Hi all, my application of citizenship is being turned down with the notification letter dated 14th Nov. The reason is that I was away the States (back to China) in 2004 and 2005 for too long and they think I don't show the intent to stay in USA. I was travelling back and forth between China and USA while for every 5 months (I read that I can't be staying overseas for more than 6 months) I will come back USA for about 2 weeks. And at that period of time, I was looking after my sick uncle and grandpa who lived in the hospital. Meanwhile I also worked in China as I had to earn a living. I also filed US TAX while I was in China. In AUG 2005 I came back and started working here since then. This is my breif story for the background.
So what should I do now? I got 3 more days to appeal before the deadline (30 days since I received the denial letter)! I also asked a couple of attorny and they are not positive for my case saying the chance is not good for the appeal and ask me to ReFile next year instead (as I've shown the "intent" that I stayed in here since 2005 AUG and work from then). I tought they are making sense and there are too many unknowns for the appeal thing, e.g. how long would that take? Your opinion is very valuable to me and I appreciate you guys in advance! Thank you.
So what should I do now? I got 3 more days to appeal before the deadline (30 days since I received the denial letter)! I also asked a couple of attorny and they are not positive for my case saying the chance is not good for the appeal and ask me to ReFile next year instead (as I've shown the "intent" that I stayed in here since 2005 AUG and work from then). I tought they are making sense and there are too many unknowns for the appeal thing, e.g. how long would that take? Your opinion is very valuable to me and I appreciate you guys in advance! Thank you.