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Deborah11   0

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Hello,

I am new to this website and I have a question for the community.

I am outside of the country, I am in Mexico because I got separated.

I got my citizenship in November, and someone told me that I could loose my citizenship if I am outside of the country too long.

Can you give me guides if that is true. If I can loose my citizenship for being out ot the country?

Your inputs will be greatly appreciated.

thanks :)

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Brother Hesekiel Mentor

Brother Hesekiel   2,235

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Loose = not firmly attached. Lose = not there anymore.

You can lose a loose bolt or nut, but you can't lose your US citizenship, even if you had moved to another planet in another Galaxy. That's why citizenship is so desirable: you can live where you want, how long you want, yet you have a RIGHT to return to the US of A anytime you want.

Only US citizens have this right. But . . . you will have to file your yearly tax return even if you don't live in the US anymore.

Edited by Just Bob

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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v333k Experienced

v333k   59

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Hello,

I am new to this website and I have a question for the community.

I am outside of the country, I am in Mexico because I got separated.

I got my citizenship in November, and someone told me that I could loose my citizenship if I am outside of the country too long.

Can you give me guides if that is true. If I can loose my citizenship for being out ot the country?

Your inputs will be greatly appreciated.

thanks :)

Once a citizen - always a citizen unless renounced!

Welcome to VJ!

N-400 Naturalization Timeline

06/28/11 .. Mailed N-400 package via Priority mail with delivery confirmation

06/30/11 .. Package Delivered to Dallas Lockbox

07/06/11 .. Received e-mail notification of application acceptance

07/06/11 .. Check cashed

07/08/11 .. Received NOA letter

07/29/11 .. Received text/e-mail for biometrics notice

08/03/11 .. Received Biometrics letter - scheduled for 8/24/11

08/04/11 .. Walk-in finger prints done.

08/08/11 .. Received text/e-mail: Placed in line for interview scheduling

09/12/11 .. Received Yellow letter dated 9/7/11

09/13/11 .. Received text/e-mail: Interview scheduled

09/16/11 .. Received interview letter

10/19/11 .. Interview - PASSED

10/20/11 .. Received text/email: Oath scheduled

10/22/11 .. Received OATH letter

11/09/11 .. Oath ceremony

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payxibka Grand Master

payxibka   10,044

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Hello,

I am new to this website and I have a question for the community.

I am outside of the country, I am in Mexico because I got separated.

I got my citizenship in November, and someone told me that I could loose my citizenship if I am outside of the country too long.

Can you give me guides if that is true. If I can loose my citizenship for being out ot the country?

Your inputs will be greatly appreciated.

thanks :)

There are only a couple of ways to "lose" your citizenship... being out of the country for an extended period of time is not one of them

Edited by payxibka

YMMV

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warlord Proficient

warlord   72

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You can lose your permenant residency though being out of the country, so this is what I think you are confusing it with. As the others stated, you can live for as long as you want outside the US as a citizen, just make sure you are still filing taxes as that is still required regardless if you own or how long you are living outside the US.

Just don't go joining any enemies of America's military or governments and you should be fine...

Edited by warlord

I'm just a wanderer in the desert winds...

Timeline

1997

Oct - Job offer in US

Nov - Received my TN-1 to be authorized to work in the US

Nov - Moved to US

1998-2001

Recieved 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th TN

2002

May - Met future wife at arts fest

Nov - Recieved 6th TN

2003

Nov - Recieved 7th TN

Jul - Our Wedding

Aug - Filed for AOS

Sep - Recieved EAD

Sep - Recieved Advanced Parole

2004

Jan - Interview, accepted for Green Card

Feb - Green Card Arrived in mail

2005

Oct - I-751 sent off

2006

Jan - 10 year Green Card accepted

Mar - 10 year Green Card arrived

Oct - Filed N-400 for Naturalization

Nov - Biometrics done

Nov - Just recieved Naturalization Interview date for Jan.

2007

Jan - Naturalization Interview Completed

Feb - Oath Letter recieved

Feb - Oath Ceremony

Feb 21 - Finally a US CITIZEN (yay)

THE END

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