Green Card, Marriage, 5 days US, 2 days Canada

[no_trying]

Let's say for example, someone got married after GC and his wife is in Canada. Can a GC holder spend weekends in Canada for next 5 yrs until he/she becomes USC? What issues would I be facing with this kind of scenario?

I have read some threads where US Immigration gives hard time for GC holders when they are married to non-GC or non-USC. At the POE they always asks GC holder if he/she got married when they went abroad. Why US Immigration make this a big deal?

 

[Triple Citizen]

If you spend 5/7 days inside the US, you are fulfilling the requirements needed for maintaining GC status and also fulfilling the physical requirements for N-400. So you should be okay.

Let's say for example, someone got married after GC and his wife is in Canada. Can a GC holder spend weekends in Canada for next 5 yrs until he/she becomes USC? What issues would I be facing with this kind of scenario?

The hard time is given to the non-citizen/non-GC spouse of the green card holder, not the green card holder itself!!!

I have read some threads where US Immigration gives hard time for GC holders when they are married to non-GC or non-USC.

 

[no_trying]

Can someone tell me how many days (either continuous or non-continuous) total out of 5 yrs you have to be in US?

 

[Triple Citizen]

To maintain both GC and N-400 requirements, spend more than 183 days in the US during any rolling 12 month window. Also ensure no single absense is more than 6 months in duration.

Can someone tell me how many days (either continuous or non-continuous) total out of 5 yrs you have to be in US?

 

[nelsona]

The "big deal" is that you are in reality living in 2 places, regardless of days spent (actaully it is nights that count, not days) in US or canada. GC requires you live in one place: US.

So, each time you cross, you would be asked "where do you live, and please prove it". So, as long as you have no Cdn DL, no Cdn medical card, no Cdn plates, and have instead all these valid in US, you will have no problem.

Remember, that being questionned is not the same as being denied. CBP is always free to ask questions.


no-trying, are you now going to ask a series of asylum questions?

 

[aosing]

The "big deal" is that you are in reality living in 2 places, regardless of days spent (actaully it is nights that count, not days) in US or canada. GC requires you live in one place: US.

Not sure about this, normally for any given purpose it is only possible to have a single domicile. If you are primarily based in the U.S.A. that should be fine. The real problem is going to be keeping all the paperwork and records for each USA/Canada trip. Not the end of the world if one isn't accounted for, but for naturalization and proof purposes you will likely need documentation of pretty much each trip to establish the necessary presence tests, which promises to be a hassle.