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Asked 4 months ago - Brooklyn, NY
Flag6 weeks after I got my green card, I decided I needed a break from work and I resigned. I had been working for the company 5 years in my home country and 2 years in the US. My wife (who got her green card through me at the same time) supported me financially while I spent 14 months relaxing and traveling all over the US. After that, I got a job in the same field as previously, but with a different company (let's call them company B). I stayed with company B for 18 months, then left to work at company C. I was laid off from company C after 6 months and spent a couple of months claiming unemployment benefit before returning to company B., where I still work. It has now been 5 years since getting our green cards. We want to apply for citizenship, but will we have problems? What if we wait?
If you got your GC through employment-based petition filed by Company A, the IO may not see this favorably. Having said that there are other factors to be considered - when did the petitioning process start, how long was the wait, etc. Consult with an immigration attorney before you apply for naturalization.
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