When should EB-5 investors start counting the 5-year residency required for U.S. citizenship? Does it start from the issuance of a conditional green card or a permanent green card?
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BoBi Ahn
Immigration AttorneysYou start calculating the five years from the date of issuance of your conditional permanent residency.
Daniel A Zeft
Immigration AttorneysThe required five-year period of permanent residency begins on the date when conditional permanent residency begins.
Bernard P Wolfsdorf
Immigration AttorneysIt starts from the issuance of the conditional card, but you still have to have the removal of conditions approved before they will approve your naturalization application.
Charles Foster
Immigration AttorneysOne is eligible to file for U.S. citizenship after acquiring conditional lawful permanent residency through EB-5 and having resided in the U.S. for five years without departing the U.S. continuously for more than six months for a majority of that five-year period. You must also be able to pass a nominal test in American history, civics, speaking and writing in English.
Hassan Elkhalil
Immigration AttorneysIt starts from the date the conditional green card is issued.
Marko Issever
EB-5 Broker DealersYou start counting five years from the date you obtained your conditional green card, which is your conditional permanent residency status. That said, you still have to fulfill the continuous physical presence and residency requirement. Continuous residence means not taking any trips outside of the U.S. that last six months or longer. If you stay outside the U.S. longer than the six months, you could be deemed to have abandoned your permanent residency status unless you have obtained a re-entry permit. You also need to be physically in the United States for at least half of the five years.
Lynne Feldman
Immigration AttorneysYes, four years and nine months from the first resident since date on conditional green card.
Ying Lu
Immigration AttorneysIt starts from the date when your conditional residency begins.
Julia Roussinova
Immigration AttorneysFrom the date your conditional green card is issued, assuming you otherwise qualify.
Phuong Le
Immigration AttorneysStarts with conditional permanent residency. Be wary of the requirement to have continuous presence in the U.S. too though. Basically, you must spend the majority of time in the U.S.
Dale Schwartz
Immigration AttorneysFrom the date of issuance of the conditional green card.
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