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drvns2001
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What do you mean by you just found out you left the country for 8 months? Were you abducted by aliens? 
If you left the country for 8 months there is a presumption of break of continuous residency that you can overcome by providing evidence that proves your US residential ties during the time you were away.
If you left the country for 8 months there is a presumption of break of continuous residency that you can overcome by providing evidence that proves your US residential ties during the time you were away.
Jackolantern
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If they deem that your over-6 months trip has broke continuous residence, it is true that all the years spent in the US before that trip don't count. Except that they only require you to spend 4 years and 1 day residing in the US after that break in residence, instead of having to redo the whole 5 years.
But you can save yourself by showing that you held sufficient ties to the US during those 8 months when you were gone. However, convincing them will be more difficult if there are other long trips (even if they are under 6 months) right before and/or after than 8-month trip.
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