working overseas while waiting for interview

[aussie girl 1]

I am currently waiting for my interview to be scheduled. I just completed my fingerprinting on September 8. Since I arrived here in the U.S. on 2005 on CR1 visa being married to a U.S. citizen, I did not go anywhere outside the U.S. I've been offered several contracting work (I.T.) during the past 5 years and I did not accept any of them. However at this time, work is really getting harder to get and the pay is really low. I still have a job but I can see it about to disappear. I work for a govt contractor.

What effect would my going overseas at this time have on my processing? Is it okay to go overseas(UK/Ireland) or should I just wait for another opportunity to come my way? I've already declined 3 times in the past, I am worried I won't be approached in the future. I plan to just go back here for the interview. There is a possibility for the client to allow me to work from here in the U.S. but I still need to go overseas first to do the preliminary steps of the work that is required to be done first. Please share your thoughts and experiences on this. I was looking forward to a position I had in line to work for the feds as soon as I become a citizen but unfortunately there is a freeze in hiring that had been put in place indefinitely. I hear their workforce is going to be decreased even.

Thanks in advance for any info you can share.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

You have more than fulfilled your physical presence requirement, and usually get about a month's notice of the interview date, so as long as you can fly back for it, and your wife (or someone) is home to check the mail, you should be fine.

[OKflyboy 35]

Unless you miss your interview/Oath or do not disclose you travel, you should be alright. Don't forget that you won't be able to travel between the Oath and when your passport is ready (although you can request expedited, urgent or even emergency passport processing).

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

You are a lawful permanent resident, aren't you?

If so you can work aboard an interstellar space ship, a space station orbiting the blue planet, or a submarine diving below Antarctica, as long as your sh*t is still in the closet at the place you call home and you are returning to it when the job's done, you are doing nothing unlawful or unethical.