Employment Law Updates | New Proposed Legislation
February 10, 2010
New Bill Allows LPRs to Leave the US to Work Abroad on Post-Conflict or Natural Disaster Reconstruction Activities
Return of Talent Act
S. 2974, 2/2/2010
The Return of Talent Act provides an exception to the continued physical presence requirement for Legal Permanent Residents (“LPRs”) who assist the U.S. government and United Nations in crises abroad.
U.S. immigration law currently requires LPRs to have resided continuously in the United States for at least five years preceding his or her application for naturalization to become a U.S citizen. The Return of Talent Act would allow an LPR to work abroad and not have that break in continuous presence in the U.S. affect his or her application later for naturalization, provided that this work is related to post-conflict or…
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