Trip out side after naturaliztion

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NEWFILER

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General question.
If one need to go out of country to stay another country for 8-13 months and this is after a month of naturalization will it be a problem?
(This may be needed due to family nexcessity in that country).
Heard about some thing like 31 days per year to be present in US to get some benefits or so.....
Any information on this please.
 
You can leave right after you obtain a US passport for an indefinite amount of time. This will have no effect on your citizenship.

As for some benefits, I have no idea. Do you have some benefits in mind?
 
NEWFILER said:
General question.
If one need to go out of country to stay another country for 8-13 months and this is after a month of naturalization will it be a problem?
(This may be needed due to family nexcessity in that country).
Heard about some thing like 31 days per year to be present in US to get some benefits or so.....
Any information on this please.
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No, it won't be a problem. AFter nautralization (after oath), your citizenship won't be stripped off so you are free to go as long as you want.

I am not sure about benefits. what kind of benefits are you talking about?
 
Once you are US Citizen your benefits are permanent and do not depend on your travel/outside of country stay.

However, you may want to think about tax residency issues both in US and in the country of your destination. If you stay out of country for the certain period of time, you may be eligable to file non-resident tax status for US tax purposes under which certain part of your income can be excluded from US taxation.
 
There is a tax rule whereby you need to spend less than 31 days* in the US to be eligible to exclude about $87000* of your foreign income from US taxation.

For Social Security, if you are a citizen it doesn't matter which country you live in or how long you live outside the US, you'll still get your benefits if you previously worked in the US long enough to qualify, unless you live in one of a few blacklisted countries like Cuba or North Korea.

*numbers are approximate, exact amounts may be slightly different
 
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p519.pdf

Page 4 ...Read rules for Aliens (IRS treats as alien once you file 1040 resident return, effectively this applies to all GC and USC)

Rules are more complex. If you meet "Substantial Presence Test" below, you will be treated as US Tax Resident:

1. 31 days during 2008, and
2. 183 days during the 3-year period that includes 2008, 2007, and 2006, counting:
a. All the days you were present in 2008,
resident and
b. 1/3 of the days you were present in Topics 2007, and mined to have been abandoned.
: c. 1/6 of the days you were present in 2006.

Please keep in mind, these are 2008 Rules published by IRS...they may change them from one year to another.
 
DreamUSA said:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p519.pdf

Page 4 ...Read rules for Aliens (IRS treats as alien once you file 1040 resident return, effectively this applies to all GC and USC)

Rules are more complex. If you meet "Substantial Presence Test" below, you will be treated as US Tax Resident:

1. 31 days during 2008, and
2. 183 days during the 3-year period that includes 2008, 2007, and 2006, counting:
a. All the days you were present in 2008,
resident and
b. 1/3 of the days you were present in Topics 2007, and mined to have been abandoned.
: c. 1/6 of the days you were present in 2006.
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Those rules quoted above and the PDF you linked to (publication 519) are not applicable to citizens. For them there is a different rule, the foreign earned income exclusion, form 2555.
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/international/article/0,,id=97130,00.html

Anyway, let's not veer so much off-topic. The OP can travel outside the US for any length of time after naturalization without losing citizenship. But extensive travel between the interview and oath could be problematic.
 
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