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Can he cross back to home country before receiving greencard?

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My husband wants to cross the border to trigger the green card and social security card process so he can get hired at his new job, but wants to continue working at current job until hiring process is complete in the US.  Can he immediately cross back into Canada before receiving greencard? This is a family based CR1 Visa. 

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3 minutes ago, samiNamberin said:

I believe it should be ok to cross back. Just get the green card express posted (family member) back to your home in Canada. Similar to how they send your passport with the visa on it. 

We live 4hrs away, so I could bring it up to him when we have it! Thank you! 

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I had called the CBC to confirm. He said in some cases they don't allow re-entry to their home country until actual green card is in hand. They said they wouldn't know for sure until they looked at his packet. But I can't imagine they wouldn't let him cross back into his home country on a CR1... 

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***Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Progress Reports to Working & Traveling During US Immigration forum.***

 

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OP, your husband will not receive some special I-551 stamp when he enters on the CR-1 visa, CBP stopped placing those in passports years ago.  At the bottom of the visa itself will be the following notation, "Upon Endorsement Serves As Temporary I-551 Valid for 1 Year."  The 'endorsement' is nothing more than a standard CBP entry stamp placed on the page next to the visa itself with applicable information written in.  It is a combination of the visa itself and a standard CBP entry stamp that allows the visa to act as a temporary green card before you receive the permanent one.

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