Hello All
I have this very uncommon situation , I have one of my relatives who came to US on family based Green Card five years back. They had to go outside of USA three years back and their overseas stay was extended to 8 months (continuous)
I know one cannot apply for citizenship if you have traveled outside of USA and stayed more than 6 months in one single visit in last five years.
Would like to know, if they cannot apply for citizenship at the end of 5 years, than when can they actually apply ? I heard Some people say that the citizenship application will need to be delayed by number of days you were outside of US in that single stay and others say your counter for 5 years is reset the day you came back from your extended visit outside US , so they need to now wait 5 more years , since the day they came back to USA.
Looking for how the 6 months of continuous stay outside effects Citizenship application date. They are neither married to US citizen nor do they serve in military or any other US government departments.
Looking advise from experts and people who had gone through similar experiences.
Sincerely
I have this very uncommon situation , I have one of my relatives who came to US on family based Green Card five years back. They had to go outside of USA three years back and their overseas stay was extended to 8 months (continuous)
I know one cannot apply for citizenship if you have traveled outside of USA and stayed more than 6 months in one single visit in last five years.
Would like to know, if they cannot apply for citizenship at the end of 5 years, than when can they actually apply ? I heard Some people say that the citizenship application will need to be delayed by number of days you were outside of US in that single stay and others say your counter for 5 years is reset the day you came back from your extended visit outside US , so they need to now wait 5 more years , since the day they came back to USA.
Looking for how the 6 months of continuous stay outside effects Citizenship application date. They are neither married to US citizen nor do they serve in military or any other US government departments.
Looking advise from experts and people who had gone through similar experiences.
Sincerely
Last edited by a moderator: