My MIL lives in Ukraine and is a successful lawyer. My wife is us citizen (from April this year). Ukraine is at war, as you know, and situation may change to the worse any day. MIL doesn’t even want to talk about moving anywhere. She has 10 year US visa and came here for 2 months after the start of the war. She left after 2 months instead of allowed 6 months (stamp) because she was missing home and her practice.
I am still thinking of convincing my wife to file for GC as an insurance. Can someone who went through this share what are the technical minimal requirements for opening and maintaining GC for as long as possible:
1. Day 0 - entry at POE
2. Stay in us -how many weeks minimum?
3. Go back home - technically, what is the REAL time she can stay in Ukraine without coming for the maintenance visit?
I would truly appreciate if someone can explain, essentially, timeline-wise, if it is possible at all to have GC while visiting US?
of course, under the normal circumstances we would just file when and if she is ready to move. However, she may be forced to move fast. This is the only issue.
thank you.