The more I read on the boards the more questions I get-but thanks there are lots of knowledgeable people here.
My spouse has the GC based on me, the USC. We lived out of country for about 16 years together, 15 married and living in his country of birth when we unexpectedly applied for a GC when visiting the US due to our child's medical condition. Trust me I came here to get her checked out thikning we would be here for 2-3 week to this now.....We actually did not even apply until almost a year after our arrival here that is how unsure we were...
When I/we made all applications, my bank statements from US and /other country, taxes were mostly based on this other country and all was approved for the GC. And, btw most of our funds were held in the foreign bank.
We still have this foreign business in operation, and it is still lucrative and we still manage it best we can from the US via phone, email, Fed EX, etc. We work many hours just in a different way, from home.
The way we have structured ourselves financially, business-wise, salary deposits etc did not change b/c of the GC. Banking, etc did not change. It is just the way we have been doing things for years.
Anyway, I keep reading about if one wants to be naturalized, don't obtain foreign employment, must show US employer deposits, etc etc. Do I have to change things, restructure ourselves to meet what they want? I mean by me transferring our 'salary' directly to our US bank account vs. it currently going to our foreign account and then I transfer what I need here..Is this now a problem????
My question is this~ If my spouse wants to apply for citizenship eventually (not even sure) how do they view our source of income being from our foreign company(remember we had this for years-in his name)?
IT does not make sense to 'get' a different job when we've built this one, still lucrative need to be flexible to travel back if/when needed- and even more importantly spouse's father is ill so needs to sometimes go back on quick notice..or maybe even longer trips in the near future due to that.. We are both professionals but enjoy our business. BTW it cannot be recreated here nor do we want to anyway.
Are they going to have a problem with the arrival at POE when they asked who do you work for? I mean that is who we BOTH worked for in GC application. How would this affect citzenship at a later date (if that is an option for spouse)?
Thanks! I never realized they cared so much where your income is sourced from...especially since it was not even asked about in GC process. It was plain as day then so why a problem now.
Not a doom and gloomer, but really even if we get this reetnry thing, for expected upcoming trips (mostly due to the illness) I wonder if it is just easier to give up the thing because I don't really want the harrassment every time flying in or out. . I just don't like travelling wondering how I/we are going to be treated when we come home..Welcome home!
I was even travelling (alone) and returned last week, to be greeted by officers about 3 of them sort of barking with stone faces at people as we got off the plane to get in a single file, etc etc..and then there were was a single agent (I passed at least 4 more) while we walked to the luggage repeating the single file story. THEN, 2 inspection dogs later, you get to IO. He was actually very nice . Then 2 more dogs while you wait for luggage. I mean I know we have to protect, but why be so negative when people are coming home. What is wrong with Welcome Home? At that moment I was thinking I wonder how my spouse with the GC would be treated today had we been travelling together.
Anyway...thank for the response about the source income..
Have a great day!
My spouse has the GC based on me, the USC. We lived out of country for about 16 years together, 15 married and living in his country of birth when we unexpectedly applied for a GC when visiting the US due to our child's medical condition. Trust me I came here to get her checked out thikning we would be here for 2-3 week to this now.....We actually did not even apply until almost a year after our arrival here that is how unsure we were...
When I/we made all applications, my bank statements from US and /other country, taxes were mostly based on this other country and all was approved for the GC. And, btw most of our funds were held in the foreign bank.
We still have this foreign business in operation, and it is still lucrative and we still manage it best we can from the US via phone, email, Fed EX, etc. We work many hours just in a different way, from home.
The way we have structured ourselves financially, business-wise, salary deposits etc did not change b/c of the GC. Banking, etc did not change. It is just the way we have been doing things for years.
Anyway, I keep reading about if one wants to be naturalized, don't obtain foreign employment, must show US employer deposits, etc etc. Do I have to change things, restructure ourselves to meet what they want? I mean by me transferring our 'salary' directly to our US bank account vs. it currently going to our foreign account and then I transfer what I need here..Is this now a problem????
My question is this~ If my spouse wants to apply for citizenship eventually (not even sure) how do they view our source of income being from our foreign company(remember we had this for years-in his name)?
IT does not make sense to 'get' a different job when we've built this one, still lucrative need to be flexible to travel back if/when needed- and even more importantly spouse's father is ill so needs to sometimes go back on quick notice..or maybe even longer trips in the near future due to that.. We are both professionals but enjoy our business. BTW it cannot be recreated here nor do we want to anyway.
Are they going to have a problem with the arrival at POE when they asked who do you work for? I mean that is who we BOTH worked for in GC application. How would this affect citzenship at a later date (if that is an option for spouse)?
Thanks! I never realized they cared so much where your income is sourced from...especially since it was not even asked about in GC process. It was plain as day then so why a problem now.
Not a doom and gloomer, but really even if we get this reetnry thing, for expected upcoming trips (mostly due to the illness) I wonder if it is just easier to give up the thing because I don't really want the harrassment every time flying in or out. . I just don't like travelling wondering how I/we are going to be treated when we come home..Welcome home!
I was even travelling (alone) and returned last week, to be greeted by officers about 3 of them sort of barking with stone faces at people as we got off the plane to get in a single file, etc etc..and then there were was a single agent (I passed at least 4 more) while we walked to the luggage repeating the single file story. THEN, 2 inspection dogs later, you get to IO. He was actually very nice . Then 2 more dogs while you wait for luggage. I mean I know we have to protect, but why be so negative when people are coming home. What is wrong with Welcome Home? At that moment I was thinking I wonder how my spouse with the GC would be treated today had we been travelling together.
Anyway...thank for the response about the source income..
Have a great day!