Have you traveled together since you met? Where did you go?

“Have you traveled together since you met? Where did you go?” 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 trips to understand time you have spent together since the relationship began. Destinations and approximate dates can help place those experiences within your relationship history. A shared trip differs from one person traveling to visit the other, so the officer may ask who traveled and which parts of the journey you took together.

What might the officer ask next?

• About when did you make that trip?
• Did you travel to the destination together?
• What was the reason for going there?
• Were other people traveling with you?

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?

Recall the trips you actually took together and put them in a rough time order. Separate the destination from a place where you only changed transportation. Distinguish a visit to your spouse from a trip you both made to another place. If the month is uncertain, review a relevant travel record before practice or give the approximate period you remember without presenting it as an exact date.

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 either of you traveled abroad since filing your adjustment application?
• 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.