Is there a limit on the time duration one can spend abroad while on the conditional PR/GC or for that matter, the 10 year GC? What are your experiences? The USCIS website states that any stay out of the country exceeding 1 year needs a re-entry permit or else, the PR is considered abandoned. Is that rule actually enforced?
From "Now That You Are A Permanent Resident" webpage of the USCIS:
Maintaining Permanent Residence
You may lose your permanent residence status if you commit an act that makes you removable from the United States under the law in section 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. If you commit such an act, you may be brought before the immigration courts to determine your right to remain a Permanent Resident.
You may be found to have abandoned your permanent resident status if you:
1) Move to another country intending to live there permanently.
2) Remain outside of the US for
more than one 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 US may be considered, even if it is less than one year.
3) Remain outside of the US for more than two 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 US may be considered, even if it is less than one year.
4) Fail to file income tax returns while living outside of the US for any period.
5) Declare yourself a “nonimmigrant” on your tax returns.
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Lemonad, didn't mean to hijack your thread, but I believe this to be a valid question for us all on cond. GC or otherwise. Good luck *