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Staying in a non-COP country
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The.Walker
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As long as you maintain your Green Card status by spending certain number of days in the U.S., I don't see how it would affect your citizenship. As a U.S. Citizen, you'd be paying taxes after all.
wantmygcnow
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I had asked this question before but I didnt get an answer. Please help me. I have a green card from the asylee process (AS6). Can I stay and work for 3 years in a country in the middle east that is not my COP? Or will this affect my citizenship?
If you stay out of U.S more than 3 years..you could lose your GC..if you dont have ties to the U.S. You can also fill a form to protect your residency but you have to work for a U.S company or entity or government. IT has to be approved though.
I had asked this question before but I didnt get an answer. Please help me. I have a green card from the asylee process (AS6). Can I stay and work for 3 years in a country in the middle east that is not my COP? Or will this affect my citizenship?
A number of points. First, as a green card holder you are required to make the United States your permanent home. If you do anything that is inconsistent with that you can lose your green card. If you do lose card, then forget citizenship (obviously).
Even if you do not lose your green card, your excessive absences will impact citizenship in at least two ways. As you know, you must have five years of LPR status to apply. But when you apply, at least half of the immediate past five year period must have been spent in the United States. So if you apply for citizenship today, then between February 1, 2004 and February 1, 2009 you must have been in the United States for 30 months. The USCIS will count your days very carefully to ensure your eligibility.
Second, there is also a continuous residence requirement. This means that if you spend more than six months in a row outside the United States (unless you qualify for an exception to this rule), you break the five year period and will have to restart the five year clock when you come back.
Does this make sense? I know that it is confusing.
As long as you maintain your Green Card status by spending certain number of days in the U.S., I don't see how it would affect your citizenship. As a U.S. Citizen, you'd be paying taxes after all.
That is not true. There are complicated rules regarding this.
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The.Walker
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I stand corrected.
Well! I was under impression that if you work overseas for a US company (means .. atleast 51% or more of its shares should be in the US) then this business/employment related overseas time is not considered as an absence from the US (for immigration/citizenship purposes only)
Also if you stay out of US atleast for 300 days per calendar year while working in other country then you get certain tax benefits... e.g. something like ...tax exemption upto US$ 80,000 of your income. I dont have any proofs. We might need some further research on this topic.
Also if you stay out of US atleast for 300 days per calendar year while working in other country then you get certain tax benefits... e.g. something like ...tax exemption upto US$ 80,000 of your income. I dont have any proofs. We might need some further research on this topic.