On your green card, next to “Resident Since.”
Earliest date you can file
You complete the full on .
Today is on or after your earliest filing date, as long as you meet every other requirement. You may send Form N-400 on , and not before.
How this date was reached
- Start with your permanent resident date: .
- Add . You first meet the continuous residence requirement on .
- Step back one day, to . USCIS counts from the day before, not from the anniversary itself.
- Count back 90 calendar days from there, counting that day as day 1. You land on .
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Filing one day early gets your application rejected
USCIS will reject an N-400 that arrives before the earliest filing date, even by a single day. You lose the filing fee and have to start again. Check this date against your own records, and confirm it independently, before you send anything.
The USCIS example, worked through
Filing early does not make you eligible early
The 90-day rule shortens only the continuous residence clock. Every other requirement — physical presence, good moral character, residence in your state or district, English and civics — must still be met when you file, and you must still meet them at your interview.
USCIS retired its own Early Filing Calculator
The links to it in the N-400 instructions no longer work. That is why this tool exists.
This is not legal advice
This tool does math on a date. It does not know your situation. Speak with an immigration attorney about your own case.
Source: USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 12, Part D, Chapter 6.