Working for an international organization

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dante73

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Hello gurus:

I am considering taking a job at an international organization (IMF or United Nations), and I was wondering if anyone has input on how the permanent residence status may be affected.

I am about 3 years away from applying for citizenship and I would like to keep my GC.


Thanks,
 
Sorry, I don't know much but check out wikipedia about US naturalization:
Eligibility for naturalization

To become a naturalized United States citizen, one must be at least eighteen years of age at the time of filing, a legal permanent resident of the United States, and have had a status of a legal permanent resident in the United States for five years less 90 days before they apply (this requirement is reduced to three years less 90 days if they (a) acquired legal permanent resident status (b) have been married to and living with a citizen for the past three years and (c) the spouse has been a US citizen for at least three years prior to the applicant applying for naturalization.) They must have been physically present for at least 30 months of 60 months prior to the date of filing their application. Also during those 60 months if the legal permanent resident was outside of the U.S. for a continuous period of 6 months or more they are disqualified from naturalizing (certain exceptions apply for those continuous periods of six months to 1 year).
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Also try to contact USCIS for your case:
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/us...nnel=7220c9ee2f82b010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
 
You need to find out if the organization and the job would qualify you for an approved N-470 which would preserve your continuous residence for naturalization purposes while working for them outside the US. But note that for the N-470 you may have to be working on behalf of the US, not your country of citizenship.

Ask in the US Citizenship section of the forum.
 
I don't think there is any problem getting a job for those international organizations, there are some US citizen working for them. BUT, you may want to check about the taxes, i have several relatives whom worked for the IMF and WB and they didn't make a ton of money on paper but since they were exempt of taxes they were ok; I am not sure if as a PR you'd need to pay taxes.
 
Selling US products abroad count towards naturalization?

Friends.

As a GC holder, I might be returning back to my original country to become an agent/representative (under a company domiciled in the original country) of a US-based firm. Can the time spent in my original country selling US products count towards naturalization?

Thanks in advance.

Tommy
 
Further to above, it says in the N-470, "For the purpose of engaging in the development of foreign trade of the US on behalf of an american firm".

Does the words "on behalf" mean I have to be on the payroll of an american firm, or just being an agent/representative would suffice me to have my stay abroad count towards naturalization?
 
GC/citizenship implications working for an international organization depend on the organiuzation. Apparently, the World Bank doesn't matter, but working for the UN in the US does. You can't work for more than a year as a regular employee without giving up your GC status and switching to a g visa, and also have to file an I-508 to waive your rights to tax exemption etc.
Google STIC/2000/19 that lays out the rationale and exceptions.
I don't know what happens if you work for them as a consultant/service Conctract/Special Service agreement, since you are not an employee

Oh tuc
 
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