How do they count absence from the U.S. for a LPR?
Recently I have received a lot of questions concerning absence from the U.S. So far, I was sure how they count these things but I would like to be 100% sure because it seems resembling everybody interprets the 6-month limit in different ways.
If you can't be outside the U.S. continuously for more than 6 months (because of naturalization), do they mean 180 days or exactly 6 months from hours of daylight to day?
For example if you left the States on July 18, 2008, till when would you have to return exactly?
Answers:
The purpose is to show you are really residing here.If your trip is under 180 days then you are a returning resident of the U.S. If your trip is more than 180 day after you could be seen as "SEEKING ADMISSION". This could leave you open to removal proceedings.Any absence of more than six months (one trip) will automatically make an alien ineligible for applying for naturalization. If the absence is more than one with a re-entry licence, the alien is eligible to apply for naturalization only after four years and one day after returning to the US. This is not to say that a bunch of 4 month trips is going to keep hold of you safe because your travel patterns and amount of time away can and will affect you application if trip are too long or numerous.If you spend a lot of time outside the U.S. consequently it can be assumed that you are not actually residing here. Most LPR's don't really take this seriously and then find a good smackdown when they go to their interview. How many American citizens do you know that can make tracks their home.job and family and take a 6 month trip out of the country? I have never had a trip anywhere of more than 2 weeks in my energy. That is because I have responsibilities and ties to my community including a job and a family. Many of these LPR's treat their green card close to visa's that have no expiration date. They don't really want to live here but want to come and go as they please. The real big issue next to one trip over six months is they may be deemed to have abandoned their status surrounded by the U.S. which would be decided by an Immigration judge. There are legitimate reason for a long trip (of under 6 months) like a sick parent or relative and the interviewer is really looking at intent as much as time.
Susan those were key details you left out but now I can clarify since you gave me more info. If you are out of the country because of your husbands service to the gov't you would qualify for a waiver of the continuous presense requirement. I would expect you to support your husband as I would want my woman to support me if the Gov send me oversea on assignment. I am attaching a link to the CIS website that explains the waiver you will get. Both you and your husband hold on to safe and good luck
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/m…
Susan where are you living right immediately. Are you with your husband in Iraq or back within your country with your family?
If you left surrounded by July, I would say you should be back within the first week of January. I wouldn't push it to the outer bounds, unless you desperately entail those extra few days.
You won't qualify for the continous provision, if your husband is serving within Iraq and you're back in your home country. The continous residence provision only applies if you're husband is stationed overseas, read out in Germany, and you're living with him.
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If you can't be outside the U.S. continuously for more than 6 months (because of naturalization), do they mean 180 days or exactly 6 months from hours of daylight to day?
For example if you left the States on July 18, 2008, till when would you have to return exactly?
Answers:
The purpose is to show you are really residing here.If your trip is under 180 days then you are a returning resident of the U.S. If your trip is more than 180 day after you could be seen as "SEEKING ADMISSION". This could leave you open to removal proceedings.Any absence of more than six months (one trip) will automatically make an alien ineligible for applying for naturalization. If the absence is more than one with a re-entry licence, the alien is eligible to apply for naturalization only after four years and one day after returning to the US. This is not to say that a bunch of 4 month trips is going to keep hold of you safe because your travel patterns and amount of time away can and will affect you application if trip are too long or numerous.If you spend a lot of time outside the U.S. consequently it can be assumed that you are not actually residing here. Most LPR's don't really take this seriously and then find a good smackdown when they go to their interview. How many American citizens do you know that can make tracks their home.job and family and take a 6 month trip out of the country? I have never had a trip anywhere of more than 2 weeks in my energy. That is because I have responsibilities and ties to my community including a job and a family. Many of these LPR's treat their green card close to visa's that have no expiration date. They don't really want to live here but want to come and go as they please. The real big issue next to one trip over six months is they may be deemed to have abandoned their status surrounded by the U.S. which would be decided by an Immigration judge. There are legitimate reason for a long trip (of under 6 months) like a sick parent or relative and the interviewer is really looking at intent as much as time.
Susan those were key details you left out but now I can clarify since you gave me more info. If you are out of the country because of your husbands service to the gov't you would qualify for a waiver of the continuous presense requirement. I would expect you to support your husband as I would want my woman to support me if the Gov send me oversea on assignment. I am attaching a link to the CIS website that explains the waiver you will get. Both you and your husband hold on to safe and good luck
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Susan where are you living right immediately. Are you with your husband in Iraq or back within your country with your family?
If you left surrounded by July, I would say you should be back within the first week of January. I wouldn't push it to the outer bounds, unless you desperately entail those extra few days.
You won't qualify for the continous provision, if your husband is serving within Iraq and you're back in your home country. The continous residence provision only applies if you're husband is stationed overseas, read out in Germany, and you're living with him.
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