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Generally, in this situation, you need tile form I-485 and the other related forms and supporting documents. Feel free to contact me if you would like the assistance of a board certified immigration lawyer.

Typical processing for citizenship cases across the country is from 6-10 months. Looking at the processing time chart for the Dallas field office, it says that the time for processing a naturalization case up to the date of interview is 7 months. If your daughter is 18 and over, she can file at the same time as you as long as she has fulfilled the required period of residence. If not yet 18, you would have to get your citizenship first and she would typically attain her U. S. citizenship upon your obtaining such if she is a permanent resident and living in your custody. She can ask U.S.C.I.S. for recognition of her U. S. citizenship status through the N-600 application for certificate of citizenship. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.

That would be true if you are pending asylum and have not yet become a permanent resident.  However, as a perment resident, it is less likely to create a direct problem, particularly if the trip is short and based on reasonable exigencies.  The indirect problem created by a permanent resident returning to a country they claimed would persecute them if they returned is whether the underlying asylum application was fraudulent.  This could be raised upon the resident's return, or later during a naturalization proceeding.  I just represented a client in naturalization proceedings who had returned as a permanent resident to his home country because his wife and children were still there.  The naturalization officer did not question the matter.  Nonetheless, I would recommend avoiding such travel if at all possible until becoming a US citizen.