Plan your path to citizenship
Count your days in the United States
See how travel affects physical presence for naturalization under the five-year rule. Check a date and estimate when you would reach 913 days.
Why can't I just add the missing days?
The five-year window moves each day. When a new U.S. day replaces an old U.S. day, your total stays the same. Your total increases when an old day abroad drops out and a new U.S. day enters. That can make the wait longer than your current shortfall.
Physical presence is only one requirement
Continuous residence, time as a permanent resident, three months of state or USCIS district residence, and other naturalization requirements need separate review. Repeated trips under six months can still raise continuous-residence questions. The 90-day early-filing rule does not reduce the 913-day requirement.
How the days are counted
Departure and return days count as U.S. days. The calculation looks back five calendar years from the proposed date and excludes the filing day. Leap years use their actual day counts. For a February 29 date, the start is adjusted to February 28 when needed; confirm that boundary before filing.
Educational planning tool. Not an eligibility determination or individual legal advice.
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