Travel Abroad waiting for ROC / I-751, need reentry permit?

[davido 0]

We are filing the ROC I-751 hopefully today, but I'm wondering about the next step as we need to travel in August for a wedding and to continue to work w/ our non-profit.

Our current plan:

I'm the USC, my wife is the LPR.

File ROC today, then have an appointment in ~1 month, leave the appointment w/ a piece of paper that lets my wife travel, then we want to travel to and stay in South America to work with our non-profit. I think she'll get the 10 yr. Green Card, as we have a baby together, lots of finances / life insurance / retirement all together.

1. Can we request that the US Gov. send her Green Card overseas if approved, or does it have to go the US address on file?

2. I imagine that if we want to stay less than a year in South America, we might be able to just come back in the US, but over a year we would need a reentry permit, correct? We just used her reentry permit to come back to the US a couple weeks ago, can you use those 2 times, or do we have to get another reentry permit?

3. We are sent to South America by a US based non-profit mission organization, so I'm hoping the fact that we stay most of our time overseas doesn't cause problems. During the ROC / I-751 interview, do the officers talk about what we were doing overseas, or is it just about proving our marriage is legit? I'm guessing the border officers are the only ones who ask about what US LPRs are doing overseas, but w/ a reentry permit they normally don't ask that much. Do I have this right?

Side note: Thinking about going for her US citizenship in a year because we're hoping to get approved for the N-470 which would allow her time spent in South America to count as if she were in the US b/c we are sent to S.A. by a US mission agency. This is an exception to the rule for US Gov. employees, military, or missionaries / clergy that are sent from US based organizations that live overseas. I don't think this helps for getting back in the US, just for purposes of naturalization.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

You do not need a reentry permit. When you file the ROC, you will get a letter that extends her LPR status for one year, and gives work and travel right in that time. She just needs to travel with her expired GC and that letter. Good luck.