Hello Experienced Friends,
My wife and I received our GC on March 1, 2005. Since I was working in international division of my company, during 2005, I was frequently travelled out of US for one to two weeks business visits to Asia. However in December 2005, my company sent me to India to open their office in India. During 2006 and 2007 we visited US our home every four to five months. I made sure that I never stay out of US for more than 6 months.
In May 2007, on a vacation visit from India to Miami, the immigration officer questioned my wife on why she was not applying for reentry permit. She let my wife enter US with a warning. My wife stayed back on that visit and applied for re-entry permit. However we did not feel very comfortable with the situation and in August 2007, my wife and son returned to US and settled in our house. We did not hear anything about reentry permit until December when we applied to withdraw our application. Upon checking online our LIN #, it confirms that the applications have been withdrawn.
In April 2008, I resigned the company and moved back to US. I am still working for them as a consultant doing Asia work.
To summarize the long story:
My facts:
1. Out of 5 years I have stayed outside US for more than 700 days
2. I have all the tickets and boading cards in original except first visit in 2005 which I submitted to my company as travel expense report. I have also traced immigration stamps on passports entering US or entering other countries when left US and maintained a table.
3. Maintained US house, paid property taxes, was on US payroll, had salary come in my US account
So Technically, I meet both physical presence and continuous residence requirements.
More:
a. I had 4 traffic tickets: 1 before the GC. 1 in 2005 and 1 in Dec 2009 and 1 in January 2010.
My wife’s facts:
1. Out of US for total 400+ days on several visits abroad:
Seek Guidance on:
1. Is my case clean eligible for naturalization or it may have some problems. Is so then what should we do?
2. Can the traffic tickets pose a problem? 3. Should I attach all boarding cards and tickets + Tax Returns for 5 years to explain my case or take them for Interview.
4. My Wife: Is her case clean with application for reentry permit and withdrawal?
I will appreciate any suggestions in this regard.
Baldoor
My wife and I received our GC on March 1, 2005. Since I was working in international division of my company, during 2005, I was frequently travelled out of US for one to two weeks business visits to Asia. However in December 2005, my company sent me to India to open their office in India. During 2006 and 2007 we visited US our home every four to five months. I made sure that I never stay out of US for more than 6 months.
In May 2007, on a vacation visit from India to Miami, the immigration officer questioned my wife on why she was not applying for reentry permit. She let my wife enter US with a warning. My wife stayed back on that visit and applied for re-entry permit. However we did not feel very comfortable with the situation and in August 2007, my wife and son returned to US and settled in our house. We did not hear anything about reentry permit until December when we applied to withdraw our application. Upon checking online our LIN #, it confirms that the applications have been withdrawn.
In April 2008, I resigned the company and moved back to US. I am still working for them as a consultant doing Asia work.
To summarize the long story:
My facts:
1. Out of 5 years I have stayed outside US for more than 700 days
2. I have all the tickets and boading cards in original except first visit in 2005 which I submitted to my company as travel expense report. I have also traced immigration stamps on passports entering US or entering other countries when left US and maintained a table.
3. Maintained US house, paid property taxes, was on US payroll, had salary come in my US account
So Technically, I meet both physical presence and continuous residence requirements.
More:
a. I had 4 traffic tickets: 1 before the GC. 1 in 2005 and 1 in Dec 2009 and 1 in January 2010.
My wife’s facts:
1. Out of US for total 400+ days on several visits abroad:
Seek Guidance on:
1. Is my case clean eligible for naturalization or it may have some problems. Is so then what should we do?
2. Can the traffic tickets pose a problem? 3. Should I attach all boarding cards and tickets + Tax Returns for 5 years to explain my case or take them for Interview.
4. My Wife: Is her case clean with application for reentry permit and withdrawal?
I will appreciate any suggestions in this regard.
Baldoor
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With tickets... if no arrest occurred, then don't sweat it.