notaclue

Makes sense. Thankfully the office is only five minutes across island from me.

Another interesting one; I own and operate a boat charter company. When the British Virgin Islands reopen, I'll be travelling outside, and back into the US almost every day. I do wonder how that will affect my time in the US....

Rete

Call up the guide to naturalization from the USCIS site. It clearly sets out how to count the time away from the US.

tht

I think only trips longer than 24h count, I had to look it up because I had crossed over to Canada at Niagara Falls for a few hours.

see page 7
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/...orms/n-400.pdf

S Folinsky

There is a slight difference between the law and practice in counting days. The law is that if a part of any day is spent in the United States, it counts as a full day. That said, DHS counts the date of departure as “in” and the date of return as “out” when making its computations.

So, let’s say one leaves at 0100 on Monday and returns at 2300 on Tuesday, the law says no absence, but DHS will show one day. Change the return to 2300 on Wednesday, the law is one day absence but DHS will say two.

Usually this is in the arena of “no harm, no foul.” But there are times it makes a difference.

The counting of days for legal purposes is a topic I find interesting. It would take a longish essay to explain the rules underlying the above conclusions.