Continious residence.

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30005

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Continuous residence

Folks, please help me to understand.

I got the green card 4 years and 10 month ago. During 4 years and 10 months I was physically presented in the United States 990 days.

I traveled about 12 trips.

The longest trip was 173 days.

In 2006 i left the United Staes in January, staying out of the country for 173 days. After that I came back to the United States, stay for TWO weeks and left for about 5 months(150 days) comming back end of December 2006.

Did I break the rule of continuous residence? Can I apply for the US citizenship?

Thank you!
 
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30005 said:
Folks, please help me to understand.

I got the green card 4 years and 10 month ago. During 4 years and 10 months I was physically presented in the United States 990 days.

I traveled about 12 trips.

The longest trip was 173 days.

In 2006 i left the United Staes in January, staying out of the country for 173 days. After that I came back to the United States, stay for TWO weeks and left for about 5 months(150 days) comming back end of December 2006.

Did I break the rule of continuous residence? Can I apply for the US citizenship?

Thank you!
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Per my calculations, you have stayed in US about 55% of the time. While your number may not violate the law as written, it will likely be questioned since it is borderline. You might be asked to prove that you maintained ties to US ... the onus will be on you.
 
What would be the valid reason to justify why i was out of the country for 5 mnoths, returned for cuple of weeks to the USA and gone away for another 5 months? My wife adn my child were in the USA at that time and stayed in our owned house.
 
30005 said:
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I traveled about 12 trips.
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Where these back to back trips? You've only provided information on 2 long trips. If the 12 trips were relatively close together and long in nature (even if they were below 6 months), it may be presumed you have broken continuous residency.
 
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