Regarding Continuous Residence & Citizenship application

[vnrkiruba]

My wife got Greencard on Nov' 2013, but she went to india and came back on the following dates, can you please suggest is it possible to apply for citizenship by Nov' 2018.

Trip 1 : Departure : 12 Jan 2015, Arrival: 18 June 2015

Trip 2 : Departure : 20 July 2015, Arrival: 30 Nov 2015

[pontevecchio]

What is the issue? Trips less than 6 months do not matter, all other things being equal. Look up M476 and she would seem to qualify.

[vnrkiruba]

In 2015 she was out of country for 157 days - 5 months 6 days (Trip 1) and 133 days - 4 months 10 days (Trip 2). Total number of days out of country was 290 days (9 months). 

In M476, it states:

What if I was outside the United States between 6 and 12 months?

If you leave the United States for more than 6 months, but less than 1 year, you have broken or disrupted your continuous residence 

My question was, within 1 year, my wife was outside the country for 290 days(9 months), but not continuously. 

In this situation is she eligible?

 

[son76]

Hi, my wife and i are in similar situation with being outside of usa for 10 months... i did have a reentry permit though... any advise on what documentation to provide during our n400 application will be very helpful... plan on filing n400 in march 2019