Residence visa on passport already from another country

[JohnWood]

Hello,

I have a residence visa of Qatar valid upto 2013, this visa is issued from my current employer in Qatar. When the DV Immigration visa is issued to me as well, do I have to give up the Qatar visa or I can have both the visas and can use both?

I am asking this questions becuase recently a friend of mine had a Kuwait residence visa and their family migrated to Canada through some immigration program of Canada but before leaving he went to Kuwait to get his residence visa of Kuwait cancelled. After that he went to Canada and he told me I can't have residence visa of two countries at the same time? is this true for all countries?

Thanks for your feedback in this regards.

Thank you.

 

[bentlebee]

I think your friend is right...Most countres will have a period of over 6 months staying in a country to get a perminent residence status and you can't stay in 2 countries for more than 6 months in one year.

 

[NuvF]

This what USCIS website say.....

Maintaining Permanent Residence

You may lose your permanent resident status (green card) if you commit an act that makes you removable from the United States under the law, as described in Section 237 or 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (see the “INA” link to the right). If you commit such an act, you may be brought before an immigration court to determine your right to remain a permanent resident.

Abandoning Permanent Resident Status

You may be found to have abandoned your permanent resident status if you:

* Move to another country intending to live there permanently
* Remain outside of the United States for more than 1 year without obtaining a reentry permit or returning resident visa. However, in determining whether your status has been abandoned, any length of absence from the United States may be considered, even if less than 1 year
* Remain outside of the United States for more than 2 years after issuance of a reentry permit without obtaining a returning resident visa. However, in determining whether your status has been abandoned any length of absence from the United States may be considered, even if less than 1 year
• Fail to file income tax returns while living outside of the United States for any period
• Declare yourself a “nonimmigrant” on your tax returns

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/us...nnel=3f443a4107083210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

 

[JohnWood]

What if I go to the US and wait to get my GC and also request for a one year re-entry permit and return to my current Job in Qatar, in this way I will be able to maintain my Qatar residence visa and my job. And then I return back to US before 6 months expiry or before end of the one year re-entry permit so I can maintain my US visa as well? I understand I can maintain both by going back and forth before end of 6 months, but the most important thing is that is this legal, maintaining two residence visa's together?

 

[NuvF]

What if I go to the US and wait to get my GC and also request for a one year re-entry permit and return to my current Job in Qatar, in this way I will be able to maintain my Qatar residence visa and my job. And then I return back to US before 6 months expiry or before end of the one year re-entry permit so I can maintain my US visa as well? I understand I can maintain both by going back and forth before end of 6 months, but the most important thing is that is this legal, maintaining two residence visa's together?

I thought the guidelines are clear on this.....

......in determining whether your status has been abandoned, any length of absence from the United States may be considered, even if less than 1 year
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/usc...00082ca60aRCRD

Pretty 'gray' area to tread per my understanding,
Try it at your own risk !!