dnareop451
New Member
Hello, i would first like to say that i am new to this website, and the concept/process of green/card/immigration in general, so please bare with me.
I recieved a "Permenant Resident Card" (ie: green card) in 1999, however only stayed in the US for several months. I mostly lived in Canada, under my parents. A decade later, i went through highschool, then university. During that time, i realized that my parents basiclly were not following the standard procedure with a US green card and leaving the country for extended periods.. in fact they did nothing about it at all. Their assumption was that i were to finish school and desired to work int he states i would magiclly be able to with my green card. Well after doing some research that is clearly wrong. They never went through the process of a re-entry permit or consulted immigration officials about our extended absence from the country.
Its now 2008, and my green card expires in feburary 2009. The good news is that it hasnt expired yet. The bad news is that im still living in Canada(with a canadian citizenship ofcourse) for the past decade and i want to apply to US jobs. I recently recieved a phone interview from an aerospace and defense company, and the screening questions they asked were
- "Do i have work eligibility in the US?"
- "Do you require continued sponsorship to work/live in the US in the future?"
Well since i never recieved notification of my greencard status being revoked (for violating the re-entry permit rule) i couldnt give them a straight answer. For the 2nd question, after doing some reading online, the only way full-fill the requirement of not needing sponsorship is to become a US citizen or have worked for 10 years in the US with green card status (i dont see why this rule exists.. if i have worked in the US for 10 years would that not make me a US citizen after 5 years?). I'm assuming the 2nd question basiclly asked if i was a US citizen or not.
What are my options? The first thing i could do is renew my greencard and start looking for work in the US, however what are the chances of that with my decade long absence? I have some pretty good reasons, mainly that i was under-age at the time and i wanted to persue my education in Canada because of lower tuition. As for jobs that require me to answer "continued sponsorship" or not, i guess i should avoid those until im a permenant US citizen.
I recieved a "Permenant Resident Card" (ie: green card) in 1999, however only stayed in the US for several months. I mostly lived in Canada, under my parents. A decade later, i went through highschool, then university. During that time, i realized that my parents basiclly were not following the standard procedure with a US green card and leaving the country for extended periods.. in fact they did nothing about it at all. Their assumption was that i were to finish school and desired to work int he states i would magiclly be able to with my green card. Well after doing some research that is clearly wrong. They never went through the process of a re-entry permit or consulted immigration officials about our extended absence from the country.
Its now 2008, and my green card expires in feburary 2009. The good news is that it hasnt expired yet. The bad news is that im still living in Canada(with a canadian citizenship ofcourse) for the past decade and i want to apply to US jobs. I recently recieved a phone interview from an aerospace and defense company, and the screening questions they asked were
- "Do i have work eligibility in the US?"
- "Do you require continued sponsorship to work/live in the US in the future?"
Well since i never recieved notification of my greencard status being revoked (for violating the re-entry permit rule) i couldnt give them a straight answer. For the 2nd question, after doing some reading online, the only way full-fill the requirement of not needing sponsorship is to become a US citizen or have worked for 10 years in the US with green card status (i dont see why this rule exists.. if i have worked in the US for 10 years would that not make me a US citizen after 5 years?). I'm assuming the 2nd question basiclly asked if i was a US citizen or not.
What are my options? The first thing i could do is renew my greencard and start looking for work in the US, however what are the chances of that with my decade long absence? I have some pretty good reasons, mainly that i was under-age at the time and i wanted to persue my education in Canada because of lower tuition. As for jobs that require me to answer "continued sponsorship" or not, i guess i should avoid those until im a permenant US citizen.
