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Hei, det har seg slik at jeg har bodd i USA i totalt 7 år, fra 89 til 96.
Jeg er født i 88 i Norge og søstrene mine er født i usa.

Pappa vant green card lotteri på den tiden og vi flyttet pga at han fikk seg jobb der osv. Vi dro desverre uten å søke statsborgerskap for meg, men jeg var permanent resident i det vi dro pga min far som var amerikansk statsborger.

Jeg har social security nummeret og immigrant visa papirene her og har tenkt å ringe ambasaden.
Jeg har hørt at de som en gang var permanent residents har muligheten til å søke om nytt statsborgerskap. Hvordan er dette egentlig?

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Hei Stian,

Jeg tror 'Immigration' folka paa den Amerikanske ambassaden kan best svare paa spoersmaalet ditt.

Ettersom jeg husker maa du leve i statene 6 el. 7 aar som Permanent Resident foer du kan soeke statsborgerskap, og det gjorde du jo - men reiste altsaa hjem til Norge uten aa soeke statsb.skap. Du har kanskje fordeler som har bodd her og allrede faatt Perm.Res. men jeg vet dessverre ikke om Immigration inkluderer din tildigere 7aar naar det kommer til kravet om opphold, eller om du maa paa nytt oppholde deg her i 7 aar. Jeg tror du maa vaere bosatt her naar du soeker statsborgerskap, men kansjke ambassaden kan svare paa det og?

Lykke til, og velkommen tilbake hvis du maa det. How's your American language - is it rusty?
- Erlend

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Jeg har hørt med US.Immigration og oppholdet i usa gjelds ikke når jeg søker. De bryr seg ikke noe om at jeg har bodd der i 7år. Det er 5 år man må bo i USA for å kan søke om statsborgerskap.

Jeg var ikke statsborger, men en LPR (Long Permanent Resident), men ja jeg kunne ha søkt om statsborgerskap, men foreldrene mine gjorde ikke det.

My English isn't that bad, I speak American pretty fluently. No accent so to say, at least people say so. (Telling me I have a California accent.) Honestly I can't hear the different that much.

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Der har du kansjke svaret da Stian,
Sounds like you gotta come back here to the States and live for another 5 years before applying for citizenship. At least you won't have any language problems. I wonder if the '5 year clock' starts ticking when you get a greencard, or maybe it's as soon as you arrive here?

My wife and I are doing det motsatte: Vi flytter hjem to Norge i 2009 and staying for 15 months. Not sure what jobs we'll find, but den tid den sorg, we have enough saved up at vi klarer oss nok one way or another.
mvh, - Erlend

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Uhm, Erlend:
I've done a lot of research on the matter, called a few immigration lawyers as well.There is no way I can regain my abandoned citizenship. Only way to get it is either apply for citizenship via close relatives (sister, brother, mother, father). Or green card application. (Lottery).

It doesn't matter which way I turn this I won't end up with a citizenship until on of my sisters live there and have lived there for a while. Then I can apply on her grounds so to speak.

Canada might be a little easier to get into, but who knows. I've gived up..

Regarding moving to Norway I want to say one word: expensive!
Especially with your low dollar and our strong Norwegian Krone things will be a bit different. Alcohol, beverages and food costs a lot here in Norway.
Gas.. a whole different story.

Good luck!

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