Application for naturalization Form N-400 on page 7 requires to list all trips of 24 hours or longer taken outside the United States during the last 5 years. Time spent outside the United States during the last 5 years before filing application for naturalization, Form N-400, is relevant to physical presence and continuous residence requirements for naturalization.

Calculator of days outside the United States

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Date stamps in the passport

It is hard to remember every trip outside the United States during the last five years if you travel a lot. Date stamps by the border patrol in your passport may help get the dates of trips outside the United States.

Method of calculating days outside the United States

It is important to correctly calculate the duration of trips outside the United States. It is especially true in cases where the total time spent outside the United States during the last five years approaches 913 days. Online date calculators designed to calculate the number of days between two dates may come to help. However, keep in mind that for naturalization application Form N-400 partial days spent in the United States count as whole days spent in the United States. Therefore, to get the right number of days outside the United States, you will have to subtract one day from the total of days between two dates.

Benefits of using calculator of days outside the United States

The calculator of days outside the United States is designed to account for partial days spent in the United States. Just plug in the dates of all trips of 24 hours or longer taken outside the United States during the last 5 years. The calculator will give you the total of days for every trip. The calculator will also show the total of all days spent outside the United States during the last five years.

Common errors in calculating days outside the United States

Remember to use the actual dates you left the United States and the dates you returned. The common error in calculating the days outside the United States is when an applicant for naturalization searches for departure dates in his passport stamps. The passport does not get stamped in the United States on the date of departure. The border patrol of the foreign country stamps the passport upon arrival. This usually happens on the day after departure.

Thank you for using calculator of days outside the United States

We hope you will like this free calculator of days outside the United States. Please start with your most recent trip of 24 hours or longer taken outside the United States. The calendar of the calculator goes back exactly five years from today’s date. The calendar leaves out the trips that fall outside of the five year period required for naturalization. If you like this tool, please share the calculator of days on Facebook. Thank you.