N400 -You may not meet the physical presence requirement AND continuous residence requirement?

[JeanneAdil 6,727]

48 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

To be fair, being able to do that depends where you were. My home country closed all commercial airspace (domestic and international). There were very few repatriation flights and they weren’t easy to get on. I also know a green card family that was stuck in Peru for close to 6 months trying to get on a repatriation flight, eventually they managed but they had been trying for months.

But the government was using military planes and renting others to fly them back and it was announced on the web and news in others countries 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

12 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

But the government was using military planes and renting others to fly them back and it was announced on the web and news in others countries 

Yes, and the number of flights was very limited in some places and not everyone who wanted to get on a plane could get on one, especially with speed, and some places were prioritizing US citizens over LPRs. Like I said, my friends in Peru tried for nearly 6 months  before they finally got on one. 
 

 

Edited February 24, 2021 by SusieQQQ

[jxn 86]

I'm not sure if this applies, but OP can check the Exceptions section here. It's not clear to me if the only way to get this exception is to file the Form N-470 beforehand, but I mention this here to spark discussion on the possibility of OP being exempt from the residency requirement.

[bewar 0]

4 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

USC and green card holders were allowed to travel back to the US

i was far from capital where was airport located, and the place where i worked was there was 100% curfew except buying grocery shopping ,  

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

49 minutes ago, jxn said:

I'm not sure if this applies, but OP can check the Exceptions section here. It's not clear to me if the only way to get this exception is to file the Form N-470 beforehand, but I mention this here to spark discussion on the possibility of OP being exempt from the residency requirement.

It’s not clear the absence qualifies for this but it also states a year’s uninterrupted physical presence in the US before having left is required, from what OP has said about all those absences I don’t think that would be the case?  https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-3

 

In order to qualify, the following criteria must be met:

- The applicant must have been physically present in the United States as an LPR for an uninterrupted period of at least 1 year prior to working abroad.

- The application may be filed either before or after the applicant’s employment begins, but before the applicant has been abroad for a continuous period of 1 year.

 

In addition, the applicant must have been:

- Employed with or under contract with the U.S. government or an American institution of research recognized as such by the Attorney General;

- Employed by an American firm or corporation engaged in the development of U.S. foreign trade and commerce, or a subsidiary thereof if more than 50 percent of its stock is owned by an American firm or corporation; or

- Employed by a public international organization of which the United States is a member by a treaty or statute and by which the applicant was not employed until after becoming an LPR.