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I'm a US citizen and my wife is a conditional green card holder. She's from Suriname originally. We are considering helping her parents with their family business in Suriname as much as we can for a year or two, but I'm aware that traveling for an extended period of time or spending a combined amount of time abroad longer than in the US can cause a risk in her CPR status. So I think we will have to spend a few months there at a time, then return to the US for a few months, before going back again.

I'm planning on bringing her tax return documents, bank reference letter, and car title document along with us, to prove that US is our permanent residency in case she gets questioned.

Here are my questions:

1. What else can we do to prove our intend to live in the US permanently, not abroad.

2. What happens if she spends more time abroad than in the US? How is that calculated?

3. Would it help to get a reentry permit (I-131)?

Any other advice is greatly appreciated.

Chun

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TBoneTX   45,914

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*** Thread is moved from General Immigration Discussion forum to the Working & Traveling forum, where similar queries are posted. ***

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

clairegie Proficient

clairegie   265

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Hi, here are several websites that I thought was very informative and helpful regarding your concern:

http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/nativedocuments/M-618.pdf (specifically page 100 onwards)

http://www.immigrationvisausa.com/Immigration_Law_Blog/2012/January/How_Much_Time_Must_a_Permanent_Resident_or_Condi.aspx

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/free-books/fiance-marriage-visa-book/chapter16-3.html

My timeline: http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?cfl=0&id=163489

 
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