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Mr&Mrs.Boo   5

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Hi, everybody, thank you everyone for supporting us. Soon I am going to apply for ROC, and later on I was thinking of applying for my naturilzation. So what is going to happen if I decide that I don't want to become a US citizen and just want to keep my own citizenship,can I just be on a green card for the rest of my life? Has anybody else done that? Thank you all and I hope you have a wonderful journey.

If God is for us, who can be against us." Romans 8:31

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raffy   7

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Hi, everybody, thank you everyone for supporting us. Soon I am going to apply for ROC, and later on I was thinking of applying for my naturilzation. So what is going to happen if I decide that I don't want to become a US citizen and just want to keep my own citizenship,can I just be on a green card for the rest of my life? Has anybody else done that? Thank you all and I hope you have a wonderful journey.

You can have both citizenships, thats not a problem, just make sure if you have to notify your own (original) country about it, some countries, (I believe Spain, India and if I am not wrong, also Germany) have a "period" that if after you become US Citizen you do not notify them that you want to keep your citizenship, they will take it away so, give a call to your Consulate and asked them about it. It should be an easy answer for them since they should go thru it almost every day.

If you decide to just stay a greencard holder, you will have to stay within certain "restrictions", the one that bothers the most its that you can not leave the country for more than 6 months, if you ever get arrested for anything, you are also putting in danger deportation and/or future citizenship... you do have to renew it every ten years, which means having to pay, submit evidence, wait, etc... also, consider the fact that laws can change and they may affect you without you even knowing and that little slip can cause you to also loose it...

I have 2 other nationalities, i'm planning on becoming a citizen at the end of this year and it will not affect me at all, actually, it will give me a lot more freedom to choose wherever I want to live...

Hope this helped you decide... and please, do not read only my post and take a decision based on it, read a few other threads about it.

Good luck!!

VanessaTony Grand Master

VanessaTony   3,567

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The above poster is wrong about the time out.

Yes you can stay an LPR forever if you wish, however as the above poster stated you will have restrictions, the same as you have right now. You cannot remain outside of the US for more than 12 months without a re-entry permit. Any period over 6 months can be used in determining if you've abandoned your status.

Aussie K1 process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/206016-australian-beneficiaries-packet-3-to-interview-date/
AOS, EAD & AP - the Aussie Way (including document list) - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/235331-aos-ead-ap-from-k1-the-aussie-way-doc-list-included/
ROC April 2012 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/358760-i-751-april-2012-filers/ (includes document list)
N-400 April 2013 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/ (includes document list)

N-400 Interview review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6381814

N-400 Oath Ceremony review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6537699
Aussie Chat page continued - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/331922-new-2011-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/
Aussie Name Change on Passport Process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/248400-australian-passport-name-change-process/
Travel on maiden name passport with married name GC, tickets in married name - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/183541-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/page__view__findpost__p__4135806
Shipping Costs from Aus to US - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/293179-shipping-costs-aus-to-usa/

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Mariana2012 Collaborator

Mariana2012   89

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Filed: Country: Romania
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Hi, everybody, thank you everyone for supporting us. Soon I am going to apply for ROC, and later on I was thinking of applying for my naturilzation. So what is going to happen if I decide that I don't want to become a US citizen and just want to keep my own citizenship,can I just be on a green card for the rest of my life? Has anybody else done that? Thank you all and I hope you have a wonderful journey.

Romanians can have double citizenship. If you are a citizen you have social benefits upon retirement. If you stay as a greencard holder you do not.

Also as a citizen you can petition for your family if you plan to bring them as greencard holders

What if you get offered an amazing job abroad. As a greencard holder you can't leave the country for longer than a year.

It makes no sense to not become US citizen.

Edited by Mariana2012

Adjusting from B1/B2

Exactly 3 months from the day we got married till the day I had both SSN and GREENCARD in hand !

Day 1 01/22/2013 AOS package sent

Day 8 01/28/2013 NOA 1 received

Day 15 02/04/2013Biometrics appt letter for 2/25/2013

Day 16 02/05/2013 Succesful walk in biometrics 20 days early

Day 25 02/14/2013 USCIS status changed to Testing and Interview ready for interview scheduling

Day 31 02/20/2013 Email notification that my interview is scheduled for March 21st

Day 57 03/19/2013 EAD/AP card ordered

Day 59 03/21/2013 Interview at 10.30 am Seattle Approved

Day 67 03/29/ 2013 Greencard Arrived . Applied for SSN

Day 68 03/30/2013 EAD arrived

Day 74 04/03/2013 SSN card arrived

Eligible for ROC December 21st 2014

bigdog Veteran

bigdog   376

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Mariana says you can and I would agree with what she said, also qualifies you for a government job. Maybe at USCIS so they have employees who have been through the system.

In Arizona its hot hot hot.

http://www.uscis.gov/dateCalculator.html

Mariana2012 Collaborator

Mariana2012   89

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Filed: Country: Romania
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Thank you all i guess i will become a citizen ,so do i need to do something to make sure the Romanian authorities know about it or just do it!!/?

Well you don't need to tell them about the US citizenship. However if you ever want to " sa te repatriezi" you need to have a stamp in your Romanian passport as " cetatean roman cu domiciliul in strainatate" and you need to give them your " buletin" . If you keep quiet about living abroad just renew "buletin" when it expires. Proof of Romanian citizenship is " buletin" you don't even need to bother with the Romanian passport after you get the American one. Edited by Mariana2012

Adjusting from B1/B2

Exactly 3 months from the day we got married till the day I had both SSN and GREENCARD in hand !

Day 1 01/22/2013 AOS package sent

Day 8 01/28/2013 NOA 1 received

Day 15 02/04/2013Biometrics appt letter for 2/25/2013

Day 16 02/05/2013 Succesful walk in biometrics 20 days early

Day 25 02/14/2013 USCIS status changed to Testing and Interview ready for interview scheduling

Day 31 02/20/2013 Email notification that my interview is scheduled for March 21st

Day 57 03/19/2013 EAD/AP card ordered

Day 59 03/21/2013 Interview at 10.30 am Seattle Approved

Day 67 03/29/ 2013 Greencard Arrived . Applied for SSN

Day 68 03/30/2013 EAD arrived

Day 74 04/03/2013 SSN card arrived

Eligible for ROC December 21st 2014

 
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