Traveling to and from with spouse visa/green card

[mrs.jayb 0]

Hey Vjers!

We are filing for the CR-1 and we have a question, when the visa is approved and in hand... is there a time limit on how long my husband needs to spend in the U.S. When can he travel back to his home country and for how long of a period can you stay out of the U.S. when having a green card?

[payxibka 10,045]

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less than one year

[mrs.jayb 0]

would that mean that he would "have" to leave as soon as he gets the visa or is there a time period in which he can leave to the US?

[payxibka 10,045]

would that mean that he would "have" to leave as soon as he gets the visa or is there a time period in which he can leave to the US?

he has 6 mos. to enter from the day the visa is issued....

[pushbrk 12,979]

he has 6 mos. to enter from the day the visa is issued....

Correct, except he may leave the same day he has the visa in hand or up to the visa's expiration date, six months from issue date. For how long he needs to stay, google "maintaining permanent resident status".

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

The green card is for people who want to leave their old home country and make the USA their new home country. And what a big country it is: 50 States, including Alaska and Hawaii and 300 Million people guarantee there's the right destination for everyone. I visited my old home country the last time 16 years ago and short of family emergencies and perhaps occasional vacations your husband should accept that permanent residents of the US live in the US permanently, or they will lose their status and can spend all of their time back in theit old home country again.

[christeen 966]

The green card is for people who want to leave their old home country and make the USA their new home country. And what a big country it is: 50 States, including Alaska and Hawaii and 300 Million people guarantee there's the right destination for everyone. I visited my old home country the last time 16 years ago and short of family emergencies and perhaps occasional vacations your husband should accept that permanent residents of the US live in the US permanently, or they will lose their status and can spend all of their time back in theit old home country again.

Of course there is the situation where the intending immigrant has a job that requires them to leave the USA often. My husband has such a job and had to leave the US 4 days after POE as he had to catch a ship in Venezuela... There might be a job situation that they have to go back, or a family one theat they are tending to... Living in the USA and being chained here without ever going back to see family or travel abroad is a bit restricting don't ya think???

[pushbrk 12,979]

Of course there is the situation where the intending immigrant has a job that requires them to leave the USA often. My husband has such a job and had to leave the US 4 days after POE as he had to catch a ship in Venezuela... There might be a job situation that they have to go back, or a family one theat they are tending to... Living in the USA and being chained here without ever going back to see family or travel abroad is a bit restricting don't ya think???

Of course, there's a difference but nobody is suggesting chaining or never visiting abroad. One must maintain permanent residency. There are regulations for doing so. Those regulations allow for significant time spent outside the USA. The point is permanent resident status requires permanent "residence" not constant "presence".