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Goodfella1

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Thanks for answering my mother in law questions....now, I have one tricky one regarding my wife.

I am a US citizen but my wife is not. We were married in August 2002. In April 2003 we had to suspend her immigration paperwork (to become a US citizen) and we had to return to her native country. She never received a green card. I wrote a letter to INS and asked them to suspend her paperwork. I sent the letter by certified mail and still have the receipt. We have now lived outside the USA for over a year. My question, will my wife have trouble re-entering the USA and will she have to wait a certain period of time before she can begin her US citizenship paperwork. I greatly appreciate any advice. Thanks.
 
Hi Joe. No, my wife lived in American for less than four months. She just began the paper work but than suspended the process. The application process never got off the ground....so to speak. How can she re-enter?
 
JoeF said:
Contact a lawyer. You screwed this whole thing up quite badly.
She would need to start the GC process over from scratch. There is no "suspension."
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She certainly does not meet the residency requirements for citizenship and shw probably will be deemed to have abandoned her GC., if she was ever approved for one. your post is still not entirely clear.
 
Joe and Jim. Thank you for dealing with my questions. I value your reply.

Here's what happened. My wife came to America on a 30 day visa and we married in August 2002 (long story). Anyway, she was never in America before.

A few months later, we filed the forms that would allow her to eventually become a US citizen. But, just one month after I sent the initial forms and fees into the INS, we needed to suspend the paperwork because she had to fly back to her native country for a family issue.

So, right now, her advance parole (for 1 year) has expired.

My question is....will she have problems re-entering the USA and can she reapply of US citizenship?

We did inform the local INS office, by certified mail, to please suspend her case and paperwork as we need to leave the country. She left on an INS approved Advance Parole. But, that parole has since expired.

Please help out if you can. Thanks.
 
Hi Joe. Yes, you can "suspend" the paper work process if you have to leave the country on an emergency. The INS told us to write a letter requesting a suspension and we sent it by certified mail.
 
We sent a "withdrawl of application" to Supervising Officer at the Immigration Information Office located in the local INS building covering our jurisdiction.

We were told to write a simple letter saying that you will not be in the country for you interview date. They asked us to include the "A" number from our I-131 form with relevant data on the I-131 attachment sheet.
 
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