During two years -- travel Possible, right ?

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Hello All,

My wife's two years conditional permanent residency expires on Sept 15, 2007. We are putting together the I-751 application now and will be submitting that in about a month (say July). I-751 (Conditions to remove can be applied 90 days before the expiry of 2 years).

The questions I have are :

1. She plans to travel abroad in July and be back in August. The Permanent Resident card expires in Sept (9/15/07). She will be back in August. Is there a problem (or what do we need to do other than having her Perm. Res. card with her when she returns).

2. Is there a restriction in travel abroad during the two years ?

thanks,

Shawn

[Yodrak 7]

Shawn,

Don't do anything while traveling that would indicate you have abandoned your LPR status.

Yodrak

Hello All,

My wife's two years conditional permanent residency expires on Sept 15, 2007. We are putting together the I-751 application now and will be submitting that in about a month (say July). I-751 (Conditions to remove can be applied 90 days before the expiry of 2 years).

The questions I have are :

.....

2. Is there a restriction in travel abroad during the two years ?

thanks,

Shawn

[sunflwrgrl 0]

Shawn,

She will be returning to the US prior to the expiry of her 2 year GC, so all she'll need is the GC. If there is any possibility that she will remain outside the US until after the card expires, she will need that extension letter from USCIS (which you will receive after filing the I-751). It sounds like she'll be leaving before you'll receive that letter, so just make sure you have some way of getting her that letter (if necessary).

My hubby & I traveled outside the US on his expired 2yr card and with the extension letter, and we had no troubles.

Just tell her to sit back and enjoy the trip! If you have some worries, you can always call the mis-information line or your local office and see what they say as well.

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, nor associated with the law in any way. All statements are made to the best of my knowledge and understanding of the law, but the law is subject to change!

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Okay, thanks , So there is no problem to travel.

-- Shawn

[Nikita2Charles 32]

Your wife should not have any problem, specially if she's going back to India. We only ran up into some problem when we we doing our travel arrangement to Europe, Our travel date would extend past the day the green card expire, and Traveling to Europe, she need a shaizahn visa for France.

The french consulate would not issue the visa past the green card expiration date, So we had to wait for the I-751NOA to come through, then we were able to get the visa, and traveled with it without any problem.