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Hello everyone, I've been reading the forums here for a long time now in hopes of finding a similar case with mine until I decided to post a new thread and ask your help.
I've been a permanent resident for over 7 years now, married to a USC 15 years, stayed in the US since becoming LPR in Jan. 2004 until June 2008 with 3 short visits to our country. My son goes to school outside the US from 2008 until the present, since he's a minor I stay with him there but go back and fort, I never stayed outside the US for 180 days.
My questions are:
1. Am I eligible to apply for naturalization? As of my calculation I'm 1015 days out of the counrty since becoming an LPR over 7 years ago.
2. When do I start counting my physical presence in the US, 5 years back from today or 5 years from 2004?
3. Will they consider my case base on marriage or 5 year term?
4. In eligibility self test, there is a question there wherein it asks if you stayed for a total of 30 months abroad since becoming an LPR. Since I'm 1015 days out, that would be a total of over 30 months. Should I make a go for it and hope that they would consider my stay here since getting my Green Card in 2004 even I failed the self eligibility test?
You know, I'm concern about these things because applying for naturalization takes time not to mention expensive. And the application fee is non-refundable that is why I'm trying to understand if I can go for it or not. If I'm not, I'll try to apply for a re-entry permit instead since my son is not done with his schooling yet. Please advise, thank you so much.
And oh, we're back in the US now, April 5th.
Bree
I've been a permanent resident for over 7 years now, married to a USC 15 years, stayed in the US since becoming LPR in Jan. 2004 until June 2008 with 3 short visits to our country. My son goes to school outside the US from 2008 until the present, since he's a minor I stay with him there but go back and fort, I never stayed outside the US for 180 days.
My questions are:
1. Am I eligible to apply for naturalization? As of my calculation I'm 1015 days out of the counrty since becoming an LPR over 7 years ago.
2. When do I start counting my physical presence in the US, 5 years back from today or 5 years from 2004?
3. Will they consider my case base on marriage or 5 year term?
4. In eligibility self test, there is a question there wherein it asks if you stayed for a total of 30 months abroad since becoming an LPR. Since I'm 1015 days out, that would be a total of over 30 months. Should I make a go for it and hope that they would consider my stay here since getting my Green Card in 2004 even I failed the self eligibility test?
You know, I'm concern about these things because applying for naturalization takes time not to mention expensive. And the application fee is non-refundable that is why I'm trying to understand if I can go for it or not. If I'm not, I'll try to apply for a re-entry permit instead since my son is not done with his schooling yet. Please advise, thank you so much.
And oh, we're back in the US now, April 5th.
Bree
