Have either of you traveled abroad since filing your adjustment application?

“Have either of you traveled abroad since filing your adjustment application?” is a practice question about travel for a marriage-based green card interview at a USCIS field office. A real officer may ask it in other words, ask something else, or skip it. Practice can help you explain your own facts. It cannot tell you what USCIS will decide.

What is the officer checking with this question?

The officer may ask about travel abroad to understand what happened after the adjustment application was filed. Identifying which spouse traveled helps separate the applicant's travel history from the other spouse's trips. Dates and documents used may connect that history with the pending case, but this practice question cannot determine whether a trip was permitted or what effect it has.

What might the officer ask next?

• Which of you left the United States?
• What were the departure and return dates?
• What document did the applicant present on return, if the applicant traveled?
• Was advance parole involved in that trip?

The next question usually comes from the words in your answer. If you name a person, a place, or a month, expect a question about it. The guide to green card interview follow-up questions explains how to practice past the first answer.

How do you prepare to answer it?

Identify the filing date before sorting later trips, and review each spouse's travel separately. Note destinations, departure dates, return dates, and the documents actually used by the person applying. Read the document name rather than assuming every travel paper has the same purpose. If a date or document is uncertain, check the available records and say what remains unknown. Ask your lawyer about travel permission, risks, or any effect on your pending case.

Answer from your own memory, in your own words. Do not learn a script or a sample answer. If your spouse remembers a detail differently, first check whether you mean the same event. Ask your lawyer about any concern with your forms or documents.

Can you practice this question out loud for free?

Yes. Choose "Answer it now, free". The officer asks this question first. You answer out loud, and the officer follows up on what you said. You can try 3 questions free, and you do not need documents. Feedback comes after the session, not while you speak.

More travel questions

• Have you traveled together since you met? Where did you go?
• If you left the United States while your adjustment case was pending, what travel document did you use to return?
• When was the last trip you took as a couple, and how did you get there?
• Has your spouse visited your home country or hometown? When?
• Do you have any upcoming travel plans together?

Read the travel topic guide, or see all 91 interview questions.