Who can use Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization Purposes (Form N-470?)
If you are: • an employee or an individual under contract to the U.S. Government • a person who performs ministerial or priestly functions for a religious denomination or an interdenominational organization with a valid presence in the United States 5 years as a Permanent Resident without leaving the United States for trips of 6 months or longer • employed by one of the following: • An American institution of research recognized by the Attorney General; • An American-owned firm or corporation engaged in the development of foreign trade and commerce for the United States; or • A public international organization of which the United States is a member by law or treaty (if the employment began after you became a Permanent Resident) 5 years as a Permanent Resident without leaving the United States for trips of 6 months or longer. You may keep your “continuous residence” if you have had at least 1 year of unbroken “continuous residence” since becoming a Permanent Resident and you get an app
