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MY WHOLE FAMILY HAS GC, THEY WENT BACK AS SOON AS THEY HAD GC, 7 YEARS AGO, WANT TO APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP FOR THEM , BUT WANT TO KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE ANY DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT, WANT TO SAY THEY HAVE BEEN HERE INSIDE THE COUNTRY SO THEY HAVE ALREADY ACQUIRED THE 30 MONTH RESIDENT MINIMUM PERIOD TO APPLY

Do they have 30 months of presence inside the US within the past 5 years? Have they ever spent more than 12 consecutive months outside the US in the past 5 years?

MY WHOLE FAMILY HAS GC, THEY WENT BACK AS SOON AS THEY HAD GC, 7 YEARS AGO, WANT TO APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP FOR THEM , BUT WANT TO KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE ANY DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT, WANT TO SAY THEY HAVE BEEN HERE INSIDE THE COUNTRY SO THEY HAVE ALREADY ACQUIRED THE 30 MONTH RESIDENT MINIMUM PERIOD TO APPLY You describe a situation where they have abandonded LPR status and if they tried to return to the U.S. they would be sent to see an Immigration Judge who would take the greencards away. It is unlikely that anyone would even get a returning resident visa (SB-1). You and they obviously have no clue about the eligibility requirements for naturalization and need to study them further.

Very specific exceptions apply.

Is at least one of the parents a missionary or in a similar religious vocation and eligible under INA 317? Is at least one parent a qualified employee of an international organization under INA 319(c)? A family so situated might be admitted at a POE or might be referred to a IJ and allowed to keep LPR status or might be required to obtain SB-1 visas. Even if allowed back into the U.S., the individuals that you describe may not be immediately eligible for naturalization.

A person eligible under INA 317 would have to attain one uninterrupted year inside the U.S. and then file an N-470 (needed to cover household members) before applying to naturalization.

A person eligible under INA 319(c) would need to be currently employed in a specified organization or within 6 months of seperation and had previously been in such employment for at least 5 years as an LPR and is or was employed by a bona fide United States incorporated nonprofit organization which is principally engaged in conducting abroad through communications media the dissemination of information which significantly promotes United States interests abroad and which is recognized as such by the appropriate United States Official [Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of State or an agency so delegated by them]. See 8 CFR 319.6 (The regulation has not been changed since 1991, but that does not mean that the list has not changed, just that the 8 CFR has not been updated if it has.)

Does the household contain any young adults ?18-21? yrs old (and possibly a dependent spouse) who were removed from the U.S. due to circumstances beyond their control (it was the parents or breadwinner spouses decision to move) who now desire to retutn to reside in the U.S. permanently? Such individuals might qualify for a returning resident visa, if otherwise eligible.

MY WHOLE FAMILY HAS GC, THEY WENT BACK AS SOON AS THEY HAD GC, 7 YEARS AGO, WANT TO APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP FOR THEM , BUT WANT TO KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE ANY DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT, WANT TO SAY THEY HAVE BEEN HERE INSIDE THE COUNTRY SO THEY HAVE ALREADY ACQUIRED THE 30 MONTH RESIDENT MINIMUM PERIOD TO APPLY
Your family members ARE NO longer green card holders, it expired 5 years ago. The law will have it this way, they abandoned their permanent residency years ago. If you want to say they have been in the US all these years, how do you intend to have them enter the country from your home country? I am interested in their places of employment in the last 7 years, financial bank statements, living arrangements...do you have these figured too? It appears they never filed any taxes, in violation of IRS laws for permanently residents....

Your family members have no basis to apply for US citizenship, they are no longer permanent residents. You can test this by having them board a plane bound for the US and upon arrival, CBP will deal with them accordingly. It is clear your family misunderstood the purpose of a green card.