Application online - question about trips outside USA last 5 years

[SierraTenTango 37]

Hello,

 

Please help! I am filing online and they ask me about trips outside USA last 5 years.

 

Well, I am filing at 3 years (since I am married to the same person US citizen) and I have an issue because... I LIVED outside of the USA till 12/20/2018.

 

Initially I added the dates

Poland

08/15/2017 - 12/20/2018 (491 days)

 

So it shows I was outside USA for over a year within last 5 years... Can this somehow trigger some sort of automatic response and find me being not eligible? 

 

Should I just leave this information out then?

 

I appreciate all responses.

 

Thank you guys for all the work and time spend aiding immigrants.

 

[JeanneAdil 6,505]

They are asking if you left the US after coming in 12/2018

not prior to your visa entry

what is the actual date on the green card ?  

[SierraTenTango 37]

19 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

They are asking if you left the US after coming in 12/2018

not prior to your visa entry

what is the actual date on the green card ?  

Entry to USA on green card is 12/20/2018

[JeanneAdil 6,505]

35 minutes ago, SierraTenTango said:

Entry to USA on green card is 12/20/2018

then u file under 3 year rule of being in US (going to assume same county for last 3 months) and married 3 years to USC

use N400 and file using the 

u only have to count the time outside US after the POE date 

 

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/uscis-early-filing-calculator

 

 

[SierraTenTango 37]

2 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

then u file under 3 year rule of being in US (going to assume same county for last 3 months) and married 3 years to USC

use N400 and file using the 

u only have to count the time outside US after the POE date 

 

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/uscis-early-filing-calculator

 

 

Just a few more days till full 3 years but I am within 90 day period. I will just leave out the part about my move. Thanks.

[JeanneAdil 6,505]

1 hour ago, SierraTenTango said:

Just a few more days till full 3 years but I am within 90 day period. I will just leave out the part about my move. Thanks.

no

if your green card is dated 12/20/2018,  you could have applied in September 

90 days before the POE date 

Edited December 14, 2021 by JeanneAdil

[Rocio0010 5,579]

1 minute ago, JeanneAdil said:

2018

Shouldnt it be 2021?

[Rocio0010 5,579]

2 hours ago, SierraTenTango said:

Hello,

 

Please help! I am filing online and they ask me about trips outside USA last 5 years.

 

Well, I am filing at 3 years (since I am married to the same person US citizen) and I have an issue because... I LIVED outside of the USA till 12/20/2018.

 

Initially I added the dates

Poland

08/15/2017 - 12/20/2018 (491 days)

 

So it shows I was outside USA for over a year within last 5 years... Can this somehow trigger some sort of automatic response and find me being not eligible? 

 

Should I just leave this information out then?

 

I appreciate all responses.

 

Thank you guys for all the work and time spend aiding immigrants.

 

Please update your profile so we know what exactly you're applying for, and can give you better answers.

[JeanneAdil 6,505]

1 minute ago, ra0010 said:

Shouldnt it be 2021?

It is the online calculator does not seem to respond correctly

it should be September 2021

[Rocio0010 5,579]

Just now, JeanneAdil said:

It is the online calculator does not seem to respond correctly

it should be September 2021

That's ok. I was just confused.

[iwannaplay54 985]

4 hours ago, SierraTenTango said:

Hello,

 

Please help! I am filing online and they ask me about trips outside USA last 5 years.

 

Well, I am filing at 3 years (since I am married to the same person US citizen) and I have an issue because... I LIVED outside of the USA till 12/20/2018.

 

Initially I added the dates

Poland

08/15/2017 - 12/20/2018 (491 days)

 

So it shows I was outside USA for over a year within last 5 years... Can this somehow trigger some sort of automatic response and find me being not eligible? 

 

Should I just leave this information out then?

 

I appreciate all responses.

 

Thank you guys for all the work and time spend aiding immigrants.

 

Ok we lived outside the states from 2014-2018, returned March, 2018, and filed March, 2021

GC issued 2012, we left 2014, returned 2018

 

Yours is exactly what our application looked like and we filled in all 5 years, the first two of which showed absent.

 

Nita swore her oath and got her certificate this morning.  There were no issues with this either at the interview or oath ceremony.

 

LOL we ALSO waited three full years to file 😂.  Just as nervous as you are.

 

Edited December 14, 2021 by iwannaplay54