Can one claim the Foreign Income Exclusion without putting US residency at risk?

[sam6820]

Hello All,

I am really hoping someone can shed some light on this issue.
It is a tax issue as well as an immigration issue.

I wanted to know if claiming the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE) jeopardizes one's US residency with US immigration?

Because I read on the IRS website that in order to claim the FEIE, one has to have one's tax home in a foreign country. And that one *cannot* have one's abode/domicile in the US.

To quote from the IRS website:
"You are not considered to have a tax home in a foreign country for any period in which your abode is in the United States."

But a US permanent resident is supposed to have one's abode/domicile in the US in order to maintain one's US residency (or else get into problems with US immigration).

So can a PR really claim the FEIE without getting into problems with Immigration?

Does anyone have any experience with this issue or can advise?

Thanks for any help,
Sam