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even though I wasnβt required to clear Customs to visit these Destinations for about 6-8 hours?
Regarding the trip duration: I'm not familiar with DS 160 but I am with the N-400 Application for Naturalization Form (mirror), which does specify a minimum duration for a trip to be included in the travel history (without any condition on clearing customs):
Therefore, if the DS 160 doesn't specify any minimum duration, then I assume we're supposed to list all visited countries regardless of duration.
Upvote:8
Do the best you can. I provided a list of about a dozen countries that I still could remember and added a disclaimer "This is our best estimate based on an anaylysis of past travel records". That seemed to work fine.
It would be good to go through your passport and make sure that all stamps that are in there are covered in the list.
Make also sure you are dilligent about any country the US may consider as problematic (North Korea, Iran, Iraq, etc.)
Upvote:15
Yes, if you visited those countries, you should include them on lists of countries that you've visited. While, as a practical matter, it might be the case that nobody ends up caring either way, it is always better to put the information than to leave it out and potentially get in trouble for failing to include it.