I-751 denied, now what?

[Cathi 5,783]

green card is a document that allow you to live permanently in the us. since you relocate into another country, you no more a green card holder. but it is possible for your partner to petition for another green card directly with the embassy if you want to be a us green card holder again. now what was the ground of your denial? in other words did they say you are denied for abandon? if yes, I will advice you to get it change to a voluntary departure. but this is possible if you were already out of the country before your interview date. because if they charge you for abandon you will be bar to enter the us for at least 3 years. do you have your extension letter? if it still valid, you can come back to the usa but at the border be ready to face some hard time but you will be parole in by an immigration judge for removal proceeding. if you don't have a valid extension letter no airline will take the risk to board you. from your post I understand that you really want to become a us citizen. but I really don't think you can be a us citizen when out of the country. may be for family of military personnel and government personnel that can be ok. if you don't belong to any of this group and if your extension letter is still valid , I strongly advise you to travel back to the usa and get your notice to appear in front an immigration judge so you can be able to remove the condition on your green card and apply for your citizenship. I hope this will help.

she cannot travel back, she abandoned her residency

[Unidentified 2,930]

I see this so often on Visa Journey. If people want to keep their residence status, I don't know why they don't research this before they move out of the country. You can't keep your residence status if you are living outside of the U.S. That is the point of the green card, to be able to live in the U.S.

I would suggest people who want to move out of the U.S. but want to be able to freely come back to the U.S. to visit or live there again, just make sure to live in the U.S. long enough to be able to apply for naturalization, and then don't move out of the country until after you become a U.S. citizen.

My husband is going through naturalization right now. He passed his interview and we are waiting for his oath ceremony letter to come in the mail. We are thinking his oath will be in March. We have no plans in the future to move to Finland, but just in case, we feel like it's a good idea to for him to become a U.S. citizen, in case we decide to be out of the U.S. for long periods of time. Then he can be out of the U.S. for as long as he wants and still is fine to be able to come back to the U.S. Just makes sense. One of the perks of becoming a U.S. citizen.

One thing to consider about this option though (not just for you, but for any one) is that you might lose citizenship in your home country. Either because you a) became a US citizen or b) you have not been a resident in your home country for a long time and automatically lost citizenship.

[akihon 129]

One thing to consider about this option though (not just for you, but for any one) is that you might lose citizenship in your home country. Either because you a) became a US citizen or b) you have not been a resident in your home country for a long time and automatically lost citizenship.

You can't lose citizenship because you haven't lived in your home country for so long. You can, however, lose it because dual citizenship isn't allowed.

[Unidentified 2,930]

You can't lose citizenship because you haven't lived in your home country for so long. You can, however, lose it because dual citizenship isn't allowed.

In some countries under certain circumstances yes you can lose it.

[BirdyGirl85 23]

One thing to consider about this option though (not just for you, but for any one) is that you might lose citizenship in your home country. Either because you a) became a US citizen or b) you have not been a resident in your home country for a long time and automatically lost citizenship.

That is true, I did not mention that what I said earlier is not an option for some people, if their home country does not allow dual citizenship, and you will lose your home country citizenship if you get another citizenship. I totally understand people not wanting to give up their home country citizenship. But if that is the case, then you need to make decisions if you decide to move out of the U.S. You can't keep your U.S. residency if you are not going to live in the U.S. So if you really want to not live in the U.S. anymore, you need to understand you will lose residence status if you do that. So you really need to weigh your pros and cons about living in which country and decide where you want to live.

Although the OP is from Argentina, and with a quick Google search, I found out that Argentina does in fact allow dual citizenship. It's too bad the OP didn't research this sooner? Maybe lived in the U.S. long enough to apply for naturalization?