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Hi! My husband received his green card in 2011. We lived and worked in Germany 2015-2017( he applied for a re-entry permit), and we went back to the states. In June he was about to be laid off, but was offered a role in his home country. Myself and the kids joined him a few months later. We are about to do taxes and the 330 day residence test for foreign income exclusion, and he just had a panic that he should have filed for a re-entry permit. I think his fear is that the US government will think he’s abandoned residence in the USA. The thing is, we maintain a home and a mortgage payment in the USA, and all my family is there. His contract in the home country had a probation period and is not a permanent role. And furthermore we found out in December his employer is laying off 99% of their workforce, so we will likely return to the states near the end of the summer. Should he be worried? Is there much risk in this situation? Apologizes if I haven’t called out all these forms correctly, thank you

Hello! This is my first post on the forum. Thanks for any guidance! I filed the i130 petition for my husband (Chile) in March 2022. We both live in Chile, but I have been offered a job in the US that is uniquely suited to my experience (hard to find a position like this), starting in November. Question 1: If I go ahead with our 4-year-old son to take the job in the US while my husband works in Chile and waits for his visa here, we will go into debt every month, as the new job will not pay very much. On the other hand, I don't want to lose this job opportunity. Could this grounds for expedite due to financial hardship? I have already prepared budget examples, have the job offer letter, and a letter from the employer explaining why they need my particular skills/experience. I figure it's worth a try! Question 2: I called USCIS about the expedite request, and they informed me that they cannot consider it right now because my mailing address on the i130 is my Chile address, not US-based. They informed me that I would need to change the address, and it can only be done via snail-mail to the Texas Service Center! Has anyone else changed their address and had any luck? Finally, could I work with our embassy in Chile in any way? I'm at the point where I'm just thinking about hiring a lawyer to handle the expedite request and the next steps. However, thought I'd reach out here first to see what you all thought!