https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartG-Chapter4.html
Можно жить за пределами страны и сохранять резидентство для натурализации только если супруг-гражданин работает в таких местах:
Цитата:
Qualifying employment abroad means to be under employment contract or orders and to assume the duties of employment in any of following entities or positions:
•Government of the United States (including the U.S. armed forces);
•American institution of research recognized as such by the Attorney General;
•American firm or corporation engaged in whole or in part in the development of foreign trade and commerce of the United States, or a subsidiary thereof;
•Public international organization in which the United States participates by treaty or statute;
•Authorized to perform the ministerial or priestly functions of a religious denomination having a bona fide organization within the United States; or
•Engaged solely as a missionary by a religious denomination or by an interdenominational mission organization having a bona fide organization within the United States.
•Government of the United States (including the U.S. armed forces);
•American institution of research recognized as such by the Attorney General;
•American firm or corporation engaged in whole or in part in the development of foreign trade and commerce of the United States, or a subsidiary thereof;
•Public international organization in which the United States participates by treaty or statute;
•Authorized to perform the ministerial or priestly functions of a religious denomination having a bona fide organization within the United States; or
•Engaged solely as a missionary by a religious denomination or by an interdenominational mission organization having a bona fide organization within the United States.
Иначе, если отсутствовал больше года, то отсчёт для гражданства пойдёт заново.
