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You are mistaken. This 180 days thing is a myth. There are people who have stayed outside the U.S. for more than 180 days per year for years without experiencing problems when returning, and there are people who moved to Canada to live there, changed their mind less than 180 days later, yet lost their Green Card because they had abandoned their U.S. residency.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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So, it will be better to move to US and work there then get PR? Will getting PR affect my application to citizenship (N-400)?

You cannot have your cake and eat it too - Either you want to be a US PR or a Canadian PR - as noted above you cannot live in Canada and maintain your American GC status.

Live 1 place and get eth citizenship then move on to the other.

IS your Wife the USC?

Wiz(USC) and Udella(Cdn & USC!)

Naturalization

02/22/11 - Filed

02/28/11 - NOA

03/28/11 - FP

06/17/11 - status change - scheduled for interview

06/20?/11 - received physical interview letter

07/13/11 - Interview in Fairfax,VA - easiest 10 minutes of my life

07/19/11 - Oath ceremony in Fairfax, VA

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Removal of Conditions

12/1/09 - received at VSC

12/2/09 - NOA's for self and daughter

01/12/10 - Biometrics completed

03/15/10 - 10 Green Card Received - self and daughter

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So, it will be better to move to US and work there then get PR? Will getting PR affect my application to citizenship (N-400)?

Continuous Residence and Physical Presence Requirements for Naturalization

Continuous Residence

Applicants are required to show that they have:

Resided continuously in the U.S. for five years before applying, (see legal basis), or

Resided continuously in the U.S. for three years in the case of qualified spouses of U.S. citizens, (see legal basis)

“Continuous residence” means that the applicant has maintained residence within the United States for the required period of time shown above.

Extended absences outside of the U.S. may disrupt an applicant’s continuous residence.

You need to show US Residency in order to naturalize.

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Egypt
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Yes, my wife is a US citizen. My child is Canadian. I am Egyptian. :)

Continuous Residence and Physical Presence Requirements for Naturalization

Continuous Residence

Applicants are required to show that they have:

Resided continuously in the U.S. for five years before applying, (see legal basis), or

Resided continuously in the U.S. for three years in the case of qualified spouses of U.S. citizens, (see legal basis)

“Continuous residence” means that the applicant has maintained residence within the United States for the required period of time shown above.

Extended absences outside of the U.S. may disrupt an applicant’s continuous residence.

You need to show US Residency in order to naturalize.

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ireland
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***** Several topics regarding the same issue in different forums merged. Please do not post the same question several times, just give people some time to answer. Also, if you post similar questions in the same topic, you will get better answers as other VJers then have the whole background. *****

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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Filed: Timeline
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You are a US permanent resident. You want to be a Canadian permanent resident. How can you permanently reside in two different countries???? You can't. If you obtain Canadian permanent residency, you will lose your US permanent residency. By obtaining Canadian permanent residency, you are essentially saying you intend to make Canada your permanent resident. This means you must give up your permanent resident in the US.

Traveling to the US every 180 days is not going to preserve your US residency.

It's unlawful for you to state your uncle's address is your permanent resident when you don't live there.

You will need to make a choice - either US permanent residency or Canadian permanent residency. You cannot have both.

You are setting yourself up for revocation of your US permanent residency. In addition, using your uncle's address to maintain your US permanent residency may have very adverse consequences.

Consult with a US immigration attorney about maintaining your LPR status before you apply for Canadian permanent residency.

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Egypt
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thx for ur answer.

i am waiting for my ssn to start looking for jobs in usa.

i would like to let you know that we applied for pr long time ago and we r about to receive pr status in canada.

i got my gc through my wife (an american citizen). the reason that i want get the pr is the health insurance and until we get established in usa.

if we moved to usa and then get pr, will this be a problem?

You are a US permanent resident. You want to be a Canadian permanent resident. How can you permanently reside in two different countries???? You can't. If you obtain Canadian permanent residency, you will lose your US permanent residency. By obtaining Canadian permanent residency, you are essentially saying you intend to make Canada your permanent resident. This means you must give up your permanent resident in the US.

Traveling to the US every 180 days is not going to preserve your US residency.

It's unlawful for you to state your uncle's address is your permanent resident when you don't live there.

You will need to make a choice - either US permanent residency or Canadian permanent residency. You cannot have both.

You are setting yourself up for revocation of your US permanent residency. In addition, using your uncle's address to maintain your US permanent residency may have very adverse consequences.

Consult with a US immigration attorney about maintaining your LPR status before you apply for Canadian permanent residency.

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thx for ur answer.

i am waiting for my ssn to start looking for jobs in usa.

i would like to let you know that we applied for pr long time ago and we r about to receive pr status in canada.

i got my gc through my wife (an american citizen). the reason that i want get the pr is the health insurance and until we get established in usa.

if we moved to usa and then get pr, will this be a problem?

Yes, it's a problem. You either make the US your permanent home or Canada your permanent home. You cannot make both your permanent home. It's one or the other. Try to keep both and you may end getting nothing.

There is nothing more I can do to help you. Choose one - either US permanent residency or Canadian permanent residency. If you don't pick, the choice may be made for you when your US LPR status is revoked because your subsequent acceptance of Canadian permanent residency.

When I stated that you had to make a choice, what make you think you could have LPR status in the US and then get Canadian permanent residency without any problems???? It's a problem - I cannot make it any clearer - CHOOSE US PERMANENT RESIDENCY OR CANADIAN PERMANENT RESIDENCY. YOU CANNOT HAVE BOTH.

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I don't call the particulars here, but I quite recently read that the U.S. and Canada have a certain data exchange also in regard to the REAL ID Act.

In plain English: if you apply for permanent residency in Canada and get approved that would be seen as an active sign that you abandon your permanent residency in the U.S. because, as was mentioned here before, you cannot permanently live in two different countries at the same time.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

 
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