Want to Apply For Citizenship

[SKingy1 0]

I want to apply for this ...is it worth the hassle?

I am thinking if I have to live in UK and look after my parents when they get old, then I can always come back and live in usa.

I am worried about both of our parents.

[v333k 59]

I want to apply for this ...is it worth the hassle?

I am thinking if I have to live in UK and look after my parents when they get old, then I can always come back and live in usa.

I am worried about both of our parents.

Hi - if you are still a LPR, then you cannot leave the US for extended periods of time without jeopardizing your status. If you become a citizen, you can leave as long as you want without any problems and without the need to update USCIS all the time. It is worth the hassle in my opinion.

[Captain Oates 911]

Hi - if you are still a LPR, then you cannot leave the US for extended periods of time without jeopardizing your status. If you become a citizen, you can leave as long as you want without any problems and without the need to update USCIS all the time. It is worth the hassle in my opinion.

I agree

I was scared of having to do US tax forever if I am not living in the US; but it's no problem when you look at what happens in reality. The advantages are many including being able to inherit from a USC without a massive tax penalty

I am glad I looked into it in depth and glad I didn't decide to stay a GC holder like my pal in Atlanta who has been here 15 years on a GC and is married to a USC.

The GC is only like a puffed up visa and carries a big potential downside

Do it - you won't regret. Look what happened to Charly Chaplin after 40 years a GC holder.

In 1952 Chaplin visited London for the premiere of Limelight. When he arrived back he discovered his entry permit revoked and had been denied the right to live in the United States. As Chaplin pointed out in his autobiography: "My prodigious sin was, and still is, being a non-conformist. Although I am not a Communist I refused to fall in line by hating them."

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAchaplinC.htm

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