About reentry permit

[kycheng 0]

My husband is a PR and he is living and working overseas. The first time he applied for reentry permit was in 2002 and got it renewed every 2 years. recently he was told that he can only do it for 7 years at most (i.e. renew 3 times) and after that, UCSIC may decline his application.

Appreciate if you can answer the questions below:

1) is the 7 years thing real?

2) if the reentry permit got denied, does it mean he has to go back to the US every 6 months?

3) is there any other option besides reentry permit which allows him to works overseas while keeping the green card?

Thanks a lot in advance!

[john_and_marlene 162]

My husband is a PR and he is living and working overseas.

He's lucky they haven't denied the permit already. Permanent residence isn't being maintained. What do you think permanent residence means? If he continues to work and reside outside the U.S., he will eventually have the U.S. residence status taken away.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

I'd say, he's long lost his Permanent Resident status. Most likely they will confiscate his GC at the POE and send him right back to the People's Republic.

[kycheng 0]

OMG in that case, the only thing he can do is go back to the States and spend 5 years there to get the citizenship?

[Okalian 41]

Yes, his best option is to become a citizen. Like others mentioned, he should be glad his GC hasn't been taken away.

[milimelo 4,210]

kycheng, saw your other post on the DCF forum.

As a spouse of LPR you can't come to the US and live here until you have an immigrant visa. Waiting time for spouse of LPR is around 5 years.

Since your husband hasn't been in the US long enough, he'll have to spend a significant amount of time in the US before he can apply for citizenship.