My youngest sister wants to go back in the Philippines

[saunders 0]

My 17 year old sister, wants to go back to the Philippines, to continue her studies, She did not finish her 1st year(2nd semester)

She already had her green card and it will expire in 2018.

She wants to finish her college , and wants to stay in the Philippines for 3.5 years.

My question is this,

is she will be having a problem to return back here in the US for staying long outside the US?

It is less expensive to study in PI compared here in the US.

I need your advices, thank you

Edited August 13, 2008 by pacificG

[Perfect Couple 4]

Education will depend on what she wants to study.

Example:

If you are U.S. school Registered Nurse you only need a 2 year associate degree to be a RN in USA.

If you are forgien trained RN then she will have to have 4 year Bachelor Degree in order to be RN in USA.

[chuckb 0]

My 17 year old sister, wants to go back to the Philippines, to continue her studies, She did not finish her 1st year(2nd semester)

She already had her green card and it will expire in 2018.

She wants to finish her college , and wants to stay in the Philippines for 3.5 years.

My question is this,

is she will be having a problem to return back here in the US for staying long outside the US?

It is less expensive to study in PI compared here in the US.

I need your advices, thank you

She will have a problem staying out of the US for more than one year, it can be said that she abandoned her Permanent Resident status. Then it's the I-130 and start over...

However, she could become a US citizen, that would fix it. The only other option I can find is to file an I-131 for a Re-Entry Permit. The permit should give her two years if I read the Instructions correctly... Staying outside the States for extended periods can also affect Residency requirements for Naturalization.

Why not return here during breaks in school? I can't find anything prohibiting her from doing that, just don't stay for more than a year...

Cheers,

[Mononoke28 135]

She will have a problem staying out of the US for more than one year, it can be said that she abandoned her Permanent Resident status. Then it's the I-130 and start over...

However, she could become a US citizen, that would fix it. The only other option I can find is to file an I-131 for a Re-Entry Permit. The permit should give her two years if I read the Instructions correctly... Staying outside the States for extended periods can also affect Residency requirements for Naturalization.

Why not return here during breaks in school? I can't find anything prohibiting her from doing that, just don't stay for more than a year...

Cheers,

Great advice. This is pretty much the only options she has.

Diana

[baxxy 0]

She will have a problem staying out of the US for more than one year, it can be said that she abandoned her Permanent Resident status. Then it's the I-130 and start over...

However, she could become a US citizen, that would fix it. The only other option I can find is to file an I-131 for a Re-Entry Permit. The permit should give her two years if I read the Instructions correctly... Staying outside the States for extended periods can also affect Residency requirements for Naturalization.

Why not return here during breaks in school? I can't find anything prohibiting her from doing that, just don't stay for more than a year...

Cheers,

Great advice. This is pretty much the only options she has.

Diana

You better check that whole being out for a year thing, I think if she stays out for more than 6 months there may be a problem.

[Mononoke28 135]

Well my aunt used to stay 6 months in Florida and then 6 months in Colombia. Then one year she stayed 8 or 9 months in Colombia and when she came back the POE officer grilled her to death. He still let her go through because it hadn't been a year though but she was so scared that she decided to stay in Colombia after her next trip and lose her LPR status.

Diana

[Dakine 26]

My 17 year old sister, wants to go back to the Philippines, to continue her studies, She did not finish her 1st year(2nd semester)

She already had her green card and it will expire in 2018.

She wants to finish her college , and wants to stay in the Philippines for 3.5 years.

My question is this,

is she will be having a problem to return back here in the US for staying long outside the US?

It is less expensive to study in PI compared here in the US.

I need your advices, thank you

What kind of visa did she come on?

Best to wait until she has her US Citizenship.

It's tricky on what is considered "abandoning green card".

She can stay 1 year but needs re entry permit. No idea how long she has to stay in the US before she can go back to PI after returning after being in PI 1 year and then stay another year.

Confusing?

[payxibka 10,047]

What kind of visa did she come on?

What does it matter now considering she has her permanent greencard...

[Dakine 26]

What kind of visa did she come on?

What does it matter now considering she has her permanent greencard...

If spousal she has to wait 3 years to apply for USC.

If family she will have to wait 5 years!!~

OK?

[payxibka 10,047]

What kind of visa did she come on?

What does it matter now considering she has her permanent greencard...

If spousal she has to wait 3 years to apply for USC.

If family she will have to wait 5 years!!~

OK?

She is 17 years old.... Probably 14 or 15 when arrived... I hope not spousal....