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Hello Vjs

My husband is on an L1 visa and we wanted to leave the country to vacation for a bit.

AOS has been approved. As of may may 12 2010, uscis website said that green card production has been ordered.

He is currently on an L1 (company sponsored visa). He was planning to resign but I am worried he will have trouble coming back to the US if L1 becomes expired when he resigns. We didn't do the travel authorization paperwork because we didn't anticipate moving jobs. Should we do that now? how long does that take? Are there any other options since the AOS has been approved anyway?

Thanks!!!

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Hello Vjs

My husband is on an L1 visa and we wanted to leave the country to vacation for a bit.

AOS has been approved. As of may may 12 2010, uscis website said that green card production has been ordered.

He is currently on an L1 (company sponsored visa). He was planning to resign but I am worried he will have trouble coming back to the US if L1 becomes expired when he resigns. We didn't do the travel authorization paperwork because we didn't anticipate moving jobs. Should we do that now? how long does that take? Are there any other options since the AOS has been approved anyway?

Thanks!!!

His AOS has been approved therefore he is no longer L1, he is a Legal Permanent Resident (greencard holder). He applied for an ADJUSTMENT of his status, his status WAS L1 and it has now been adjusted to LPR.

He is permitted to resign, however if you're worried, I would wait until he obtains the greencard (which hopefully shouldn't be too long). Go in to his work and change his status on their files from L1 to LPR (greencard) and THEN he can resign.

Why are you worried about him leaving the country? Is he not in the US at the moment? If he isn't leaving the country yet, and is leaving AFTER he obtains the physical greencard (which I would do personally) then he won't encounter any "L1" issues because he's an LPR, like I said, not an L1 anymore so quitting his job and then doing some travels (once he has the greencard) doesn't affect him in any way.

Make sense?

When he next leaves the country and then re-enters the US, he would show his passport and his greencard. The L1 visa is now completely obsolete and overridden by the greencard.

Good luck :D

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Aussie K1 process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/206016-australian-beneficiaries-packet-3-to-interview-date/
AOS, EAD & AP - the Aussie Way (including document list) - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/235331-aos-ead-ap-from-k1-the-aussie-way-doc-list-included/
ROC April 2012 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/358760-i-751-april-2012-filers/ (includes document list)
N-400 April 2013 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/ (includes document list)

N-400 Interview review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6381814

N-400 Oath Ceremony review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6537699
Aussie Chat page continued - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/331922-new-2011-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/
Aussie Name Change on Passport Process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/248400-australian-passport-name-change-process/
Travel on maiden name passport with married name GC, tickets in married name - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/183541-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/page__view__findpost__p__4135806
Shipping Costs from Aus to US - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/293179-shipping-costs-aus-to-usa/

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- For my "standard" timeline please see timeline to the left
- For timeline with Aussie specifics & more detailed info, please see the "About Me" section of my profile

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OK. Right that makes sense. He just does not have proof of being a LPR at the moment without the greencard. I was worried they won't let him come back to the US! Thanks!

He should have his greencard approval letter though. Did he have an interview? Did he get a stamp in his passport?

I would just wait for the card if he's in the US at the moment though. No harm in waiting and earning money in the meantime.

Aussie K1 process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/206016-australian-beneficiaries-packet-3-to-interview-date/
AOS, EAD & AP - the Aussie Way (including document list) - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/235331-aos-ead-ap-from-k1-the-aussie-way-doc-list-included/
ROC April 2012 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/358760-i-751-april-2012-filers/ (includes document list)
N-400 April 2013 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/ (includes document list)

N-400 Interview review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6381814

N-400 Oath Ceremony review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6537699
Aussie Chat page continued - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/331922-new-2011-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/
Aussie Name Change on Passport Process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/248400-australian-passport-name-change-process/
Travel on maiden name passport with married name GC, tickets in married name - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/183541-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/page__view__findpost__p__4135806
Shipping Costs from Aus to US - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/293179-shipping-costs-aus-to-usa/

Notes:
- For my "standard" timeline please see timeline to the left
- For timeline with Aussie specifics & more detailed info, please see the "About Me" section of my profile

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Interview was done this Monday.

No letter yet. I just logged on to the website that says that green card production is underway.

No stamp on passport either - because after the interview, they wanted a "long form" birth certificate.

Maybe we will just go make an infopass appointment and ask them to stamp it already. That, or wait for the GC to physically arrive.

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Interview was done this Monday.

No letter yet. I just logged on to the website that says that green card production is underway.

No stamp on passport either - because after the interview, they wanted a "long form" birth certificate.

Maybe we will just go make an infopass appointment and ask them to stamp it already. That, or wait for the GC to physically arrive.

I would just wait. Have you sent in the Long form birth certificate yet? Do you need to leave urgently? If you DO then I would go in and ask for a stamp, if you don't, then I would just wait.

Aussie K1 process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/206016-australian-beneficiaries-packet-3-to-interview-date/
AOS, EAD & AP - the Aussie Way (including document list) - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/235331-aos-ead-ap-from-k1-the-aussie-way-doc-list-included/
ROC April 2012 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/358760-i-751-april-2012-filers/ (includes document list)
N-400 April 2013 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/ (includes document list)

N-400 Interview review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6381814

N-400 Oath Ceremony review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6537699
Aussie Chat page continued - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/331922-new-2011-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/
Aussie Name Change on Passport Process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/248400-australian-passport-name-change-process/
Travel on maiden name passport with married name GC, tickets in married name - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/183541-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/page__view__findpost__p__4135806
Shipping Costs from Aus to US - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/293179-shipping-costs-aus-to-usa/

Notes:
- For my "standard" timeline please see timeline to the left
- For timeline with Aussie specifics & more detailed info, please see the "About Me" section of my profile

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USCIS received the long form may 11.

may 12 - case status online said it was on green card production.

not so urgent - but his mom had a transplant and we hope to visit her.

i just called uscis. she said to wait for the letter and make an appointment so they see the letter and stamp his passport. by then the GC would have arrived :P is all good!

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Wait 'til he has the GC in the mail. Should be by Tuesday or Wednesday next week.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

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