Bigamy

[Coito ergo sum]

There is no relationship between having a job and gaining citizenship.

Not strictly true, but that's far astray of the thread topic...

Well -- the N400 naturalization form doesn't require that one have a job. You just have to have been a permanent resident for a certain number of years,and not have committed some serious legal violation or something.

To get a green card, it "can" be based on employment, but most often it is based on family relationships. In that case, it's not the immigrant's employment that matters, it's the ability of the sponsor to sign an affidavit of support showing they can take care of the immigrant if need be.

But, yes, astray from the topic.

[Bella Fortuna]

Part of my job is doing work visas and facilitating permanent residency based on employment.

[Coito ergo sum]

Part of my job is doing work visas and facilitating permanent residency based on employment.

Residency =/= citizenship.

Work visas are generally temporary nonimmigrant visas from which one can not apply for citizenship. One would need to get a green card first.

Once one gets a green card, whether by employment or family, one doesn't have to maintain employment in order to get citizenship. One just needs to remain a permanent resident for a certain number of years, usually 5, sometimes 3, and then one can file an N400 to get citizenship. Employment is not a factor.

[Bella Fortuna]

Yeah, yeah... stop clouding the issue with facts!

[Coito ergo sum]

Yeah, yeah... stop start clouding the issue with factsucks!

[Bella Fortuna]

[Coito ergo sum]

...please Ms. Director of HR, take me to the conference room...I need some "sensitivity" training.

[Ian]

My dad was a US resident for over fifty years before he became a citizen.

[Svartalf]

My mum lived for 10 years in Canada before she took citizenship, my dad never bothered.

[Clinton Huxley]

My relatives have been here since 1066

[Svartalf]

My relatives have been here since 1066

and mine have lived in Normandy since 853

[Ian]

My relatives have been here since 1066

and mine have lived in Normandy since 853

And mine were the source of the word "Normandy".

[Coito ergo sum]

My dad was a US resident for over fifty years before he became a citizen.

My parents did 30 before taking the citizenship plunge.

[Coito ergo sum]

My relatives have been here since 1066

French immigrants, then?

[Animavore]

My relatives have been here since my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, granny was raped on a Viking raid.