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Citizenship
- Thread starter ma1231
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cadel said:When you look on your GC,it says ''Resident since DATE''.The countdown for citizenship runs from that date to 4 years and 9 months.If it was based on asylum grant,lot of us would be already citizens.
Thanks for your reply; do you think a 'class action' to demand our right to be naturalized based on asylum approved date is worth the trouble?
John Smith 1
Registered Users (C)
iam going to apply soon
i got my GC on aug 17 2005,
my card is backdated one year resident since aug 17 2004,
i was granted asylum asylum feb 2000,
iam going to try to apply for naturalization very soon,
its a gamble , it may work , it may not,
at least its a try
i got my GC on aug 17 2005,
my card is backdated one year resident since aug 17 2004,
i was granted asylum asylum feb 2000,
iam going to try to apply for naturalization very soon,
its a gamble , it may work , it may not,
at least its a try
bringslite
Registered Users (C)
ma1231 said:Does anyone know if we can apply for naturalization based on the date of ‘approved for asylum’ rather than the date GC?
Only refugees get their GC back-dated to the date they enter the US!
bringslite said:Only refugees get their GC back-dated to the date they enter the US!
Correct. And their GC processing time is a third of the time it takes to process asylees. So sometimes they have to wait to apply for citizenship as well.
cadel said:When you look on your GC,it says ''Resident since DATE''.The countdown for citizenship runs from that date to 4 years and 9 months.If it was based on asylum grant,lot of us would be already citizens.
I talked to my lawyer today. he said that asylees can apply for naturalization 3 years and 9 months from the date on their GC. He gave me a reference to the law and I've trying to locate it since this morning. When I find additional info I'll keep you all posted.
Did you hear about returning the GC to CIS because of wrong dates on cards?
It takes 4 years and 9 months(5 years by law) for a PR who's not a result of a marriage to a US citizen,to apply for citizenship.Now as a result of a 1 year backdating of your GC as asylee,a period time remaining in your clock is 3 years and 9 months.This is a reason why your lawyer asked you to apply after 3 years and 9 months.About returning GC to NSC,we can say the uscis system is out of control,cause it's a big mistake receiving those kind of mails from NSC.If you receive a mail requesting you to return a card,just ignore it and say fuck to NSC.
cadel said:It takes 4 years and 9 months(5 years by law) for a PR who's not a result of a marriage to a US citizen,to apply for citizenship.Now as a result of a 1 year backdating of your GC as asylee,a period time remaining in your clock is 3 years and 9 months.This is a reason why your lawyer asked you to apply after 3 years and 9 months.About returning GC to NSC,we can say the uscis system is out of control,cause it's a big mistake receiving those kind of mails from NSC.If you receive a mail requesting you to return a card,just ignore it and say fuck to NSC.
my lawyer asked me to apply after 3 years and 9 months from the date on the GC, which means the period time remaining after receiving the GC is 2 years and 9 months. I've been trying to validate what he told me and serach the Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations, but found nothing so far.