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U.S. employment and Citizenship

On June 27th, 2008 Phil says:

Thanks for your post. Its not exactly clear but I gather from your post that your friend is not a lawful permanent resident. If this is that case, I am not aware of any provision of law that would afford him/her any immigration benefit for working for the U.S. government abroad. However, this is not to say that there is no such provision. I'll look into it a bit and post something about it if I find something.

There are provisions of law that modify the residency requirements for lawful permanent residents working for the U.S. government.

Let me know if you have more specific information about this case. Sounds like an interesting one.

I didn´t mention in my

On June 27th, 2008 Phil says:

I didn´t mention in my early post that my friend is moving to US under a K-1 visa which is in process right now.

*I moved your post here so others could see it in the thread. Posted originally by YMR

Ok, good. This is a good

On June 27th, 2008 Phil says:

Ok, good. This is a good route to U.S. residency. Once he/she gains lawful permanent resident status he/she can apply for U.S. Citizenship after 3 years of residency. They shouldn't need to worry about the other provision of law you mentioned but I think I'll look into it anyway and post something about it if it is an option.

Local employees working for US Gov abroad

On June 22nd, 2008 YMR says:

A friend of mine woks for the US gov here in Dominican Republic and he would like to know if the years that he has worked for them as former employee-not as contractor-counts for residence or citizenship purpose.

He told me that when an employee has 15 years working for the US gov can apply for the residency but the supervisor has to approve it then it goes to a committe who is in charge of the final decision. In conclusion it is hard to get it this way but they do it and the process takes a couple of years.

My friend is going to move to US and he would like to know if there is any way that the years of services can be taken in consideration for helping him with his documentation.

Thanks.