Travel after/before N-400 interview?

[EatBulaga 419]

I'm asking for someone not on VJ.

 

If an interview is scheduled, can one travel outside of the country before the scheduled interview and return for the interview using the GC and 48-month extension letter? Or will the interview be re-scheduled?

 

If an interview is scheduled, can one travel outside of the country after the interview but before the oath if the GC is taken back? Or after the oath before the US passport?

 

Thanks in advance.

Edited yesterday at 08:15 AM by EatBulaga

[Dashinka 24,959]

Yes, this is possible, my wife did it.  The applicant will need to update their international travels since the N400 was submitted at the interview (they will also be asked to do this again at the oath ceremony).

[JeanneAdil 6,722]

you will surrender green card at oath and if u do not have US passport yet, i would make photo copy of green card before surrender to take with the extension letter

 

Best thing to  do is wait for US passport to travel 

 

[Dashinka 24,959]

If the IO takes the GC at the interview ( they should not), demand an ADIT stamp.

[EatBulaga 419]

7 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

you will surrender green card at oath and if u do not have US passport yet, i would make photo copy of green card before surrender to take with the extension letter

 

Best thing to  do is wait for US passport to travel 

 

The extension letter is nothing without the green card?

So in other words, can not travel after green card is surrendered and before the US passport issued?

[EatBulaga 419]

7 hours ago, Dashinka said:

If the IO takes the GC at the interview ( they should not), demand an ADIT stamp.

Good idea!

ADIT can buy some time till oath and US passport.

[ineedadisplayname 505]

19 hours ago, EatBulaga said:

I'm asking for someone not on VJ.

 

If an interview is scheduled, can one travel outside of the country before the scheduled interview and return for the interview using the GC and 48-month extension letter? Or will the interview be re-scheduled?

Yes as long as they don't break the continuous residency requirement. 

 

Highly advise not to miss the interview. Someone not on VJ can be denied if they don't show up at the interview and would need tostart over.

 

If an interview is scheduled, can one travel outside of the country after the interview but before the oath if the GC is taken back? 

GC should not be taken (mine wasn't) and should only be surrendered at the oath ceremony.

Regardless, no GC no travel.

 

Or after the oath before the US passport?

NOOOOOOOO. They will need to get passport before travelling. US citizen must leave and enter the country using a US Passport.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

[Dashinka 24,959]

9 hours ago, EatBulaga said:

The extension letter is nothing without the green card?

So in other words, can not travel after green card is surrendered and before the US passport issued?

There is a bit of nuance here.  In general, the expired GC is not surrendered until the oath ceremony, so after the N400 is submitted, and after the interview (except for those that have the oath the same day as the interview), the applicant should not be required to surrender their expired GC, and they can travel with it and a valid extension letter.  If an IO takes the expired GC prior to the oath ceremony, then they should provide, or the applicant should demand, an ADIT stamp so they still have proof of their LPR status.  Once the oath occurs, then the newly naturalized USC needs their U.S. passport for travel (travel in this context means international travel).