How long to get Green Card after in USA

[manwithchild 0]

My kids holding CR2, how long they are able to get Green card mailed after in USA. They have to go back to home country to complete education.

[YuAndDan 153]

CR-2 gets I-551 stamp in passport ate port of entry, essentially passport serves as a temporary green-card for up to 1 year or until actual card arrives in the mail, usually a few weeks after arrival.

Keep in mind, residing outside the USA even less than 6 months can be considered to be abandonment of green-card status. So entry to the USA to get green-card and then returning to home country can be problematic. A Green-card is for living and residing within the USA, it is not a permanent "Visa".

if child is going to home country for less than 6 months to finish out the school year, and will be returning to the USA to live permanently this summer, it probably would not be an issue.

This is not an AOS topic, CR-2's status IS IMMIGRANT, there is no status being adjusted.

Moving...

Edited January 12, 2011 by YuAndDan