about to apply for citizenship but residing in other country

[gigi673 0]

hi everyone!!

i would appreciate if someone could give me a good advise about my case. i am right now removing conditions in my residency and I am actually living in miami, fl, but by the end of the month i will be going to dubai with a residency visa sponsored by my american husband who is living and working currently in dubai. I will apply for citinzenship by october this year, so i need to know if the fact of going to dubai to stay with my husband will make a difference in my procces or if is other way to procces the citizenship if u are living overseas.

thanks and kind regards.

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

hi everyone!!

i would appreciate if someone could give me a good advise about my case. i am right now removing conditions in my residency and I am actually living in miami, fl, but by the end of the month i will be going to dubai with a residency visa sponsored by my american husband who is living and working currently in dubai. I will apply for citinzenship by october this year, so i need to know if the fact of going to dubai to stay with my husband will make a difference in my procces or if is other way to procces the citizenship if u are living overseas.

thanks and kind regards.

you have to be living in the state i think 3 months before you apply. if you move prior you wont be eligible .

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

You cannot get citizenship living abroad, and in fact living abroad while a greencard holder can invalidate your greencard. There are a couple of exceptions to this, ie being on military orders or a US government contractor. Is your husband either of those?

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

Oftentimes, you can't have your pie and eat it too.

In your case, it looks like you won't be able to become a US citizen after only 3 years.

If you need to move to Dubai (average income $1,000.000) for a year or longer, you'll need a reentry permit. The moment you have been absent from the US for 1 year, your residency jumps back to zero, meaning once you return, the clock starts ticking again with day 1.

You most likely won't be able to avoid this by taking a short vacation in the US, as you may have to proof that you maintained your residency in the US while being abroad. When entering the US from Dubai or any country in the Middle East country, that's pretty much a given.

Thus, get a reentry permit, and when you return to the US, wait another 3 years and you can apply.

Edited March 9, 2011 by Just Bob

[nigel 7]

By having a re-entry permit this will cover you upto 2 yrs of being outside the us.....and once used a re-entry permit, some of the time outside the us will be counted towards your continued requirement...

2yr 1 day rule....or 4yr 1 day rule,,..

But you must show that you have strong ties in the us, with home, bank, ect to show you have not abbandoned your p.r status..

is your husband job going to be long term contract? if not then get a re-entry permit, so when you do come back you would have knocked off some time from the 3 yr continued requirements..

meaning 2yr 1 day rule...

There is a sample on the uscis n-400 website...about this rule

Good luck