How long after Greencard interview can we leave the country

[master4g 0]

Hey. We have our green card interview coming up in December. Assuming that it gets approved, would it be ok to travel internationally right away. Do you get the approval at the interview or later by mail. I was thinking that we can leave right away, and have my parents mail my wifes greencard (when it arrives by mail) to our address internationally.

[payxibka 10,044]

Hey. We have our green card interview coming up in December. Assuming that it gets approved, would it be ok to travel internationally right away. Do you get the approval at the interview or later by mail. I was thinking that we can leave right away, and have my parents mail my wifes greencard (when it arrives by mail) to our address internationally.

If you have documentation of approval (either via physical greencard itself or the I-551 stamp in your passport) you can travel and re-enter the USA.

[keweul 1]

Hey. We have our green card interview coming up in December. Assuming that it gets approved, would it be ok to travel internationally right away. Do you get the approval at the interview or later by mail. I was thinking that we can leave right away, and have my parents mail my wifes greencard (when it arrives by mail) to our address internationally.

You have to wait til you get it in the mail...If you have AP once you've been approved for the greencard that becomes invalid...you can however ask for the stamp in your passport (I think that's valid for 1 yr) and you can use that while you wait for it to come in the mail...good luck...

[master4g 0]

Hey. We have our green card interview coming up in December. Assuming that it gets approved, would it be ok to travel internationally right away. Do you get the approval at the interview or later by mail. I was thinking that we can leave right away, and have my parents mail my wifes greencard (when it arrives by mail) to our address internationally.

You have to wait til you get it in the mail...If you have AP once you've been approved for the greencard that becomes invalid...you can however ask for the stamp in your passport (I think that's valid for 1 yr) and you can use that while you wait for it to come in the mail...good luck...

but we will be visiting my inlaws in england and will be there for a long time. so i was thinking that my parents can mail it to me there once it arrives here, or even send it with one of my relatives who will also be going there

what do you think

[payxibka 10,044]

Hey. We have our green card interview coming up in December. Assuming that it gets approved, would it be ok to travel internationally right away. Do you get the approval at the interview or later by mail. I was thinking that we can leave right away, and have my parents mail my wifes greencard (when it arrives by mail) to our address internationally.

You have to wait til you get it in the mail...If you have AP once you've been approved for the greencard that becomes invalid...you can however ask for the stamp in your passport (I think that's valid for 1 yr) and you can use that while you wait for it to come in the mail...good luck...

but we will be visiting my inlaws in england and will be there for a long time. so i was thinking that my parents can mail it to me there once it arrives here, or even send it with one of my relatives who will also be going there

what do you think

I would explain this at the interview and get them to stamp the passport

[Eric-Pris 1,602]

but we will be visiting my inlaws in england and will be there for a long time. so i was thinking that my parents can mail it to me there once it arrives here, or even send it with one of my relatives who will also be going there

what do you think

I wouldn't risk it. If the GC is delayed you cannot come back until you receive it which can sometimes take months, even a couple of years. There is a thread about somebody who was "approved" at their interview in July 2007, and still no GC http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=128276

how long are you going for? FYI-if you stay away more than 6 months you will have problems at re-entry into the US. More than 12 months and you can lose your permanent residency.

Once approved, explain that you are travelling soon, and ask them to stamp your passport.

[Niikkidus 0]

Hey. We have our green card interview coming up in December. Assuming that it gets approved, would it be ok to travel internationally right away. Do you get the approval at the interview or later by mail. I was thinking that we can leave right away, and have my parents mail my wifes greencard (when it arrives by mail) to our address internationally.

I agree with the previous post about getting the stamp before you leave. However, note that they will not always stamp your passport as part of your GC interview - even if you ask. We are in a similiar situation with travel scheduled to Europe for the Christmas holidays and had our GC interview yesterday in LA, and got approved. We have an Advance Parole document already, but once we got approved yesterday we were informed that that document is no longer valid. When we explained the travel situation, the officer who approved our GC said that they are not allowed to give stamps on passports as part of the GC approval process. A seperate appt would need to be scheduled to get that stamp. So we are going to have to schedule another appt and come back, in order to get the stamp. I don't know if that's policy, or just the judgement of the officer we got for our interview .... but just FYI.