N400 Online Application

[C1322 4]

Good day, Visa Journey Community. 

 

I'm in the process of filing the N400 application online, and one of the steps is to provide ones US Travel Records.

 

Given that the I94 is not readily available for LPRs, I submitted an FOIA request to CBP through https://www.securerelease.us/, but I found out that it could take months before someone replies. 

 

What would be my options here? Can I leave that part of the form blank? Can I fill it out to the best of my ability?, or Is there alternative to the above mentioned method to obtain ones I94? 

 

Any information would be greatly appreciated. I just don't want to delay this process any longer. 

 

Thank you, 

 

[Crazy Cat 41,836]

You must list your travel.  There is no requirement to provide official government records.  Wife and I used her passport, our calendars, and airline ticket information to find dates. 

[Dashinka 24,488]

My wife only listed her travel dates (she filed by paper), and took itineraries and boarding passes to the interview.  This question will be asked again at the interview and again at the oath as many people may take trips between those stages.

 

Good Luck!

[NorthByNorthwest 351]

1 hour ago, C1322 said:

I'm in the process of filing the N400 application online, and one of the steps is to provide ones US Travel Records.

 

Given that the I94 is not readily available for LPRs, I submitted an FOIA request to CBP through https://www.securerelease.us/, but I found out that it could take months before someone replies. 

 

What would be my options here? Can I leave that part of the form blank? Can I fill it out to the best of my ability?, or Is there alternative to the above mentioned method to obtain ones I94? 

 

How many trips are we talking about? Keep in mind you only need to list trips taken in the past 5 (or 3) years which for most people applying now includes a sizable gap of no travel during the pandemic.

 

I had close to 100 land border crossings to Canada with very spotty records, I did both a FOIA request on the US side and an ATIP request in Canada for entry/exit records - for land travel to Canada I found the Canadian records to be of better quality.

 

Chances are that at your naturalization interview the officer will have the same info that's in your FOIA request so you don't want to be too far off, definitely don't leave it blank. At the end of the day, the main purpose of these records is to show that you meet the residency requirements, as long as you don't have long absences or come close to the limits the records won't be scrutinized that closely.

 

[C1322 4]

18 hours ago, NorthByNorthwest said:

 

How many trips are we talking about? Keep in mind you only need to list trips taken in the past 5 (or 3) years which for most people applying now includes a sizable gap of no travel during the pandemic.

 

I had close to 100 land border crossings to Canada with very spotty records, I did both a FOIA request on the US side and an ATIP request in Canada for entry/exit records - for land travel to Canada I found the Canadian records to be of better quality.

 

Chances are that at your naturalization interview the officer will have the same info that's in your FOIA request so you don't want to be too far off, definitely don't leave it blank. At the end of the day, the main purpose of these records is to show that you meet the residency requirements, as long as you don't have long absences or come close to the limits the records won't be scrutinized that closely.

 

I would say close to 20 trips. I have copies of the all travel docs from my first trip to date.
 

[NorthByNorthwest 351]

1 hour ago, C1322 said:

I would say close to 20 trips. I have copies of the all travel docs from my first trip to date.
 

 

Then you have no issues, I misunderstood your question. You don't need to provide any documentation for your travel, for the application all you need to provide are the dates you left and came back and countries visited. No evidence is needed, FOIA is only useful if you don't know/remember when you travelled.