conditional green card/overseas work question

[bethbrit 0]

hi everyone,

I have had my conditional green card for about a year, and my husband has just been offered a job overseas in Asia. We have a good marriage, however I have a really great job here in the US and I am scared that if I leave the US, I will somehow jeopardize my chance to get my permanent green card next year.

My question to you is: if my husband accepts this job and moves to Asia, would I still be allowed to live here in the US on my own? Or would living apart some put me at risk to not receive my permanent card next year?

thanks so much,

Beth

[bigdog 376]

You can work and live here while he is on temporary assignment, his permanent address is Us, you can check with DOS / USCIS. I am no expert on this, seems logical, in tough economic times.

[gnasa 3]

Hi Beth, we're in a similar situation, I'm a USC and my wife has a conditional green card. My company transferred me to Europe for a multi-year work assignment ~2 months after my wife received her GC. We are not willing to live apart and I do not know if that would affect the ROC process. So we got her a re-entry permit (REP) which is valid until her conditional GC expires and we moved temporarily abroad. We plan on trying to remove conditions from abroad in summer 2012 and then probably getting another REP.

Note that if your husband's work falls under a 'US company', is military, or other specific categories, you could apply for US citizenship under the 319(b) provision essentially waiving the 3-year wait for citizenship. I was disappointed when I determined my employer would not qualify as a 'US corporation'. I cant wait for the day that my wife is granted US citizenship and we can come and go to the US as we please! 319(b) is definitely something to look into if you qualify.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

You'll need to accept that the Green Card is really for people who want to live permanently in the U.S. That's exactly what it has been created for.

If somebody moves to another continent for a few years, they can easily apply for a new card once they are ready to move back to the U.S. I find it odd that somebody comes to the U.S. to live here permanently, then moves thousands of miles away and is upset that this might jeopardize her residency status.

Everything we do has consequences. Luckily, we are all in the position to make informed decisions. We can choose between permanent residency and moving abroad. Sometimes it's simply not possible to have it all.