Am I eligible for Naturlization?

[surd 0]

Hi All,

2010 April -Got my Green Card and Stayed in US for 30 days and travelled back to my country bec i was a student.

2011 March- visited for 30 days
2012 March- Moved permanently to US and been stay here ever since then.

I know my continuous residency was broken in 2010 and 2011 as I stayed outside US for over 6 months.

But now that I have been living here in USA since 2012(April) and in will complete 5 years of continuous residency in 2017(April).

Will I be eligible to apply for citizenship in Jan/Feb-2017 or do I have to wait until April 2017 or further?

Thanks

[lilsweetie 31]

According to uscis, among other things, you must establish:

"(4) Has been physically present in the United States for at least 30 months of the five years preceding the date of filing the application;"

https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-11261/0-0-0-30960/0-0-0-30975.html

I have not done the math, but I think that even including your 6 months outside the US, that you would have spent more than half the time in USA, so I think you would qualify to apply without waiting until April 2017. However, if you are unsure about the eligibility, after all it is just a few months and you might save the headache and worry and anxiety if you just wait to apply if you do not urgently need citizenship.

[surd 0]

According to uscis, among other things, you must establish:

"(4) Has been physically present in the United States for at least 30 months of the five years preceding the date of filing the application;"

https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-11261/0-0-0-30960/0-0-0-30975.html

I have not done the math, but I think that even including your 6 months outside the US, that you would have spent more than half the time in USA, so I think you would qualify to apply without waiting until April 2017. However, if you are unsure about the eligibility, after all it is just a few months and you might save the headache and worry and anxiety if you just wait to apply if you do not urgently need citizenship.

Thanks for ur response. So From 2012 April to Current I have definitely spend more than 30 months

2012 April - 2013 March -12 months

2013 April - 2014 March -12 months

2014 April - 2015 March -12 months

2015 April 2016 March - 12 months

2016 April to current - 7 months

Total of - 55 months in USA in last 5 years