plz help me

[Amiz 0]

I am a Permanent Resident of U.S. and i have been here for 3 years. and couldn't even got the chance to back to my country Pakistan.. so my question is, that if now i want to go Pakistan for the 1st time after spending my 3 years here on my green card,could be my timeline limit cuts for my Nationalization ( U.S Citizen )?? if i want to stay outside 6 months or 11 months?

Edited March 19, 2012 by Amiz

[lubnajavid 20]

See the below statement taken directly from the USCIS page below:

"Extended absences outside of the U.S. may disrupt an applicants continuous residence.

Absences of more than six months but less than one year may disrupt an applicants continuous residence unless the applicant can prove otherwise,"

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=399faf4c0adb4210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=399faf4c0adb4210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

my thoughts to you - keep your stay as short as you can and certainly less than 6 months.

EDIT:

I added a note to your profile page also.

I am a LPR and have stayed in Pakistan for 6 weeks in one stay. No Problem other than usual checks by INS on the way back in:)

Also - just be sure to keep a GOOD record of ALL of your trips outside of the US - number of days/where to/dates out and dates back in - you will need to provide somehting like this to prove your residency requirements when applying for N-400

Edited March 19, 2012 by lubnajavid

[Penguin_ie 5,996]

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[Imagination 15]

See the below statement taken directly from the USCIS page below:

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

Absences of more than six months but less than one year may disrupt an applicant’s continuous residence unless the applicant can prove otherwise,"

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=399faf4c0adb4210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=399faf4c0adb4210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

my thoughts to you - keep your stay as short as you can and certainly less than 6 months.

EDIT:

I added a note to your profile page also.

I am a LPR and have stayed in Pakistan for 6 weeks in one stay. No Problem other than usual checks by INS on the way back in:)

Also - just be sure to keep a GOOD record of ALL of your trips outside of the US - number of days/where to/dates out and dates back in - you will need to provide somehting like this to prove your residency requirements when applying for N-400

^Agree

Pysical Presence

The total number of days you have been physically in the United States is considered ‘physical presence’. (Adding the number of days you are outside of the United States and subtracting them from the required days you need to be a permanent resident will calculate your ‘physical presence’).

Continuous Residence

The length of each trip you take may be very relevant to deciding whether your residence has been continuous. An absence from the United States can be long enough to interrupt your accrual of time for continuous residence. If that happens, you must start the process over again once you return to the United States. You must accrue the necessary number of days for continuous residence in the United States in order to be able to apply for naturalization. (For example, a trip in which you are absent from the United States for more than 6 months can affect your continuous residence).

Absence from the United States of more than six months but less than one year during the period for which continuous residence is required for admission to citizenship, immediately preceding the date of filing the application for naturalization, or during the period between the date of filing the application and the date of any hearing, shall break the continuity of residence, unless the applicant can establish that he/she did not in fact abandon his/her residence in the United States during such period.

[Amiz 0]

Ok. But I heard from some of the people that if we stayed here in U.S for three years constantly, and after that we have a plan to go outside U.S for the first time then our timeline doesn't cuts for the nationalization like Only if we would not stay more than 11 months.is that true?

[Amiz 0]

Ok. But I heard from some of the people that if we stayed here in U.S for three years constantly, and after that we have a plan to go outside U.S for the first time then our timeline doesn't cuts for the nationalization like Only if we would not stay more than 11 months.is that true?

See the below statement taken directly from the USCIS page below:

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

Absences of more than six months but less than one year may disrupt an applicant’s continuous residence unless the applicant can prove otherwise,"

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=399faf4c0adb4210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=399faf4c0adb4210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

my thoughts to you - keep your stay as short as you can and certainly less than 6 months.

EDIT:

I added a note to your profile page also.

I am a LPR and have stayed in Pakistan for 6 weeks in one stay. No Problem other than usual checks by INS on the way back in:)

Also - just be sure to keep a GOOD record of ALL of your trips outside of the US - number of days/where to/dates out and dates back in - you will need to provide somehting like this to prove your residency requirements when applying for N-400

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Ok. But I heard from some of the people that if we stayed here in U.S for three years constantly, and after that we have a plan to go outside U.S for the first time then our timeline doesn't cuts for the nationalization like Only if we would not stay more than 11 months.is that true?

No it's not true.

It sounds like the advice you were given would related to the fact that any period out the US of 6 months or more CAN be used against you in determining you abandoned your residency, but it is unlikely they would think you gave up residency if this is your first trip "home" in a while.

That said, your naturalisation clock IS still paused after 6 months and can make getting naturlisation a little harder (still possible but you need to show evidence you didn't disrupt your residency). Your best option is to fly back for less than 6 months and then return to the US OR wait until you have citizenship and then it doesn't matter how long you stay there.

[NancyNguyen 1,658]

In some case, you stay more than 6 months, they can revoke your residency at the POE already if you can't prove you still maintain your attachment with the US already, let alone naturalization.