Green Card

[AKS 3]

My wife recently got her green card, and is now being offered an internship in Sri Lanka for about 4 months.

My question is can my wife take up the internship with out causing any issue with her green card? (She has the two year green card with conditions).

Thanks in advance for the help.

[YuAndDan 153]

4 months is not a problem, anything more than 6 can be problems, and if more that a year but less than 2 you will need to file for a re-entry permit, (I-131).

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:

• Move to another country intending to live there permanently.

• 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.

• 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.

• Fail to file income tax returns while living outside of the US for any period.

• Declare yourself a “nonimmigrant” on your tax returns.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

[AKS 3]

Thanks for the information!!