hi,
i would like to ask for people who has a temporary permanent resident card good for 2 years, can they apply for their Citizenship right away or they have to apply first for they permanent card? good for 10 years ??? and when they can apply for their Chitizenship ? and i wanna know is important for who gunna apply for his Citizenship to be in the USA. or he can live wherever around this world ?? and when he back to usa can he apply for it ?? or should to be in the U.S.


Thank you so much

An LPR can apply for citizenship 90 days before their third anniversary of obtaining LPR status if married to a US citizen, or 90 days before their 5th anniversary if not married to a US Citizen. (There are residency conditions also like not being out of the country for periods no longer than 6 months, and live in the USA 18 months of the 3 years OR (6 months and 30 months if not married to a USC))

LPR status begins at the issue date of the 2 year conditional card.

So No you cannot apply right away, you need to wait 33 months (Married to USC) or 57 months (Not married to USC) before applying for citizenship, or be nearly 1 year into the 10 year card.

SEE: http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf

You will have to apply to "remove conditions'" 90 days prior to the 2 year expiration date of your "temporary" GC also before you can apply for USC.
Strange as you'd think you could just wait for the 3 years and go for USC instead.
I guess USCIS just wants to make more $s on application fees.
Can't really see what the functional part is!
Some people don't really care about getting their USC tho!