Residency

Many many laws prevent immigrants from gaining residency in America. Tests, presence, affiliations, records, and who you know are the main determinants to gaining residency in America. Here are some of the laws, and feel free to correct me or annex anything you see.

• Form I-551 (Alien registration card)
• Nonresident spouse 
• can choose to act as residents and claim all worldwide income
• or non-residents each year and not file taxes in US
• Are cleared of the Substantial Presence Test:
• 31 days during the current year, and
• 183 days during the 3-year period that includes the current year and the 2 years immediately before that, counting:
• All the days you were present in the current year, and
• 1/3 of the days you were present in the first year before the current year, and
• 1/6 of the days you were present in the second year before the current year.
• Must be in country 24 hours to be considered 1 day
• Strange, right??