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While having green-card working abroad
- Thread starter zamaan
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Jackolantern
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Short-term contract work is OK, as long as it is not done repeatedly over a long time. One 5 month project is fine. But a string of three or four 5-month projects abroad with very short stays in the US in between them can jeopardize your green card and/or citizenship eligibility.
sanjoseaug20
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Hi
While having the green-card - is it ok to work in UK or India for small projects (< 6 months) if you are not getting work in USA and then come back to US after 6 months and find work here ?
Will this affect your green-card/ permanent residence?
Thanks
zamaan
Besides what Jack said, make sure you pay taxes on global income as they are likely to check your taxes more diligently if you have traveled / worked abroad for an extended time. Retain all salary / tax / bank records.
Jackolantern
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Due to the various available foreign tax treaties, exemptions, and credits, it usually is not necessary to actually pay US taxes on income earned abroad, unless your income is very high or the other country's taxes are low. However, it is still necessary to report the foreign income on US tax returns (then apply the various credits and exemptions to cancel or reduce the taxes paid to the US).
Short-term contract work is OK, as long as it is not done repeatedly over a long time. One 5 month project is fine. But a string of three or four 5-month projects abroad with very short stays in the US in between them can jeopardize your green card and/or citizenship eligibility.
Does it make a difference if this is a US based company or it could be a foreign company as well? Or it makes a difference only for the N470 purposes and everything else is the same?
Jackolantern
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Continuous residence is a subjective decision based on all the facts, and your chances of approval are improved if the employment abroad was for a US company. But that still doesn't give the near-100% guarantee that the N-470 would provide.Does it make a difference if this is a US based company or it could be a foreign company as well? Or it makes a difference only for the N470 purposes and everything else is the same?
Okay so a foreign firm just decreases your chances, but it is not an absolute red flag correct?Continuous residence is a subjective decision based on all the facts, and your chances of approval are improved if the employment abroad was for a US company. But that still doesn't give the near-100% guarantee that the N-470 would provide.
Does foreign firm decrease your chances just for naturalization or does it also decrease your chance even when you are entering to the US i.e. if you tell it to the officer at port of entry would he not let you in? Again assume keeping all absences below 180 days at a time? (Also considering that I was laid off due to crisis in the US and looking for a job in the US (have proof of that) since long time?)
Jackolantern
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Correct. The length of employment is also a factor, and you will still have the opportunity to present other facts to influence the decision, such as whether your spouse and children were staying in the US when you were working overseas, and whether you continued to rent/own a house or apartment as your residence in the US while you were away.Okay so a foreign firm just decreases your chances, but it is not an absolute red flag correct?
I don't know if they'll get into that level detail at the POE. However, if you have a valid reentry permit they'll usually let you in without diving into that line of questioning. So get a reentry permit if you think you'll end up spending most of the next 1 or 2 years overseas.Does foreign firm decrease your chances just for naturalization or does it also decrease your chance even when you are entering to the US i.e. if you tell it to the officer at port of entry would he not let you in?