Greencard and work in canada

[primerosepk 0]

hey guys. just a question

i am green card holder.i have 10 year green card.can i work in canada and live in canada ???

is it any effect on green card??

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Yes. Requirements of the greencard are that you LIVE in the United States, that you're a resident of there. Depending on how long you want to stay out, it might benefit you to apply for a re-entry permit so you can stay out longer than a year, but less than 2 years. If you stay too long they may revoke your greencard. Read up on retaining your permanent residency (google it) in order to get a good idea of what you need to do to keep your greencard.

** moved from "Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from Family Based Visas" to General Immigration Related Discussion as this isn't a question about the AOS process specifically, more a general Immigration question**

Edited August 6, 2010 by Vanessa&Tony

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Your US GC does not confer any rights to you to work/live in Canada.

You would need permission from that country.

If you leave the US for more than 1 year, without getting a re-entry permit, you can lose your US GC. (some suggest to get a re-entry if you go for more than 6 months but less than a year).

A re-entry permit can be good for two years.

[HeatDeath 430]

No.

If you do not A ) maintain a residence in the US, and B ) spend significantly more time in the US than in Canada, you will, at some point (you may get away with it for a year or two but it will happen eventually) get your green card revoked by CBP during an attempted reentry to the US.

Every time you attempt to reenter the US, CBP will look at your travel history. If your travel history shows a history of relatively short trips abroad, bracked by longer periods in the US, thus indicating that you live in the US and travel frequently, you will be fine. But if your travel history shows a history of short trips to the Us bracketed by longer trips abroad, suggesting that you are visiting the Us rather than living there, and that you have been doing this for an extended period of time, you will be at very real risk of haveing them initiate the procedures to revoke your green card.