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Does anyone have experience in getting another I131 Reentry Permit after the first one expired? I understand that you can't renew it, but have to apply for a new one. My permit expires on Nov 24 2022, we applied for it in april 2020, just before the pandemic struck, and had to wait 6 months until we got them. googling the procedure, it seems that we need to go back to the US, File the I131 together with our old re-entry permits. Go back home and wait for the biometrics appointment. Attend the biometrics appoinment and hopefully the green passport will be approved

Thank you everyone for your replies. You have confirmed what I already suspected, that we will need at least 4, maybe 5 more years before we can apply for citizenship.

There is a taxagreement between Sweden and United States so I don't need to pay US tax on my Swedish income.

Yes, I agree that being outside more than 6 months forces us to start over, but is seems that we only have to stay for 4 years, so we get a year "for free" If you return within 2 years, some of your time out of the country does count. In fact, the last 364 days of your time out of the country (1 year minus 1 day) counts toward meeting your continuous residence requirement. Thanks

Well, the dates are in my original post. What I left out is that we went to L.A for a vacation in july 2017 to "activate" the green cards, That is why they are issued 7/7/2017 A bit more detailed timeline: 2016, Won Green Card lottery Early July 2017 First entry with DV VISA 7/7/17 Green Card Issued, Date on green card, Got them in the mail in August 14/7/2017 Back to Europe 6/25/18 Moved To US, (within a year from GC issue) Fall 2019, supershort trip to Europe, 3 nights 6/15/20 Moved back to Europe. 8/20/20 Went back for biometrics for I-131 Reentry Permit, Issued 11/25/2020 6/25/21 Visited US for 1 month, (was outside of US 10 months) Spring 2022, I myself visited US 3 times for work, total maybe 10 days, so outside of US approx 9 months 6/25/22 Will go back for another 2 weeks So during these 5 years since I got my GC, I've stayed for a total of 26 months, 24 in a row, 1 m vacation, and two 2weeks vacations. Been outside 10+9 months since we moved in June 2020 I have re-entry permit until Nov 2022, but that does not seem to matter in this case. I totally understand if we cant count our residency from 7/7/17 but rather 6/25/18. That would mean that we are eligible to apply next year. Is it worth moving back and take a chance that we can apply or is it a dead end? Because I don't really want to stay for 5 years. The citizenship is actually mostly for my 14 year old daughter so that she will have more opportunities in the future, For me personally it does not matter

Yes, I also believe I've been out too long. But Isince we've never actually been away for over a year in a row we might be OK, right? Or is it a total of one year absence for the 5 year period that counts?? It is not super obvious, at least not for me :-) Prior to getting Green Card we wnt to LA and handed over the "green card" package to USCIS, That was in early July 2017. Then we returned to Europe and moved to Florida June 2018, so we already have had our green cards for a year by then.

Hello. I need some clarification of the time limits to get citizenship. Our timeline: 7/7/17 Green Card Issued 6/25/18 Moved To US 6/15/20 Moved back to Europe 8/20/20 Went back for biometrics for I-131 Reentry Permit, Issued 11/25/2020 6/25/21 Visited US for 1 month, (was outside of US 10 months) Spring 2022, I myself visited US 3 times for work 6/25/22 Will go back for another 2 weeks In total we lived 24 months in Florida, and have held green card for almost 5 years now, so we should be eligible to apply for citizenship after moving back for a few months We are thinking of moving back and stay at least a year and get citizenship, but are all the time we already lived there wasted, and do we need to wait another 5 years if we move today? Our lawyer who helped with the I-131 application said " As long as you do not exceed staying 12 months in Europe. i.e come back for vacation 1 month each year you're good to go and won't loose any time" Technically we did not exceed 12 months absence, however I have worked the whole time in Europe, but kept an address and bank accounts in US and filed taxes as well. From what I can find online I don't believe what my lawyer told me to be accurate. We have been outside for too long and will have to start all over with the 5 years, or are our trips back enough to keep our initial date?