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This is maybe off-topic, but I've been reading a lot of other threads on here for a few hours and it made me curious because of the other person that was in a similar situation. If you stay out of the states for 1 year while simultaneously having an expired green card, would you likely be allowed to enter through a land border? If I could just come in at once and avoid the Guam fiasco that would be easier. I would just baaaarely be over 1 year around April when I'd be able to travel back and stay for good. I saw you tell another user that only a judge can take away your lpr status, so that got me thinking that just going later, but at once would be easier than the back and forth. I hope that makes sense?

I do, my spouse is being transferred back to the states sometime before summer so I am just trying to make sure that I would be covered

Great thanks Mike it all helps me a lot. I booked a flight for next week and I'll give it a shot. Going to Guam, whether for a day, a week, or a year would 'reset' my clock for being abroad right? So I could essentially stay out of the country for a year after Guam without penalty? Me and my spouse are discussing this right now.

Ok Ive got it thank you. I guess the final thing that is an unknown variable is, Will they stamp us even if it's not our residence? Our residence is in Washington, not Guam. The officer on the phone said they are probably going to ask to see some kind of address in Guam when we arrive at the appointment. Thank you for all of your help by the way, you're really saving me a lot of stress because it's so difficult to find proper guidance.

I apologize I just mentioned that because it would definitely be more of a pain to get turned away if they were with me, but I follow what you're saying thank you

Oh ok gotcha. Well hopefully they don't deny us entry that would be unfortunate Yes the baby and spouse are both citizens.

I see. Sorry about that, I understood that I needed to fill out that form since the Mariana islands have the agreement of no visa necessary. So just to understand, we are using this program to just get our feet on the ground in Guam. Once in Guam, it is up to us to essentially throw out the form and present the i-193 when we get to the customs section of the airport? The officer will review it and probably ask questions and likely charge us the fee and let us enter. If we are lucky they could issue the i551 stamp on the spot, if not, we will just go to the appointment the following day and all should be good, regardless of our visa address being in Seattle, not Guam? The baby is mine and my spouse's, we aren't able to leave the baby home so she will be joining us. We intend to return to Korea for a couple months more before going back to the states

Alright, we have decided to go with the Guam option using the CNMI waiver. On form i-736, it asks if I have ever applied for an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa for the US before. I have, then it asks follow on questions. I'm worried that that this can flag me from entering Guam once I get there. Wouldn't this raise suspicion if I've applied for a visa (although expired) and I'm trying to get into Guam? Also, I have an appointment set, but when I scheduled it, the officer said I should have an address for Guam that I need to present the officers during my appointment because they are supposed to schedule me only at the nearest office from my residence, which is in Seattle but I cannot get into Seattle because my GC is expired. Can I get any guidance? I'll be traveling with a baby and it would be rough to get sent back to korea right away 😂.

I apologize for that. This is my second account. My first one was disabled when I tried to sign in via Google, but I'll try to update it asap! -- So that's a new and interesting method. We're looking into it right now and it seems like a possibility. But we're kind of confused because other people are saying to do the boarding foil route and you presented this option. By the way I am able to get an ESTA for around $20. To avoid everything, do you think I can just fly to Guam on an ESTA and deal with the i551 when I get there or will they probably deny me/ask questions because of my status? I'd hate to waste money on a boarding foil if I didn't need to or if it doesn't even work in the end.

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Unfortunately there's nothing that was sent out. I wish there was that would be perfect right now. I called to schedule an i-551 and they said they'll call us back within 30 days, which is another stressor because we have to hope everything falls in line with the boarding foil I'm also about to schedule. So fun!

Yeah sorry, my other thread was merged without the title so it seemed out of place. I'm figuring I'd just get a boarding foil to get to Guam and get the i551 then return to my country for a few more months while I get my stuff situated. I appreciate all of the help from everyone you guys are awesome!

A flight to Guam is 80% cheaper and faster for me than Hawaii or another state. Would this be feasible?

Okay sounds good thank you for the options. The boarding foil is sounding like my best option ATM. I may try to fly to Guam and get that taken care of soon. Regarding the foil. I know people who are under 1 year out of the states typically get approved, is it likely to be denied if youre out of the country past a year?