For purposes of naturalizationm, are there exceptions to the US' "continuous residence" requirement?
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If you leave the United States for more than 6 months, but less than 1 year, you have broken or disrupted your "continuous residence" unless you can prove otherwise.\nRead the "Document Checklist" in the Guide to Naturalization  to find out what information you must give to USCIS prove you did not break your "continuous residence."
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No there is no problem applying for citizenship regardless of who you marry.  However the rules for citizenship apply. Such as 5 year wait (3 for those who married citizens), 2 1/2 years physical presence in the US since your GC. Legal presence for all 5 (3) years. No felonies etc.
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The answer is you can lose your status. A permanet resident (not a citizen) can lose their opportunity to stay here(America) if they break a variety of laws. There are 15 violations listed of the paperwork... A simple DUI IS GROUNDS, not being able to support yourself......It's a very interesting ambigous law....
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Maintaining Permanent Residence\nMaintaining Permanent Residence You may lose your permanent residence status if you commit an act that makes you removable from the United States under the law in section 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. If you commit such an act, you may be brought before the immigration courts to determine your right to remain a Permanent Resident.\n\nYou may be found to have abandoned your permanent resident status if you:\n\n    * Move to another country intending to live there permanently.\n    * Remain outside of the US for more than one year without obtaining a reentry permit or returning resident visa. However in determining whether your status has been abandoned any length of absence from the US may be considered, even if it is less than one year.\n    * Remain outside of the US for more than two years after issuance of a reentry permit without obtaining a returning resident visa. However in determining whether your status has been abandoned any length of absence from the US may be considered, even if it is less than one year.\n    * Fail to file income tax returns while living outside of the US for any period.\n    * Declare yourself a “nonimmigrant” on your tax returns.
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yes the minute you are born on us soil - you become a us citizen until you cancel citizenship or die.  you are also able to apply for dual citizenship with a forgien country.  isn't america great!!
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Probably none, since a valid Social Security number is required.\n\nWhy not immigrate legally, to avoid having to worry about things like this?
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You probably are perfectly qualified for citizenship.  There is no "fast lane" for naturalization, but you might as well get started at last:\n\nhttp://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476_English.pdf
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The Immigration and Naturalization Act of United States (INA) section 212(b) states that a visa applicant must prove that he/she does not intend to become a potential immigrant.\n\nIn other words the burden of proof lays on you, as opposed to criminal law where a defendant is assumed Innocent until proven guilty, in the case of peopele requesting non-immigrant visas, the applicant is assumed an immigrant until he/she prooves otherwise.\n\nNormally, people proove this by showing that they have ties to their country that require them to come back (this constitutes in family, job, properties or business one may own). 90% of visas are rejected for this reason.\n\nWhile not impossible, in the case of poorer countries such as Ghana, this can be quite difficult to proove.\n\nThis section ,however, only applies to people requesting non -immigrant visa (tourist, study etc...).
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The only prerequisite that you have to meet is to be a born or naturalized citizen. Other than that, there are MANY ways to be a "true American".
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No, not until your spouse applies to get you citizenship.  It's not automatic.
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Not that I know of.  But there are countries that allow "naturalized" citizens to do so.  Canada, for one.
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If You Are Going Through The Proper Channels To Enter The US As A PROPERLY DOCUMENTED Applicant For Naturalized Citizenship, And Taking The BASIC Steps To Have Your Applications APPROVED, Then NO, These New Laws Should Not Affect Your Status In Any Way
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no from my understanding u have to be married to a U.S citizen before u are eligible or u have to be here for so many years before u can get one
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YES\n\nAge and Citizenship requirements - US Constitution, Article II, Section 1\n\nNo person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
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The country of origin is not the sole reason someone can be subject to the 2 year home residence rule. See the site below for situations that you could fit under as well as ways to get the rule waived.
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Apply for citizenship.
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Under current US law, there is no strict limitation on your English skills.I know many US citizen who barely mutter a few words in English.\nIn my country, you go thru a hard fluency exam and you must have lived there for at least 3 years. They don't just hand out citizenship to anyone, but I come from Europe and we do have an identity to keep and be proud of. We are NOT a rootless immigrant society like US...They have nothing to lose by letting foreigners in. We do.