Recent content by nailiam

BobSmyth - thanks very much for the time it took you to apply. While your answer results in a denial it is logical and I can understand it. At this stage, we have requested our congressman to intervene to get them to fix their letter. If it is a denial, so be it, but we feel it is better if...

yes. as I mentioned we kept planning on coming home but things kept changing and we stayed longer and longer...we tried to proactively meet with the IO to highlight the time out, etc and see what it meant but they said they could not answer anything on it and we should file when we felt all was...

we got the Denial yesterday so have not wasted much. I really appreciate your time/effort/answers. We are not going to appeal as it makes no sense. We will meet with the CIS to discuss, if they will and today my husband is contacting a congressman for assistance. We are not hopeful or really...

not sure if I was clear on the dates but the point I was trying to make is that I got the GC on 5/15/05 but we lived overseas until 7/08 - our intention was to come home much earlier but things kept happening. so can they say the clock only started ticking in 7/08 or do i get the 364 day...

as regards the fees, clearly not worth $70 but it does bother me that they have the facts wrong in their letter. I expect more and deserve a correct rationale I think. the other issue is when can I file? A strict interpretation is that I did not come to the US until 7/08 (as we were mainly...

It is not a clear cut situation...We were married in late 2001, our child was born in the US in late 2002. I got the green card in May 2005. My husband was working overseas during this period. I did not get the GC after we were married as the intention was to stay overseas. Then in late 2004 we...

BigJoe5 - from reading 316.5(c)(1)(ii) it refers to disrupting my continuous residence if I am out between 6 and 12 months for continuous periods (i.e., periods not 1 period). I was only out one period, do you think this is a winning argument? Also, they made a big mistake and I did not...

Thanks for the reply Jackolantern. Have you seen this in practice or is there a way to tell that 334 is not available? The lawyer we consulted initially with had told us we could use it (so we did). From reading the statute it says if you are filing under 319 (i.e., marriage to a US citizen)...

I am not disagreeing with you it is just that I have not seen that anywhere and it does not seem logical (I guess there is no requirement for logic when dealing with governments...). Can you point me to the relevant legal code or examples/discussions? Thanks

if you married to US citizen you can apply based on 3 years residency status. Also based on Sec 334 (8 U.S.C. 1445) states that: "the application for naturalization may be filed up to 3 months before the date the applicant would first otherwise meet such continuous residence requirement".

Hi, I have applied for US citizenship based on marriage to the US citizen and have been denied and would appreciate some guidance. I was out of the US for greater than one year and broke my "continuous residence" but returned in July 2008. (Note I have been married since 2002 so I have...