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Lazerthegreat
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What is a backdate?
Originally posted by Lazerthegreat
What is a backdate?
Well, since the INS has been taking very long time to process I-485 applications, they made a decision that asylees should wait four years rather than 5 years to get their citizenship. In other words they backdated our eligibility one year.
Sessanga Charlesa
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Originally posted by shamshon
Well, since the INS has been taking very long time to process I-485 applications, they made a decision that asylees should wait four years rather than 5 years to get their citizenship. In other words they backdated our eligibility one year.
I do not see any difference,it has always been 4 yrs after becoming PR`s for asylees to be eligible to file for citizenship.may be you mean`t 3 yrs.could you clarify that pl`s.
The 5th year is credited towards the one year period after you are granted asylum.
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It did not know that it has been always like that. I thought that they recently changed it.Originally posted by Sessanga Charlesa
I do not see any difference,it has always been 4 yrs for asylees to be eligible to file for citizenship.may be you mean`t 3 yrs.could you clarify that pl`s.
The 5th year is credited towards the one year period after you are granted asylum.
Originally posted by Gilbert
always been like that. original purpose was to allow us to become citizens five years after asylum grant like other immigrants.
Hi Gilbert, I am a new member and this forum has really helped me a lot. However I am a bit confused. Is an Assylee eligible for applying for citizenship 4 years after the grant of assylum or 4 years after getting the GC? Thanks in advance for your response.