can't be in the US during those "magic" 90 days, can my husband file?

[meauxna 15]

I hope it will all go well and that the big absence from the US won't hurt my case, but I really need to finish school and get my license back home.

What's more important, your school or your US residence?

But yeah, you're right. Better to have something to fall back onto in your home country, if your case was to be denied.

Will your husband move back with you, if this was to happen?

Yeah, finishing medical school is SO frivilous...

You get more ridiculous by the day, pal.

[drakulea 0]

I hope it will all go well and that the big absence from the US won't hurt my case, but I really need to finish school and get my license back home.

What's more important, your school or your US residence?

But yeah, you're right. Better to have something to fall back onto in your home country, if your case was to be denied.

Will your husband move back with you, if this was to happen?

Dear dmartmar, I sure hope nothing this bad is going to happen. And I sure don't understand why you just keep being so negative.

I was 3/4 done with med school when we got married, it was just too much to drop it.

Both are important to me : US residency and the career. I'm just hoping for the best. And I'm not making a "back up nest" here, outside US, I just don't have 180.000$ for the medschool in US.

Good luck to you.

[hcj 0]

Back to your original question -- can you file for removal of conditions while you are physically outside the US:

dmermaid answered your question already, but I came across the following (new) section on the "removing your conditions" page on USCIS.gov today, so thought I would go ahead and post it here:

From http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1____

"Do I Need to Be Physically Present in the United States at the Time of Filing?

"The Form I-751 (Petition to Remove the Conditions on Residence) can be filed regardless of whether you are physically present in the United States at the time that you file. However you must return to the United States with your spouse and your children in order to comply with the interview requirement."

[June Kinney 0]

I filed I-751 while I was in Bangkok, Thailand. Had never got the NOA but my lawyer did get one. So he sent me a copy via e-mail. I printed it out and used it to enter the U.S. I also held Re-Entry Permit. I don't think there will be any problem since the NOA itself already states that your alien card is extended 1 year.

But be careful though, they might call you in for the Biometric Test. Then you will have to come back, rescheduling will just make you wait even longer.