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Duration of stay in US on a Green card

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Roel Experienced

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The main responsibility of the green card holder is to LIVE in the US. Means that ideally - you need to spend 12/12 months in the US. Or at least MOST of the year.

 

Being away for a year or more - risk of losing a green card.

Using a green card like a tourist visa, coming and going every few months - risk of losing a green card.

K1

29.11.2013 - NoA1

06.02.2014 - NoA2

01.04.2014 - Interview. 

AoS

03.2015 - AoS started.

09.2015 - Green Card received.  

RoC

24.07.2017 - NoA1.

01.08.2018 - RoC approved. 

 

 

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15 minutes ago, Amarpreet Kaur said:

How many months does a person has to stay in the US if he/she has a green card? 

A green card is for permanent residency. The word permanent is in the name for a reason. A person should be living in the US. Not using a green card for visits. If a person does not abide by the residency requirements of the green card, they can lose it.

 

If you have circumstances that prevents you from living in the US, then you should seek other legal means to come to the US temporarily, like a visitor visa. 

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Like the others, just using a GC as a means of coming back and forth "just enough" to maintain US residency isn't the point. The point is to live in the US, make a life here... It isn't a tourist visa....

 

 

08/15/2014 : Met Online

06/30/2016 : I-129F Packet Sent

11/08/2016 : Interview - APPROVED!

11/23/2016 : POE - Dallas, Texas

From sending of I-129F petiton to POE - 146 days.

 

02/03/2017 - Married 

02/24/2017 - AOS packet sent

06/01/2017 - EAD/AP Combo Card Received in mail

12/06/2017 - I-485 Approved

12/14/2017 - Green Card Received in mail - No Interview

 

   

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~~moved to general immigration discussion.  Topic is not Visa specific~~

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1 hour ago, Amarpreet Kaur said:

How many months does a person has to stay in the US if he/she has a green card? 

Probably, I should have written it as - 

 

If I want to go back to the original country to visit my family, how long can I stay there at a go - 1 month, 2 months, 3 months etc?

 

Yes, I understand after green card, US is HOME. 

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3 minutes ago, Amarpreet Kaur said:

Probably, I should have written it as - 

 

If I want to go back to the original country to visit my family, how long can I stay there at a go - 1 month, 2 months, 3 months etc?

 

Yes, I understand after green card, US is HOME. 

Staying outside the US between 6 months and a year will attract a lot of scrutiny upon return to the US.  If stay outside the US for a year or more, you will need a re-entry permit.

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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There is no fixed amount of time. The requirement is to maintain permanent residency.

That said, travel abroad for over 6 months in a year can raise scrutiny of your residence, as well as potentially break continuous residence for naturalization consideration.

Travel abroad in excess of 1 year has a presumption of abandoning permanent residency.

 

A trip abroad for a few months is highly unlikely to raise concern.

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Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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I know a couple who were questioned extensively after a 179-day trip on a green card. They were admitted, but only after a stern lecture at Secondary. 

I-751 journey

 

10/16/2017.......... ROC package mailed

10/18/2017.......... I-751 package received VSC

10/19/2017.......... I-797 NOA date

10/30/2017.......... Notice received in mail

10/30/2017.......... Check cashed

11/02/2017.......... Conditional GC expired

11/22/2017.......... Biometrics completed

  xx/xx/xxxx.......... waiting waiting waiting

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