LPR after completing 32 months stay on reentry permit

[scth61]

Friends,

Please check if you can help me out here ...
I am a Legally Permanent Resident of US and obtained Green Card on Sep 2002. I left US with a reentry permit on June 2005, after completing 32 months in the US. I am in India right now. Can I apply for US citizenship in 2007, by visiting US for a few weeks in 2006 and later in 2007 by staying 3 months in US and applying for citizenship. I am paying US taxes and retain bank accounts in the US.

 

[harvydonald]

The only way you can do that is if you are eligible for
N-470, Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization Purposes

Check instructions for N-470
http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/files/N-470.pdf
if any of the scenarios mentioned apply to you....

else you have to maintain your presence in the US like most people....