Citizenship application

[DanielP]

I received my Green Card in 2011 and right after, due to some family emergency have filed for re-entry permit and left United States for 4-years (renewed the re-entry permit once) and eventually move back to the States in 2015.

I was wondering whether in 2018, which is 3-years since my permanent move back to USA in 2015, would I be qualified to apply for Citizenship/Naturalization?

I need to add that my Green Card has been Employment based and issued in January 2011.

[newacct]

I received my Green Card in 2011 and right after, due to some family emergency have filed for re-entry permit and left United States for 4-years (renewed the re-entry permit once) and eventually move back to the States in 2015.

I was wondering whether in 2018, which is 3-years since my permanent move back to USA in 2015, would I be qualified to apply for Citizenship/Naturalization?

I need to add that my Green Card has been Employment based and issued in January 2011.

Whether you interrupted continuous residence depends on exactly how long your absences were; an absence of between 6 months and 1 year may interrupt continuous residence, but could be overcome; an absence of more than 1 year definitely interrupts continuous residence. They may or may not count multiple absences with short gaps in between as one long absence, so I will assume your continuous residence was interrupted.

To qualify under the 3-year rule, you must have been married to a US citizen for the last 3 years. Were you married to a US citizen for the last 3 years?

Another thing to note is that, if you returned from an absence of more than 1 year, you can apply for naturalization under the 5-year rule 4 years and 1 day after you returned (or you can apply for naturalization under the 3-year rule 2 years and 1 day after you returned).