Overseas Job Opportunity -- How Will This Effect My Wife's Citizenship Candidacy?

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agoodfella

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My wife just recently received her Green Card.

I have just recently received a job opportunity overseas (in Asia). Is there any way for her to continue her US citizenship candidacy while coming with me overseas?

Is there a minimum US domicile residency requirement? Or just a matter of visiting X number of times a year? If there is a requirement, are there any exemptions or special cases that we may apply for?

Many thanks in advance.
 
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agoodfella said:
My wife just recently received her Green Card.

I have just recently received a job opportunity overseas (in Asia). Is there any way for her to continue her US citizenship candidacy while coming with me overseas?
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Maybe, but it depends whether you are being posted overseas by a US Corporation. If so, I believe you can apply for N-470 to preserve her residence for naturalization purposes (in addition to the required reentry permit).

If you are thinking of taking up employment with a foreign company, the answer is almost certainly no.

agoodfella said:
Is there a minimum US domicile residency requirement? Or just a matter of visiting X number of times a year? If there is a requirement, are there any exemptions or special cases that we may apply for?
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Minimum domicile for citizenship based on marriage to a USC? Yes.
- 3 years continuous residency, but that means more than flying in to the US for a visit every 6 months.
- 18 months physical presence. i.e. spend a minimum of 540 days in the US during the 3 year waiting period.

May I suggest you first read the USCIS M-476 Guide to Naturalization, and then spend some time reading previous threads in this forum. I've lost count how many times I personally have answered these questions - search my old posts for some starting points.
 
boatbod, many thanks for your detailed reply.

i am very appreciative. will look up those resources you suggested.
 
In the meantime, I would like to mention that it is NOT a foreign corporation nor is it for the US government.

It is a US corporation that has offered me a position overseas.

As for those duration requirements (which I remember reading as well) are there any ways to get exempted from this?
 
Yes, of course, what forms are necessary (if any) for the reentry permit?

Also, taking a quick gander at the N-470, I noticed that the form only pertains to the candidate him/herself and nothing about the absence from the US being due to the spouse, can I assume that is the same thing?
 
Download form I-131 and the instructions. And see the instructions for N-470.
 
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agoodfella said:
Also, taking a quick gander at the N-470, I noticed that the form only pertains to the candidate him/herself and nothing about the absence from the US being due to the spouse, can I assume that is the same thing?
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We had a case a while back, where a spouse was a beneficiary of an N-470. Not quite sure how it came into being, but definitely something worth checking out - do you have access to a company immigration lawyer?

http://www.ilw.com/forms/N-470fillable.pdf <- definitely mentions spouses, but not clear whether the spouse can be a primary applicant.
 
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