A Question About Naturalisation

[jonovatt 0]

I think there might be a small misconception here. I haven't been outside the US continuously for more than a year at any time. From all the inputs I have received it seems I should just wait it out and apply in 2018 for naturalisation.

[girimurthy 5]

I think there might be a small misconception here. I haven't been outside the US continuously for more than a year at any time. From all the inputs I have received it seems I should just wait it out and apply in 2018 for naturalisation.

You are married to a US citizen right? And if yes and you are still married to that USC then you will have to wait just 3 years and file on 2016. You need to give only last three years details if filing by marriage

[Shub 78]

I think there might be a small misconception here. I haven't been outside the US continuously for more than a year at any time. From all the inputs I have received it seems I should just wait it out and apply in 2018 for naturalisation.

You stated you left in August 2011, came back in July '12, stayed for a week, left again, came back in May '13, if I recall correctly, is that accurate?

If so, it's a technicality and an argument with USCIS which you would lose.

In absolute terms, you are correct that you were never out of the country for a continuous 365+ days. However, USCIS is like to ignore that one week you were in the country when evaluating the whole history.

[christeen 966]

I must have misunderstood the dates as well... Can you clarify?

[milimelo 4,467]

You are married to a US citizen right? And if yes and you are still married to that USC then you will have to wait just 3 years and file on 2016. You need to give only last three years details if filing by marriage

No he is not. He is now working on getting married in India and bringing spouse in on F2A visa. 2018 is when he should apply for naturalization.