Unexpectedly outside of US for 7 months, not many ties due to divorce and being laid off

[Londonergirl 133]

21 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Glad it’s amusing to you. Most of us take the immigration process seriously and know that bad advice can have very serious consequences. Pity you don’t seem to care about that, considering the purpose of this forum is to actually help people. Hopefully you never know what it’s like to get screwed over because you believed what someone told you.

What on earth are you going on about...? 

https://citizenpath.com/continuous-residence-physical-presence-requirements/

I found about 100 other links about the same thing. Happy to send them to you. 

Edited February 22, 2018 by Londonergirl

[SusieQQQ 11,585]

12 hours ago, Londonergirl said:

What on earth are you going on about...? 

https://citizenpath.com/continuous-residence-physical-presence-requirements/

I found about 100 other links about the same thing. Happy to send them to you. 

First... that's not an official link. I gave you official links. I don't know why you keep insisting arbitrary sites are better (spend enough time on the forum, people often talk about dubious links that seem to try scare people into spending money on attorneys when they don't need to)

 

Second.... when you find a reliable link, it helps to read it properly. In my first response to you on this thread I surmised that you might be confusing losing your green card, with breaking the continuous residency requirement for naturalization. Seems I was right about that. This link you posted is nothing to do with how long you can stay out and keep your green card. This is not the same as the continuous residence requirement for naturalization. In fact to quote the link itself (bold and underlines added to help you understand):

 

An absence between 6 months and one year is presumed to disrupt the continuity of residence. That’s why many permanent residents limit their individual trips outside the United States to 1-5 months at a time. If you travel for over 6 months (but less than a year) at one time, USCIS will automatically presume that you’ve broken your continuous residence requirement for the purposes of naturalization.

 

To repeat: for the purposes of naturalization

 

Note how they also highlight the less than a year because - bingo! - a year is when you are presumed to have abandoned residence and therefore endanger your green card. Are we clear now?

 

[Londonergirl 133]

10 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

First... that's not an official link. I gave you official links. I don't know why you keep insisting arbitrary sites are better (spend enough time on the forum, people often talk about dubious links that seem to try scare people into spending money on attorneys when they don't need to)

 

Second.... when you find a reliable link, it helps to read it properly. In my first response to you on this thread I surmised that you might be confusing losing your green card, with breaking the continuous residency requirement for naturalization. Seems I was right about that. This link you posted is nothing to do with how long you can stay out and keep your green card. This is not the same as the continuous residence requirement for naturalization. In fact to quote the link itself (bold and underlines added to help you understand):

 

An absence between 6 months and one year is presumed to disrupt the continuity of residence. That’s why many permanent residents limit their individual trips outside the United States to 1-5 months at a time. If you travel for over 6 months (but less than a year) at one time, USCIS will automatically presume that you’ve broken your continuous residence requirement for the purposes of naturalization.

 

To repeat: for the purposes of naturalization

 

Note how they also highlight the less than a year because - bingo! - a year is when you are presumed to have abandoned residence and therefore endanger your green card. Are we clear now?

 

I am done arguing with you. 

[TBoneTX 43,413]

OP, disregard the anecdotal claims and unfounded presumptions put forth by one participant in this thread.  Rely on the advice from those who are citing official sources.

 

It's indeed correct that bad advice can have very serious consequences.