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Posted on 16 Jun 2010
Q.

Eligibility for Citizenship

I have been a permanent resident of the US since July 14,2004.I have made the following trips since then.
1.June 2004 to July 2004
2.Two trips in 2005 , the first being from June '05 - August '05 and 2nd one lasted for over 6 months(Sept 05-March 06). I believe this absence of mine has disrupted my continuous residence in the US.
3.After March 2006 , all of the my trips were less than 2 months.
a)Nov 2007-about 3 weeks
b)Feb 2009 to March 2009 - about 6 weeks
c)May 2010-2 weeks.
I believe I have completed my 4 years and 9 months(i.e,Starting Sept'05 to May'10) in the US but not sure if I should file now since I don't want to lose my money and find out later that I wasn't really eligible.Is unemployment going to affect my eligibility further?So,can I file for citizenship now?

User's Location: Union City, California, United States of America
Category: US Citizenship and Naturalization
Posted on 17 Jun 2010
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