Travel abroad after applying for naturalization.

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jess11

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Hello everyone,

I am permanent resident and i will be applying for citizenship soon. can i leave USA for temporary visits after applying for naturalization. How long these temporary visits can be? i read somewhere that in order to maintain PR one should not be away for more than 6 months. Is it possible that after applying for naturalization i leave USA for like 5 months and then come back and stay for a month or so n then again leave for another 4-5 months. But during all this i also keep an address of mine. Will i be able to preserve my PR. My husband will be away from USA , he is USC by the way, so i just want to be with him. plus i don't wanna lose my chances of getting citizenship.

I would really appreciate any kinda help.
 
jess11 said:
Hello everyone,

I am permanent resident and i will be applying for citizenship soon. can i leave USA for temporary visits after applying for naturalization. How long these temporary visits can be? i read somewhere that in order to maintain PR one should not be away for more than 6 months. Is it possible that after applying for naturalization i leave USA for like 5 months and then come back and stay for a month or so n then again leave for another 4-5 months. But during all this i also keep an address of mine. Will i be able to preserve my PR. My husband will be away from USA , he is USC by the way, so i just want to be with him. plus i don't wanna lose my chances of getting citizenship.

I would really appreciate any kinda help.
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Until you actually take the oath, you need to maintain all your original N-400 eligibility criteria, particularly continuous residence. I'd suggest you really don't want to have a series of long back-to-back trips to explain to an IO, however sometimes even people with that sort of questionable travel history get lucky. (See: http://www.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=248945)
 
jess11 said:
Hello everyone,

I am permanent resident and i will be applying for citizenship soon. can i leave USA for temporary visits after applying for naturalization. How long these temporary visits can be? i read somewhere that in order to maintain PR one should not be away for more than 6 months. Is it possible that after applying for naturalization i leave USA for like 5 months and then come back and stay for a month or so n then again leave for another 4-5 months.
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Don't get the idea that multiple 5 month trips back-to-back will preserve continuous residence just because each trip is less than 6 months.

See post 13: http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?p=1759394#post1759394
 
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