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naturalization question
- Thread starter qazxsw
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Do you know if leaving the employer too soon after the GC can pose problem during naturalizarion?
I have heard some people saying yes.
Thanks.
In general it might cause a problem (although this very much depends on luck, on the IO etc) but there is a way around it. When you apply for naturalization based on the 5 year rule, they will only look at your employment history during the 5 year statuatory period immediately prior to the N-400 application. So if you apply say, 6 years after getting a green card, the fact that you have quickly left the GC-sponsoring employer should not be an issue.
How can one get around it? if one works for the sponsoring employer for previous 5 yrs but leaves soon after GC. Is that still a problem?
Never heard of anyone has run into this problem before. Stop worrying about it and just try our your luck.
Jackolantern
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However, some of the IOs notice that the sponsoring employer is not listed in the 5-year employment history, and they ask when the applicant left the sponsoring employer. So although waiting until 6 years or later reduces the risk, it does not eliminate it.So if you apply say, 6 years after getting a green card, the fact that you have quickly left the GC-sponsoring employer should not be an issue.
Jackolantern
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Somebody on this forum ran into this problem, but was ultimately approved after defending himself and having the supervisor consulted.Never heard of anyone has run into this problem before.
http://forums.immigration.com/showpost.php?p=1675278&postcount=45
Somebody on this forum ran into this problem, but was ultimately approved after defending himself and having the supervisor consulted.
http://forums.immigration.com/showpost.php?p=1675278&postcount=45
Quite an instructive and interesting case, although stories like that seem to be rare in this forum and my impression is that the risk of the IO scrutinizing this issue are not that high to begin with. In the post you cited the guy changed employers immediately after having the GC approved (actually, even one day before) and submitted an N-400 shortly before having a GC for five years. So the employment change happened within the 5-year statutory period relevant to the N-400 application and the immediate post-GC employment history had to be reported in the N-400.
I would think that in such iffy cases the longer one waits over 5 years after GC before filing N-400, the lower the risk gets. For instance if that guy applied for naturalization 10 years after getting a GC, I doubt very much that the IO would have dug into his immediate post-GC employment history.
Somebody on this forum ran into this problem, but was ultimately approved after defending himself and having the supervisor consulted.
http://forums.immigration.com/showpost.php?p=1675278&postcount=45
This was a case of getting the EB GC soon after leaving the sponsor not
about tleaving the sponsor soom after getting the GC. Before AC21, such a GC
was indeed illegitemate. After AC 21 I don't know how it was treated. Perhaps AC21
requires you changed the job but the person in this story had a hole in the
middle so that his GC was indeed questionable because he was not really employed when his GC was
approved. Most likely IOs gave him a big break.
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