From COR to citizenship

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dyablo25

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Hello everybody,

This is my first time posting here, I have been reading for a couple of days and it looks like this forum is full of knowledgeable people.

My situation is a little bit more complicated than what I am about to write but it really comes down to this.

In Jan 09 was pulled over by police and taken to county jail due to warrant for my arrest for not showing up on court, the reason I had to go to court was because driving with a expired tag.
I was here illegally and the county jail was applying 287g at the time so I was given voluntary return.
3 weeks later I am trying to EWI again and was caught, taken to Fed court and the sentence was time served (not even 24 hours).
I am then taken to Detention Center and given the chance to be released on bond; I have USC wife and child.
Because I had 10 years of continuous presence before given VR and did not stay out of the US for more than 3 months my continuous presence was not broken.
I find out that I can apply for COR because of the above and can show extreme and unusual hardship to my wife and child if I am to be deported.
April 2011 IJ grants me permanent residency.
I been thinking about applying for citizenship when I am eligible, does the above makes me ineligible for it? My record is clean other than the incidents listed above.

I realized that I need to consult a good attorney for this but I want to start planning ahead and learn as much as possible during the process.
 
Any input from anyone? Maybe I am over stressing for something that is not even here yet but as I said I would like to be prepared.
 
Jackolantern said:
If these troubles are properly disclosed during your green card process and don't prevent you from getting a green card, they won't stop you from becoming a citizen if you keep your record clean going forward.

But you don't have a green card yet, so it's premature to be asking about citizenship. Ask about green cards in the Family Based Green Cards section: http://forums.immigration.com/forum...ed-Green-Cards-Through-Marriage-or-a-Relative
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Jacko why did you conclude the OP has does not have GC??. IJ as approved Permanent Residency in 2011. So he must have got GC by now.

My advise be right side of law 100% for 3 years, since date of PR, and there should no problem in N-400 process.
 
madh4 said:
Jacko why did you conclude the OP has does not have GC??. IJ as approved Permanent Residency in 2011. So he must have got GC by now.
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Oops, somehow I missed that. The title and the rest of the post made it seem like he was trying to go straight from COR to citizenship.
 
madh4 is correct, I have been a permanent resident since 2011.

I am mainly concerned with the fact that I was taken to Fed court for EWI, the sentence was time served but still, I wonder if that would make me illegible to become a citizen. The IJ knew this as I listed on my application.
 
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