Trip outside USA more than 1year will restart GC?? Plss help...

[n4th4ly4 9]

Hi all.. i have BIG question. My Husband GC was from 2005. suppose to be this 2010 he is eligible to file for citizenship. but unfortunately on may 2008 - des 2010 he has to travel outside USA for emergency family matters.

we discuss with some friends, and they told us that my husband GC will be restart again and he has to wait about 4year a head to apply again for his citizenship. is it true?? please anyone can help??? :help:

thanks before.

[Anh map 2,098]

There's a chance that he could lose his Green Card all together. Did he obtain a reentry permit before leaving?

Although this may be too late, here is a link to the USCIS website talking about LPR's leaving for long periods of time >>> http://www.uscis.gov...ources/B5en.pdf

Use this Citizenship eligibility worksheet to determine if he would be able to apply >> http://www.uscis.gov/USCIS/Resources/Citizenship%20&%20Naturalization%20Based%20Resources/A%20Guide%20to%20Naturalization/PDFs/M-480.pdf

Edited May 21, 2011 by Anh map

[payxibka 10,047]

What if I was outside the United States for 1 year or longer?

In almost all cases, if you leave the United States for 1 year or more, you have disrupted your continuous residence. This is true even if you have a

Re-entry Permit. If you leave the country for 1 year or longer, you may be eligible to re-enter as a Permanent Resident if you have a Re-entry

Permit. But none of the time you were in the United States before you left the country counts toward your time in continuous residence.

If you return within 2 years, some of your time out of the country does count. In fact, the last 364 days of your time out of the country (1 year minus 1 day) counts toward meeting your continuous residence requirement.

Pleas read the guide to naturalization for more information. www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf

[n4th4ly4 9]

There's a chance that he could lose his Green Card all together. Did he obtain a reentry permit before leaving?

Although this may be too late, here is a link to the USCIS website talking about LPR's leaving for long periods of time >>> http://www.uscis.gov...ources/B5en.pdf

Use this Citizenship eligibility worksheet to determine if he would be able to apply >> http://www.uscis.gov/USCIS/Resources/Citizenship%20&%20Naturalization%20Based%20Resources/A%20Guide%20to%20Naturalization/PDFs/M-480.pdf

Thanks Anh map, Yess my husband got his re-entry permit and now he is in USA again. trying to get more information about this naturalization process.

[n4th4ly4 9]

What if I was outside the United States for 1 year or longer?

If you return within 2 years, some of your time out of the country does count. In fact, the last 364 days of your time out of the country (1 year minus 1 day) counts toward meeting your continuous residence requirement.

Pleas read the guide to naturalization for more information. www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf

is this means, that my husband still can go out from USA if less than a year and still can be count for residence requirement?

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Yes,

that 19-months absence from the US has interrupted his residency. He preserved his resident status and was able to enter again based on the Reentry Permit, but once he was absent from the US for 1 year, his residency clock jumped back to zero and started again when he returned to the US. He is eligible to become a US citizen not earlier than in December of 2015.