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When will I be eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship?

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

BoBi Ahn

Immigration Attorneys
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You start calculating the five years from the date of issuance of your conditional permanent residency.

Salvatore Picataggio

Salvatore Picataggio

Immigration Attorneys
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CPR starts the five-year clock!

Daniel A Zeft

Daniel A Zeft

Immigration Attorneys
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The required five-year period of permanent residency begins on the date when conditional permanent residency begins.

Bernard P Wolfsdorf

Bernard P Wolfsdorf

Immigration Attorneys
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It 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

Charles Foster

Immigration Attorneys
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One 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

Hassan Elkhalil

Immigration Attorneys
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It starts from the date the conditional green card is issued.

Marko Issever

Marko Issever

EB-5 Broker Dealers
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You 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.

A Olusanjo Omoniyi

A Olusanjo Omoniyi

Immigration Attorneys
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When you obtain the conditional green card.

Lynne Feldman

Lynne Feldman

Immigration Attorneys
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Yes, four years and nine months from the first resident since date on conditional green card.

Ying Lu

Ying Lu

Immigration Attorneys
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It starts from the date when your conditional residency begins.

Julia Roussinova

Julia Roussinova

Immigration Attorneys
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From the date your conditional green card is issued, assuming you otherwise qualify.

Phuong Le

Phuong Le

Immigration Attorneys
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Starts 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

Dale Schwartz

Immigration Attorneys
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From the date of issuance of the conditional green card.

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