Living life when it's all said and done

[Mac An Lighiche 1]

Hi there,

I've had my conditions removed for what must be close to a year now. All is well, I was wondering, if I had to leave the country to 4 to 6 months for an emergency, how would that effect coming and going if it needed to be last minute? I know that after a certain amount of time like a year or so there can be issues. I know that a reality is filing taxes and missing some things there. I'm not quite sure how to have precautions in place for that sort of thing. I know there is a form you can file again, I think for after a years absence. Has anyone lived through this?

Cheers

[Hypnos 6,576]

LPRs can usually travel abroad for up to a year without issue, provided such travel is considered temporary and you intend to return to the US and continue to consider the US as your permanent residence. If you anticipate being outside the US for over a year then you would need to apply for a re-entry permit using an I-131 before you departed.

You may also need to demonstrate to CBP upon your return that you have maintained your residence in the US after your temporary foreign travel. Ways to do this may include showing them you have continued to file federal income taxes, continued to maintain life/car/property insurance policies, maintained US bank accounts, etc.

You can specify to have the re-entry permit delivered to a US diplomatic post of your choice. Therefore, you could ask for it to be delivered to the US Embassy in London and then pick it up from there when it actually arrives.

[Boiler 45,519]

You must be close to naturalising.

[NickD 203]

With all the difficulties we experienced with the ROC stage, was our major goal to become free of the USCIS. And the only way to do this was to apply for US citizenship at the earlierst possible date, that just happened be exactly one year after we sent in our I-751.

We are not separate entities living under the same roof, and if just one family member has restrictions, this affects the entire family. Got to the point where I considered the word, "family" is not even part of the USCIS's vocabulary.

When my wife had her citizenship interview, with was exactly one year and five days after her conditional green card expired, she didn't even have her ten year card yet! And all 80 of the USCIS offices are different, many had same day oaths, ours sure wasn't one of them. Had one that wanted a big party with thousands that requried yet another long wait. One call to my senator's office changed all this, just two days later, we had to show up at 7:30 AM for a special oath ceremony, then we were finally free!

Ha, the first comment my wife made when we got in the car, she can no longer travel, was deeply concerned about the health of her mother. So applying for a US passort was done the same day.

A residency card means exactly what it is, you have to maintain residency, if you really want to be free, apply for US citizenship. Ha, we had friends that manage to have a couple of kids, husband and kids were US citizens, the mom was not. She really felt like an outsider.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

***** Moving from ROC to Travelling during US Immigration forum *****

[scotinmass 588]

Ha, the first comment my wife made when we got in the car, she can no longer travel, was deeply concerned about the health of her mother. So applying for a US passort was done the same day.

I took my oath 2 days ago and this is the only downside that for a few weeks until my passport arrives I am a prisoner here. It's a very big and luxurious prison but I am not free to leave it at this time.

[Hypnos 6,576]

There are ways to obtain a passport in a handful of days, so "prisoner" is somewhat melodramatic.

[scotinmass 588]

There are ways to obtain a passport in a handful of days, so "prisoner" is somewhat melodramatic.

If you were sentenced to a few days in prison you'd still be a prisoner!