I, my wife and our daughter (6 yrs old now) have recd our GC cards this year i.e 2005
Now we have decided to send my daughter for studies to India for next 5-6 years and my wife will accompany her
I have few questions here
Q1 - To maintain their GC cards, how often they need to visit USA
once in 180 days or once a year?
Also since I would be able to apply for my citizenship in year 2010, but for applying for their citizenship, I have following questions
Q2 -If my wife makes one visit to the USA within 180 days for next 5 yrs to
have a "Continuous residence" for 5 yrs, and actually stays in USA for 30
months to satisfy the "Physical residence" condition for citizenship
then can she apply for citizenship in 2010?
Q3 -And does my daughter also need to vist USA twice in a yr as above to
satisfy the "Continuous and Physical residence" condition to be able to
apply for citizenship in 2010
OR
My daughter makes only one visit to US in a Yr to maintain her GC card
And when I would apply for my citizenship in 2010 (Form N400) ,
can I fill Form N600 for my daughter (who will be under 18 Yrs in 2010)
as a dependent to apply for her citizenship?
My main endeavour here is to find out the minimum times they have to visit USA so that daughter's education is not disrupted
Thanks
Now we have decided to send my daughter for studies to India for next 5-6 years and my wife will accompany her
I have few questions here
Q1 - To maintain their GC cards, how often they need to visit USA
once in 180 days or once a year?
Also since I would be able to apply for my citizenship in year 2010, but for applying for their citizenship, I have following questions
Q2 -If my wife makes one visit to the USA within 180 days for next 5 yrs to
have a "Continuous residence" for 5 yrs, and actually stays in USA for 30
months to satisfy the "Physical residence" condition for citizenship
then can she apply for citizenship in 2010?
Q3 -And does my daughter also need to vist USA twice in a yr as above to
satisfy the "Continuous and Physical residence" condition to be able to
apply for citizenship in 2010
OR
My daughter makes only one visit to US in a Yr to maintain her GC card
And when I would apply for my citizenship in 2010 (Form N400) ,
can I fill Form N600 for my daughter (who will be under 18 Yrs in 2010)
as a dependent to apply for her citizenship?
My main endeavour here is to find out the minimum times they have to visit USA so that daughter's education is not disrupted
Thanks