"Continuous residence" requirement.
My spouse is a US citizen by birth and I've been a Permanent Resident through marriage since 07/02/2003. I was in the US continuously until Aug 25, 2006 (>37months). I am a Ph.D. students and was overseas for my dissertation data collection from 08/25/2006 to 05/25/2007 (9 months). Spent the summer at home in the US and then accompanied wife and kids when she got a Fulbright for her dissertation fieldwork, also outside the US from 08/15/2007 to 07/16/2008 (11 months).
Maintained a mortgage, paid taxes, and was enrolled at the University the entire time (have all the paperwork).
I saw on USCIS website people with trips b/w 6 and 12 months in length must prove that these trips did not "break" continuous residence. With back to back trips like we had, what are my odds of meeting the continuous residence requirement if I file now? Also not sure about "Physical Presence".
My spouse is a US citizen by birth and I've been a Permanent Resident through marriage since 07/02/2003. I was in the US continuously until Aug 25, 2006 (>37months). I am a Ph.D. students and was overseas for my dissertation data collection from 08/25/2006 to 05/25/2007 (9 months). Spent the summer at home in the US and then accompanied wife and kids when she got a Fulbright for her dissertation fieldwork, also outside the US from 08/15/2007 to 07/16/2008 (11 months).
Maintained a mortgage, paid taxes, and was enrolled at the University the entire time (have all the paperwork).
I saw on USCIS website people with trips b/w 6 and 12 months in length must prove that these trips did not "break" continuous residence. With back to back trips like we had, what are my odds of meeting the continuous residence requirement if I file now? Also not sure about "Physical Presence".