Do you have any upcoming travel plans together?

“Do you have any upcoming travel plans together?” 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 upcoming travel to understand plans you are making together. Your answer can distinguish a booked trip from an idea you have only discussed. No planned trip is also a factual answer, and this question does not mean that you need reservations or that a pending adjustment case allows a particular future journey.

What might the officer ask next?

• Where are you considering going together?
• Have you chosen dates or made any reservations?
• What is the purpose of the planned trip?
• Which parts are still undecided?

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?

Think about whether you have a firm plan, a possible destination, or no travel planned at present. Keep confirmed dates and bookings separate from hopes or casual conversations. Describe what both of you have actually decided without turning an idea into a promise. If you cannot remember a proposed date, say it is not clear yet. Ask your lawyer about any case-specific concern before relying on a future international travel plan.

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?
• 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?

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