Q. About Citizenship

[Sand 5]

Hi,

Fast question!

if i travel alot overseas (For Business) and i stay 3 or 4 months at a time, would effect me getting my Citizenship???

Thank alot.

[YuAndDan 153]

Periods longer than 6 months can reset the residency requirement. And have to be resident for 18 months out of 3 years when married to a US Citizen.

You can find out more here: http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf

[Sand 5]

Periods longer than 6 months can reset the residency requirement. And have to be resident for 18 months out of 3 years when married to a US Citizen.

You can find out more here: http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf

Ok, now if i understood, that i cant leave the country for 18 months, out of 3 years.

which that means i have to stay after i became a resident 18 months in the usa?? or i still can travel and back to usa but within 3 years i have to live here in the usa 18 months, and not necessary to be on 1 time? correct?

[YuAndDan 153]

Periods longer than 6 months can reset the residency requirement. And have to be resident for 18 months out of 3 years when married to a US Citizen.

You can find out more here: http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf

Ok, now if i understood, that i cant leave the country for 18 months, out of 3 years.

which that means i have to stay after i became a resident 18 months in the usa?? or i still can travel and back to usa but within 3 years i have to live here in the usa 18 months, and not necessary to be on 1 time? correct?

Correct 18 months can be split up, but no periods more than 6 months out of country.

[Sand 5]

Ok Again lol, do u mean 6 months for all this 3 years ?? or no more than 6 months each trip ?

Edited February 26, 2008 by Sand

[AusCal 3]

Ok Again lol, do u mean 6 months for all this 3 years ?? or no more than 6 months each trip ?

For the three year period preceeding submitting your N-400:

*No single trip should exceed 6 months.

*The combined total of your trips should not exceed 18 months.

Also, after you have submitted your N-400, but before it is completed, be aware that the "requirements" remain.

Hope that is clear to you.

[Sand 5]

Thanks alot.

[YuAndDan 153]

Ok Again lol, do u mean 6 months for all this 3 years ?? or no more than 6 months each trip ?

If you are at least 18 years old and:

Are currently married to and living with a U.S. citizen;

and Have been married to and living with that same U.S.

citizen for the past 3 years;

and Your spouse has been a U.S. citizen for the past 3 years.

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Time as Permanent Resident: 3 Years

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Continuous Residence: 3 years as a Permanent Resident without leaving the

United States for trips of 6 months or longer.

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Physical Presence in the United States: 18 Months

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Time in USCIS District or State: 3 Months

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http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf Edited February 26, 2008 by YuAndDan

[simple_male 1]

Ok Again lol, do u mean 6 months for all this 3 years ?? or no more than 6 months each trip ?

For the three year period preceeding submitting your N-400:

*No single trip should exceed 6 months.

*The combined total of your trips should not exceed 18 months.

Also, after you have submitted your N-400, but before it is completed, be aware that the "requirements" remain.

Hope that is clear to you.

Yes, well said!