Luca

Sylvia,
I am ready to file the application for naturalization, but I have a
problem: I can't remember for the life of me the exact dates of my
vacations in the last 5 years. I never left the country for more than
two weeks at the time, and since I traveled to Europe nobody stamped our
passports.

Now, can I fill the application with a statement like
'to the best of my knowledge' and say 'two weeks in Italy, August 2001'?
or should I put August 1/12 and hope the security of the country is not
compromised by the fact that maybe it was August 2/13 in reality?

I don't want to mess up this thing, but since we did not have the
faintest clue that this was so important we did not keep records, it was
just a vacation not a state visit.

I hope this post will serve as a reminder for other people awaiting
naturalization, please jot down the dates of your trips.

Sylvia Ottemoeller

"Luca" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > I am ready to file the application for naturalization, but I have a
    > problem: I can't remember for the life of me the exact dates of my
    > vacations in the last 5 years. I never left the country for more than
    > two weeks at the time, and since I traveled to Europe nobody stamped our
    > passports.
    > Now, can I fill the application with a statement like
    > 'to the best of my knowledge' and say 'two weeks in Italy, August 2001'?

Yes, you can -- use phrases like "about" or "approximately." That is the
way to handle it.

    > or should I put August 1/12 and hope the security of the country is not
    > compromised by the fact that maybe it was August 2/13 in reality?

No, don't do this. The N-400 is signed under penalty of perjury.

    > I don't want to mess up this thing, but since we did not have the
    > faintest clue that this was so important we did not keep records, it was
    > just a vacation not a state visit.
    > I hope this post will serve as a reminder for other people awaiting
    > naturalization, please jot down the dates of your trips.

Luca

Sylvia Ottemoeller said the following on 3/1/2004 8:34 PM:
    > "Luca" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    >
    >
    >>I am ready to file the application for naturalization, but I have a
    >>problem: I can't remember for the life of me the exact dates of my
    >>vacations in the last 5 years. I never left the country for more than
    >>two weeks at the time, and since I traveled to Europe nobody stamped our
    >>passports.
    >>Now, can I fill the application with a statement like
    >>'to the best of my knowledge' and say 'two weeks in Italy, August 2001'?
    >
    >
    > Yes, you can -- use phrases like "about" or "approximately." That is the
    > way to handle it.
    >
    >
    >>or should I put August 1/12 and hope the security of the country is not
    >>compromised by the fact that maybe it was August 2/13 in reality?
    >
    >
    > No, don't do this. The N-400 is signed under penalty of perjury.
    >
    >
    >>I don't want to mess up this thing, but since we did not have the
    >>faintest clue that this was so important we did not keep records, it was
    >>just a vacation not a state visit.
    >>I hope this post will serve as a reminder for other people awaiting
    >>naturalization, please jot down the dates of your trips.
    >
    >
    >
    >
Sylvia,
thank you very much. Sorry for the delay, was on a business trip,
although I did not leave the country. Well, almost, I was as close to
Italy as you can get... Brooklyn.