Question about moving after passport...

[Douglas97]

I heard there is a 1 year requirement to live in the U.S. after you get citizenship before you establish permanent residence elsewhere, so you don't get citizenship revoked. Some say that this is an old rule and that it isn't required anymore.

What is true here?

Thanks alot,
Doug

 

[Douglas97]

You can move out of the country anytime you like.

Just remember to continue filing your US tax return. The US requires an accounting based on worldwide taxable income when residing in or outside the United States.

I understand that, but I read on an immigration website that you are required to stay 1 year in the states before establishing permanent residence elsewhere, so you don't risk losing your citizenship. Do you know anything about this?

 

[Douglas97]

This is the website where I found the information:

http://www.immigration.com/faq/uscitizen.html

Under what conditions can my citizenship be revoked?

If your behavior is not well disposed to the good order and happiness
of the U.S. or if you concealed your wartime activities when applying
for visas to enter the U.S. after World War II. Also, for example you do
one of the following:

(a) Refusal to testify before a congressional committee regarding
alleged subversive activities within 10 years after becoming a
U.S. citizen.
(b) Establish permanent foreign residence within 1 year after becoming
a U.S. citizen

 

[brokenarrow]

Make sure that you post full messages ....

(a) Refusal to testify before a congressional committee regarding
alleged subversive activities within 10 years after becoming a
U.S. citizen.
(b) Establish permanent foreign residence within 1 year after becoming
a U.S. citizen
Note from Rich Wales, richw@yank.kitchener.on.ca
This provision was repealed on October 25, 1994, by
Public Law 103-416 (108 Stat. 4305). The old require-
ment that candidates for US citizenship must intend to
reside permanently in the US following naturalization
was also repealed by this same law.

 

[Douglas97]

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[Douglas97]

Ok thanks all for the info.

 

[aabbcc11]

The 1 yr req was an old law and does not apply anymore,as someone pointed above.