Permanent resident studying abroad

[Studentss 6]

Hello everyone, 

 

I have been here in the USA for five months, got my greed card and my wife and my little new daughter are a USA citizen, i am planning to go abroad for study and it will take four years to complete my bachelor Degree, i will have vacation from my study 2 times a year, 1 month vacation after first semester and then 4 months vacations after second semester and every semester is four months so i have a lot of time, I can maintain my Greed Card status, i will come in these vacation to the USA, Please help and advice needed because i love to study and maintain my US Citizen status too, i love this country too,

 

Thank you all     

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

9 minutes ago, Studentss said:

Hello everyone, 

 

I have been here in the USA for five months, got my greed card and my wife and my little new daughter are a USA citizen, i am planning to go abroad for study and it will take four years to complete my bachelor Degree, i will have vacation from my study 2 times a year, 1 month vacation after first semester and then 4 months vacations after second semester and every semester is four months so i have a lot of time, I can maintain my Greed Card status, i will come in these vacation to the USA, Please help and advice needed because i love to study and maintain my US Citizen status too, i love this country too,

 

Thank you all     

By this status you would not be eligible to file for citizenship for quite a while. Also I think it will be hard to maintain your green card for being continuously out of the country for that long.

[Studentss 6]

Thank you cyberfx1024

 

but if what if i am coming every fourth months, i can prove that i have a Strong relationship to this country because i have my wife and my daughter US Citizen 

[Scandi 4,173]

If you plan on staying outside the US for 4+4 months ( or maybe even more?) of the year (for four years even) then you're not a resident, you're just a tourist. You will most likely lose your greencard.

Edited March 19, 2017 by Scandi

[aleful 1,905]

to maintain your GC you will need to file the reentry permit, i131 before you leave, it is valid for 2 years, you can return and get a second reentry for another 2 years, but that's it, you will have to return after that

 

with a reentry permit, it is as you were a LPR for 1 year, so once you return, you would need a few more years for citizenship

 

 

[Studentss 6]

Thank you Scandi

 

i will be waiting for more comments then i will decide what step to take next ?

 

 

[mallafri76 1,012]

So your wife and daughter will be staying in the US while you go abroad for four years? Your green card was for family reunification. If you're planning on living abroad for four years, I doubt you'll be able to keep your green card. You might want to look into some universities in the US.

 

Getting a reentry permit doesn't guarantee entry to the US or that you get to keep your green card. 

Edited March 19, 2017 by mallafri76

[Studentss 6]

thank you mallafri76

 

well, i won't be completely out of states for 4 years , in this time, i will have to visit them in every four months, or may be they can stay with me there , we can come and go back during my study, want more advice's from the friends lets see 

[kausar 26]

I know many people who maintained their green cards for many years without problem, by just visiting US for few weeks within six months, before they finally moved to settle down here. This is true that the GC is to live in US and not to visit but still it can be managed for few years by visiting once in six months. It affects you in the way that your citizenship is delayed as you have to be present in US for more than six months in a year. It is however more appropriate to get re entry permit initially for  two years and reapply for 2 more years after its expiry. You can still visit US whenever you want during the period of re entry.

 

Edited March 19, 2017 by kausar

[zilchfox 296]

I wouldn't risk it personally. Anyway to hold off schooling until you can naturalize and become a USC? Once you're a USC, you can leave as long as you want and you won't have any issues returning, as a citizen you'll have the right to enter the U.S., regardless if you were gone for 4 months or 10 years.

Edited March 19, 2017 by zilchfox

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13 hours ago, Studentss said:

thank you mallafri76

 

well, i won't be completely out of states for 4 years , in this time, i will have to visit them in every four months, or may be they can stay with me there , we can come and go back during my study, want more advice's from the friends lets see 

 

It is still a risk. And with everything that is going on with this current administration and immigration, I wouldn't risk it.

 

Have you though about going to Uni in the US?

[EmilyW 1,473]

The important word in your post is 'visit'.

 

A Green Card is for living in the US, not visiting.

 

I would take the advice of others to either become a citizen and then you can live where you like.  Or get re-entry permits and delay citizenship.

[KazuriSana 324]

Why did you apply for the GC in the first place - before you were ready to live here? Your reason, going abroad for an undergraduate degree, sounds quite fishy, to be honest.

 

Besides, in a manner of speech, every other building in the US is a college! If your ties here are so strong, why not obtain your education here? "Strong ties," especially spousal ties and offspring, do not deserve just visits to maintain a GC.

 

If you were going abroad for post-doctoral academic inquiry, that one people would understand. But UNDERGRADUATE!? Please son!

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

10 hours ago, kausar said:

I know many people who maintained their green cards for many years without problem, by just visiting US for few weeks within six months, before they finally moved to settle down here. This is true that the GC is to live in US and not to visit but still it can be managed for few years by visiting once in six months. It affects you in the way that your citizenship is delayed as you have to be present in US for more than six months in a year. It is however more appropriate to get re entry permit initially for  two years and reapply for 2 more years after its expiry. You can still visit US whenever you want during the period of re entry.

 

Yeah that was previously and not with this current administration. So I would not risk it at all if I were you. Just stay here in the USA and go to school.