123winnie

Yes under 319b I believe

I am not due to return to the US for a while so I haven’t reentered yet however it won’t be a problem as I’m on orders. If your spouse is a civilian direct hire federal employee (US citizen) and you’re listed as a dependent on their official OCONUS orders you will be fine for the time outside the US on orders. You don’t need a reentry permit. I actually replaced my lost green card while I’m overseas on orders and sent a copy of the orders to USCIS so they’ve got them.

thanks! what does this part mean ‘provided they would have been eligible to receive a visa as a returning resident at the time the marriage occurred;’ ? when we got married I had entered the US on a K1 fiancé visa also sadly im no longer eligible for naturalisation because my husband has less than 1 year left on his orders.

I’ve been outside the US for 2 years with my DOD civilian employee husband on orders. I had a consultation with a lawyer and he advised me to travel back to the US to get a reentry permit, because we’ve been out of the states 2 years and plan 1 more year. Is this correct? I have a 10 year GC, we didn’t get married overseas we were married in the US in 2019

Hi I know this is an old post, but I had a question - did you remain outside the US as a green card holder for those 3 years? Did CBP allow you back in because you were on orders? I’m currently on orders as a GC holder and worried I’ve abandoned status. I didn’t file for N400

I had a conditional green card through marriage, my husband was working for a private company at this time not military/government and we lived in the US. I filed to remove conditions in January 2021 whilst within the US. My husband then was accepted for a civilian government job in late 2021 and we PCS to Germany in January 2022. I have a SOFA card in my British passport. I am named on his orders. I have not returned to the states at all since we arrived here in January 2022. My green card conditions were removed in June 2023 and I was approved for 10 year green card. However this was mailed by USCIS to my old US address, not APO (they didn’t update my AR-11 request). After many phone calls to USCIS they won’t admit it’s their fault that they sent it to the wrong address and I have been advised to file I-90 for ‘lost’ GC and I’m awaiting a biometrics appointment to do that currently. Will file ASAP. I am TERRIFIED that my green card is considered abandoned since I’ve been here for 2 years already. I didn’t apply for a reentry permit before we left the US. We have less than 1 year left on my husband’s orders and so I’m not eligible to file for naturalization anymore. We have a toddler and I am so terrified I could end up not being allowed back into the US by CBP when we are due to return in January 2025. During the time we’ve been here in Germany I haven’t done anything to suggest I wish to reside in Germany, I’m a stay at home mom and I don’t have any form of employment etc. Is my green card considered abandoned? stupidly I thought all along that because I was on orders that everything was good considering residency. However now I’m reading lots of info online to say my GC could be considered abandoned.