to breaking the continuous residence requirement, then I wouldn't worry too much about it.  imo Just tell the IO that they are lost when asked. If you're still worried, do you have old boarding passes etc?

 

The IO did ask for all my passports but after my placing all (7) of them on his desk, he just looked at the pile and then told me that I can put them away.

Thank you xyz12345. We are ok in regards to continuous residence requirement. Your inputs helped us to have a bit of peace of mind.

[Hamidparis 29]

The CO didn't check my passport at the interview he simply logged in to the CBD website to check all the dates for my previous trips abroad. 

[N and S 29]

19 hours ago, Hamidparis said:

The CO didn't check my passport at the interview he simply logged in to the CBD website to check all the dates for my previous trips abroad. 

Thank you for sharing your experience, Hamidparis.