how hard is it for a former US citizen(born in US) to file for N-400?

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how hard is it for a former US citizen(born in US) to file for N-400?

she was born in Maryland in 1946. she gave up her US citizenship
in 1996 at age 50, to accept a job in a foreign country.

what are her chances of getting her citizenship back? will she
have to go through the greencard-to-naturalization process?

thanks!
 
Did she officially renounce her citizenship? Or is it that she assumed her citizenship was lost because of the laws at the time (which have since been repealed)?
 
Ned50 said:
how hard is it for a former US citizen(born in US) to file for N-400?

she was born in Maryland in 1946. she gave up her US citizenship
in 1996 at age 50, to accept a job in a foreign country.

what are her chances of getting her citizenship back? will she
have to go through the greencard-to-naturalization process?

thanks!
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Did she work for an enemy state? Why did she give up her citizenship to work for a foreign country? That is really dumb.
 
if she went to work for terry groups out in the dessert bunkers of Afghanistan or Irak, then we don't want her back :) -- Just my sense of humor ...

None of us were there when she made this decision, none of us know WHY she made this decision, but surely a person is entitled to a few mistakes in their lives. Good luck to her getting it back though, I hope that the USCIS is forgiving in these modern times. 7x7 we shall forgive right .. ?

but what is there to come back to at age 62? It will be hard to find a job as that is so close to retirement age. Really hard to build up a good retirement portfolio, and the list goes on. I hope she has a bunch of kids and grandkids here to come back to. Must have been hard to leave your country at age 50 to begin with.
 
I assume she has to apply for new citizenship. You cannot "Revoke" once cancelled citizenship.
 
Before she can apply for citizenship, she has to become a permanent resident first. She can try to get an H1 visa and do the usual EB path. Or maybe someone in the family wants to petition for her via the family path.
 
First, she has to look into whether all procedures were followed correctly when she renounced her citizenship. One of the requirements that it has to be done on foreign soil. It they were not, she is still US citizen and she can regain citizenship by filing a civil case in a federal court.
Assuming it was done correctly, there is no much she can do rather than follow regular immigration path. However, I can see difficulties with her being approved for permanent residency after renouncing citizenship.
 
Ned50 said:
how hard is it for a former US citizen(born in US) to file for N-400?

she was born in Maryland in 1946. she gave up her US citizenship
in 1996 at age 50, to accept a job in a foreign country.

what are her chances of getting her citizenship back? will she
have to go through the greencard-to-naturalization process?

thanks!
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The biggest question is if she officially renounced her citizenship or if she assumes she lost citizenship by taking a position in a foreign government.
Without this first being clarified by the poster we can speculate all we want.
 
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