Is This Possible?

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ezrydn

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I am a US citizen, living in Mexico and married (in US) to Mexican national. Been married now for 4 years. Own a new home in Mexico and, personally, I have no desire to change residence North again.

I am also a VN vet with full VA disabilty (plus full SSI) who had a 6-way bypass on month after 9/11. There could be "cause" for me to have to return to the US for medical reasons and that would require my wife to come with me. If I had to stay up there for any length of time, she would have to find a place to live, there.

Prior to moving down here, I had thought about applying for her green card, for her. We talked it over and decided it wasn't necessary at that time.

Now, we're wondering. Although we live down here and have no expectation to change our residency, could I still apply, with expectation of success, for her, from here, due to a "possible" medical extended stay?

I'm getting conflicting answers to that question. Why spend the fee if the answer is already No?

Thanks
 
ezrydn said:
I am a US citizen, living in Mexico and married (in US) to Mexican national. Been married now for 4 years. Own a new home in Mexico and, personally, I have no desire to change residence North again.

I am also a VN vet with full VA disabilty (plus full SSI) who had a 6-way bypass on month after 9/11. There could be "cause" for me to have to return to the US for medical reasons and that would require my wife to come with me. If I had to stay up there for any length of time, she would have to find a place to live, there.

Prior to moving down here, I had thought about applying for her green card, for her. We talked it over and decided it wasn't necessary at that time.

Now, we're wondering. Although we live down here and have no expectation to change our residency, could I still apply, with expectation of success, for her, from here, due to a "possible" medical extended stay?

I'm getting conflicting answers to that question. Why spend the fee if the answer is already No?

Thanks
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Well, you could apply. However, a "green card" is really Lawful Permanent Resident and to be a Lawful Permanent Resident, you must be a "Resident" and that means living in the US. It would be possible to file an I-130 for consular processing and then delay going to the consulate for awhile (it is difficult to accurately estimate how long a delay would be too long) but once the visa is issued, she would be expected to enter the US in a reasonable amount of time (again, I can't say for sure how long is too long).
 
Jim,

Thanks for the reply. Neither of us has any desire to return to life in the US today. I know that may sound odd to those who still live there but it's just too crazy up there for me now. Although I have completed law school, I didn't take the bar. That's a whole other story. LOL No, my only reason for asking the above question was in regards to "health emergencies" which might require us (her) to stay for an extended period and would have to find "accomodations," which, I would suspect in today's atmosphere, would be hard for her without resident credentials. She has her US 10-yr Visa (or what I call the 35-mile buffer zone "shopping pass").

So, since we live here and have, at the present time, no intention of returning to be "residents," I guess you've answered my question.

Thanks
 
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