working abroad for several months while having green card

tedit

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Does working abroad for several months affect your chances of getting us citizenship negatively or is it a big no no? the thing is i got laid off in usa in 2009 due to crisis and had to go back to my country. i had several back to back few months absences, totaling about 16 months, but none of them was above 6 months.

during my stay abroad, as i could not find a job in the usa as i searched on the internet, (i am keeping all the job rejection emails) i had to find work in my country and worked there for about 6-7 months.

would this working abroad cause any negative during my citizenship interview? because i know that they will ask my tax returns and i think i should show my abroad income on my tax return.

all this time in the usa i had my insured car, bank accounts, my stuff in my roommates house and some of them in storage.
 
Working in your country for non US company as well as back to back trips under 6 months is a big no-no for naturalization as it raises issue of residency abandonment.
 
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