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    Is Credit history + score important for citizenship

    credit history can reflect where a person live and has lived in the past. Don't know if the USCIS bothtehr to look into it if they have doubt about where you lived in the past. But I am not sure if three big credit reporting agency allows USCIS to check or not. On N400 form, we do give our...
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    N400-Questions

    In my opinion, the best thing to do is to withdraw the application and send a new one.
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    Re: N400 - which category do I fit in?

    You have to be PR for 5 years to apply for citizenship. 3 years only if you get your PR as yoiur citizen wife sponsored your GC. If you get your GC by other means, Having been married to a US citizen for however longtime is irrelevant.
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    How is admission defined as in "at any time after admission" for a permanent resident?

    If a PR stays outside the USA for more than 6 months, he is also considered to seek admission when he return the USA. But I doubt he can define his admission date as the date of return after,say, 7 month.
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    Applying for citizenship and re-entry permit same time?

    It is not faster to get the citizenship thru a lawyer. It is processed on the first-come-first-serve basis . A lawyer can only help you better prepare your case to file. You don't need a lawyer if you have nothing complicated
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    How is admission defined as in "at any time after admission" for a permanent resident?

    It is BIA's opinion in matter of rainford. It make sense. Otherwise it does not make any sense to even win in a deportation proceedings because otherwise once deportable, then always deportable.
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    Domestic violence, will he lose GC

    This document may help your friend if he get conviction http://www.ilrc.org/resources/DV_article_Brady_1.07.pdf
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    How is admission defined as in "at any time after admission" for a permanent resident?

    One could haved entered USA many times. As long as it is on nonimmigration visa, each time is considered an admission. So don't know it is the latest or the earliest one that counts I heard for certain purpose in INA 237, some section in INA 242 defined admission as the day one became PR even...
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    How is admission defined as in "at any time after admission" for a permanent resident?

    The key issue is for the purpose of INA 237 (2) (a) (C), how the USCIS interpret "after admission". Is it after you physically came to USA on nonimmigrant visa, or the after you became a PR. Some offenses are deportable defined by INA 237 (2) (a) (C) but not inadmissible defined by INA...
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    Domestic violence, will he lose GC

    Not that simple . See the following quote: DV is a deportable offense but not inadmissible offense. That means you can apply for a green card with a DV conviction. But once after you get the GC and get DV conviction, you may be deportable. Under the INA, criminal convictions may make an...
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    citizenship question

    This AR-11 has been required by law for a very very long time but no one cares until after 9-11. An immigrant from Palestine was almost deported because of this. Standard advice on this forum is to file AR-11 better later than never. I believe E-filingis allowed
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    How is admission defined as in "at any time after admission" for a permanent resident?

    If this is how it is interpreted, then it make a huge differences for those who did something removable but still not inadmissible before they got the GC as long as they disclose it in AOS applications.
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    How is admission defined as in "at any time after admission" for a permanent resident?

    Is it his first entry into USA on whatever visa or the day he became a PR thru adjustment of status?
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    citizenship question

    If this is true, then I take back what I said before. But I do read from the internet that biometrics appointment letters ask you to disclose if you commoiited any offenses and bring documents if Yes (e.g, http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080915180748AAoJWCu) I don't think many...
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    citizenship question

    I don't think one has a chance to avoid it anyway. During green card renewal I-90 biometrics appointment, you will be asked for past arrest/conviction record anyway. If renewal greend card and citizenship application are equal risky, why not try the later? If you get thru the former, you...
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