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OK I heard from my other colleague. He's successfully kept his GC (obtained by marriage to USC) for several years living "temporarily" in another country. He says he often sails through with no problem, but if asked he will say he's temporarily living abroad and he bring evidence of ties to the...

Thanks. Actually it turns out I have a work colleague who has had this experience. He surrendered his GC at the border after they asked if he was still resident and he admitted he wasn't. He said it took about 4-5 hours of waiting around for secondary inspection, but then they were quite nice...

Thanks for the responses. I looked up the dates and it'll actually be 11 1/2 months since I was last in the US so that's getting close to the 12 month limit..... Also I'm not sure what constitutes a warning, but the time before the last time I entered US (the last time I entered as a lone...

I'm interested in this same issue. I have had a GC thru marriage to US citizen for 4 years now, but we have been living in my home country the last 2 years. Got away with keeping the GC so far due to frequent trips back, but as I had a baby this year it will be over 11 months since I was last in...

OK - this has gotten interesing, and probably a little beyond my comprehension. For the reapplying for a GC issue - what happens when a US citizen marries abroad then decides to move back to the US with his/her wife? How is that dealt with? It must happen... In fact I can think of a famous...

Wow - a flurry of advice. Thanks. :) I was already assuming this would delay any application for citizenship I would make. That's a pity, but I know many LPRs in the US who never quite got around to filing for citizenship anyway. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. Thanks for the comment...

OK - from the USCIS website: So if I do not "intend to move permanently", I'm never gone for more than a year in any stretch, and file tax returns as a resident I don't see the problem. Obviously proving the lack of "intent to move permanently" is the sticky point, but maintaining assets...

So did you have a prolonged absence from the US while on a GC then? This statement suggests you did. What were the circumstances? How often did you come back to maintain your permanent residence? I guess the big question here really is if I should bother to file the I-751 (to remove the...

I rescheduled my GC interview twice as it happens. The first time as I was out of the country - the second date I was sent was only a week later so I was still out of the country. Then I sent a letter saying when I would be back, and they rescheduled for a couple of days later. Posting here to...

Triplecitizen - first I want to say thanks for you time and your opinion. But am I allowed to ask what it's based on? I see your disclaimer that you are not a lawyer, but your statement that "A 3 year absense with 2 visits a year will not cut it in my opinion" sounds like legal advice... Do...

"At some point you will simply have to say bye bye to your GC. They will revoke your Green card at POE and will ask you to apply for tourist visa B1/B2 if you just need to visit US once a year to visit your in-laws. I have seen this happened to quite a few people so please make your move...

I have a GC through marriage to a US citizen (granted Aug 2006). I need to file to remove the conditional status in May. However we're planning to move out of the country sometime this summer (after the conditional status is removed I guess - which seems like it should be pretty straighforward)...

Thanks for all the congratulations. It's slowly sinking in today that this is all over with now. :) In answer to jenimmi's question, the dates were not changed to my knowledge, although she attached my new I94 to the application. To "Addie_Goodvibes", I hope that you're wife's mother...

So just to finish the story we had the interview this morning and my Greencard was approved. There was not a single question about the rescheduling of the previous two dates. We had a very friendly officer, who was very excited by our wedding photos and even called in another (soon to be...

Hi, As I said above the stamped one copy and gave me back both. I entered in Newark. Had to go to secondary inspection and waited about 20 minutes. I was not asked any questions or asked to provide any supporting documents (though I had several with me). The officer just looked at the AP, my...

Thanks I did have a nice trip, and I appreciate how lucky I am. :) My POE with the AP was actually Newark (there is a Newark-Beijing direct flight which goes over the pole). The officer just had my passport, the two copies of AP I have and also I had filled in the white landing card (the one...

Don't have advice on most of your questions, but I thought I would mention that my AP and interview dates came at about the same time (last month), both about 3 months after applying (which I did myself and has so far been fine). I travelled to China and thought I could get it in between the...

They stamped one copy only and gave me back both.

The rescheduled date was July 26th - was still out of the country then so wrote to reschedule again (very apologeticly), and now have an August 9th date.

Well I'm back safey from my trip. I apologise for not responding earlier to all the comments, but I was in China. I guess I caused a small storm! I'll start with an apology. I honestly didn't mean to be rude by calling other posters "alarmists" or anything else I said (but I see that it can...