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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Egypt
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So, I moved here to the US on a K1 visa in 2010, was eligible for citizenship by mid-2013. I never filed, and then my ex-husband and I separated a year later after he asked for divorce and later found out he was seeing someone else while we still lived together in the same home...

Anyways long story short. I will be eligible for citizenship again this year based on the 5-year mark. However, I traveled back to Egypt for 2 months in 2011 (ex-husband accompanied me for half of the visit in which we had a traditional wedding), a month in 2013 (for mt family to meet our daughter), 2.5 months in 2014 (I learned that my mother was diagnosed with cancer and needed to be cared for). I may need to go back for a visit again this summer which won't be less than 3 weeks long because both my parents are not doing well... Will the frequent absence from the US be an issue when I am ready to file for naturalization eventually?

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Egypt
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So, I moved here to the US on a K1 visa in 2010, was eligible for citizenship by mid-2013. I never filed, and then my ex-husband and I separated a year later after he asked for divorce and later found out he was seeing someone else while we still lived together in the same home...

Anyways long story short. I will be eligible for citizenship again this year based on the 5-year mark. However, I traveled back to Egypt for 2 months in 2011 (ex-husband accompanied me for half of the visit in which we had a traditional wedding), a month in 2013 (for mt family to meet our daughter), 2.5 months in 2014 (I learned that my mother was diagnosed with cancer and needed to be cared for). I may need to go back for a visit again this summer which won't be less than 3 weeks long because both my parents are not doing well... Will the frequent absence from the US be an issue when I am ready to file for naturalization eventually?

2 months in 2011

No trips in 2012

1 month in 2013

2.5 months in 2014

3 weeks in 2015

It doesn't sound like you're anywhere close to failing the physical precense or continuous residency requirements.

You should be able to apply 90 days before the fifth anniversary of the day you became a permanent resident.

For a review of each step of my N-400 naturalization process, from application to oath ceremony, please click here.

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