N-400 travel history guides
For green card holders filling out the travel section of Form N-400. Every rule is quoted from USCIS, CBP or the regulations, with the source linked.
How to fill out N-400 Part 8: Time Outside the United States
What N-400 Part 8 asks on the 01/20/25 form: which trips to list, how far back, how USCIS counts days, and how to use Part 14 when the six rows run out.
Why the I-94 website won’t show your travel history as a green card holder
CBP says permanent residents cannot retrieve their travel history on the I-94 website. What the site covers, its gaps, and how to get your record instead.
How to request your travel history from CBP (FOIA) for citizenship
Since January 22, 2026, CBP takes FOIA requests online only. Where to file, what to include, what it costs, and what to do while you wait.
How to find your travel history for the citizenship application
No website gives a green card holder their trips. The places your travel dates are still recorded, from passport stamps to card statements, and how to put them together.
Rebuilding your trips from passport stamps, and what to do when there are none
How to read passport stamps into trips for the N-400, and what to do for land crossings, Europe after April 2026 and U.S. trips without a stamp.
Don’t remember your exact travel dates for the N-400?
USCIS publishes no rule on approximate dates. What the form says, what legal-aid practitioners advise, and how to narrow a date down first.
N-400 days outside the U.S.: the 913-day, 6-month and 1-year rules
Physical presence (913 or 548 days) and continuous residence (6 months, 1 year), each with its own way of counting days, quoted from the USCIS Policy Manual.