US permanent resident getting another Resident stamp

[Tim131]

Hi There,

I'm Irish. my wife is a Mexican citizen, but has been in the US since she was two, and a LPR green card holder for well over 5 years. She will be getting naturalised soon, she'll seen off the n-400 in a few months.

I'm wondering, as she is my wife, when she comes to Ireland she is entitled to a Stamp 4, which is basically permanent residency, its a card and also a stamp in the passport.

Would taking this, be a problem? She is fully intent on remaining a permanent resident of the US however, getting this stamp 4 just makes travel a lot easier for her to get to Ireland.

Would getting a residency stamp from another country be considered and abandonment of her greencard upon return to the states/

Thanks,

Tim

 

[cafeconleche]

It'll probably be fine, but why does she want a Stamp 4 if she isn't moving to permanently? Surely just being allowed entry for visits and such is easier. I mean, even with a Stamp 4, a long absence would mean she'd lose it, no?

Either way, it's probably fine as long as she follows rules for a US LPR.

 

[Jackolantern]

Would taking this, be a problem? She is fully intent on remaining a permanent resident of the US however, getting this stamp 4 just makes travel a lot easier for her to get to Ireland.

Acquiring permanent residence in another country can cause problems for keeping her US green card or going through naturalization. To keep things safe and straightforward she should delay the "Stamp 4" until after she becomes a US citizen.

However, the officers at the US port of entry and the naturalization interviewer are not very likely to know or care what that stamp is, as it's not nearly as familiar to them as Canadian permanent residency (for which they are actually known to harass green card holders). And if she's not taking frequent or long trips to Ireland that also means less reason for them to care. So it's a matter of what level of risk she is willing to take.

 

[Jackolantern]

It'll probably be fine, but why does she want a Stamp 4 if she isn't moving to permanently? Surely just being allowed entry for visits and such is easier. I mean, even with a Stamp 4, a long absence would mean she'd lose it, no?

She probably wants the Stamp 4 so she doesn't have to apply for a visa every time. I've visited Ireland before (when I wasn't a US citizen yet and therefore needed a visa), and they only gave me a single-entry visa valid for 6 months. That forced me to cancel my plans to visit Belfast, as I wouldn't have been able to get back into Ireland from Northern Ireland due to the single-entry visa.