Naturalization eligibility with 2 year re-entry permit

[roc2017 10]

Hello,

          My parents are permanent residents since 2010. In October 2014 they obtained 2 year re-entry permit. They returned to US in June 2016. They have been in US since then. When the earliest they will be eligible to apply for citizenship?

[cyclone27 710]

June 2021

[xyz12345 260]

1 hour ago, roc2017 said:

Hello,

          My parents are permanent residents since 2010. In October 2014 they obtained 2 year re-entry permit. They returned to US in June 2016. They have been in US since then. When the earliest they will be eligible to apply for citizenship?

If they apply 4 years, 6 months and 1 day after their June 2016 reentry (which is in Jan 2021), then they'll meet the continuous residence requirement. They will have one <6 month absence at the start of their 5-yr history prior to submission.

 

https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-3

2. Absence of 1 Year or More

Example

An applicant for naturalization under INA 316 departs the United States on January 1, 2010, and returns January 1, 2011. The applicant has been outside the United States for 1 year and has therefore broken the continuity of his or her residence in the United States. The applicant must wait until at least January 2, 2015 to apply for naturalization, when the 5-year statutory period^[24] immediately preceding the application will date back to January 2, 2010. At that time, the applicant will have been absent from the United States for more than 6 months, but less than 1 year, during the statutory period and may be eligible for naturalization if she successfully rebuts the presumption that she has broken the continuity of her residence.

If the applicant cannot overcome the presumption of a break in the continuity of his or her residence, the applicant must wait until at least July 1, 2015, to apply for naturalization, when the 5-year statutory period immediately preceding the application will date back to July 1, 2010. During the 5-year period of July 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015, assuming the applicant did not make any additional trips outside the United States that would cause USCIS to presume a break in continuity of residence, the applicant was only absent from the United States between July 1, 2010 and January 1, 2011, a period that is not more than 6 months. Therefore, no presumption of a break in continuous residence applies.

[roc2017 10]

Thank you for your responses!