Waived USCIS Residency Requirements?

[nate&nid 0]

I have seen this topic posted before but I cannot locate it. The US Defense Department wants to send me overseas for 3-year tour. Hopefully my wife will get her Conditional Permanent Residence (Green Card) before I would move, but I am concerned about the USCIS residency requirements, and I seem to recall that a CPR/LPR spouse of a USC under official overseas orders can petition the USCIS to waive the residency requirements and begin processing for an expedited naturalization? Was I dreaming? Does anyone have any references for this? Thanks!

Edited January 13, 2008 by nate&nid

[YuAndDan 153]

You may want to read: http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf (Page 20,21)

If you are at least 18 years old and:

Are the spouse of a U.S. citizen who is one of the following:

• A member of the U.S. Armed Forces;

• An employee or an individual under contract to the U.S. Government;

• An employee of an American institution of research recognized by the Attorney General;

• An employee of an American-owned firm or corporation engaged in the development of foreign trade and commerce

for the United States;

• An employee of a public international organization of which the United States is a member by law or treaty; or

• A person who performs ministerial or priestly functions for a religious denomination or an interdenominational organization with a valid presence in the United States

and You will be proceeding to join your spouse whose work

abroad under orders of the qualifying employer will

continue for at least 1 year after the date you will be

naturalized. Form N-400 should be filed prior to departing.

--Time as a Permanent Resident--

You must be a Permanent Resident at the time of your USCIS interview.

--Continuous Residence--

Not Required

--Physical Presence in the United States--

Not Required

--Time in USCIS District or State--

Not Required

--Good Moral Character--

Required

--English & Civics Knowledge--

Required

--Attachment to the Constitution--

Required