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Leaving the US and renouncing green card then moving back

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ShubhaBala   1

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I figured lots of people would be asking this but I couldn't find the question yet....

 

I'm on a green card through marriage and am seriously considering leaving the country given the government.  It seems if I leave for over a year I would lose my green card.  So fine... but what happens if I leave for say a decade, and then want to come back?  My husband is a US citizen.  Would the application for the green card start over and take another 8 months (or whatever) to process?  Would I have some big red mark against me?

2/8/2015 Married
2/14/2015 Applications Mailed via Fedex
2/17/2015 NOA Date
3/10/2015 Began long process to expedite EAD. Written about in detail here.
3/13/2015 Biometrics Appointment (I did it early, although after I received my letter)
3/30/2015 EAD approved
4/7/2015 EAD card received - Day 44

9/8/2015 Interview scheduled in NY

10/9/2015 Interview

Penguin_ie Grand Master

Penguin_ie   5,997

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Yes, you would need to start afresh.  Another option would be to stay until you have US citizenship, then you can travel freely.

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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ricnally Rising Star

ricnally   259

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So, your husband is going to stay in the US without you, or he's going to move to Canada with you and go through the whole permanent resident rigamarole there? These are scary times in the states, but I would never throw away all the time and money spent to get me here, let alone all the time and money that would be spent to get my husband to Canada.

 
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