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Hi ,

I got GC with my wife and baby in July 2012, I visited US once for few days only and left back to Egypt due to lack of money to support the move to US, But While in Egypt I got a Job offer to work in Dubai and due to my urgent need for money to start a new life in US I am thinking how to accept the offer for somewhile without losing GC.

I Heard two opinions , one to go and return before 1 year and the other is to apply for Re-entry

1-If i went and returned to US several times before passing one year , will that be risky ?? specially i will have a Dubai resident visa stamped in my passport

2-If i decided toapply for re-enty , What would be considered a logical reason for my request instead of sttating that it is for job offer in Qatar , some people told me to say just taking care of my parents who are just in 58 years old , would that work?

3- If i departured US before the decision and then my application get rejected for any reason , would I be able to return US again before 1 year of my last departure?? or will the rejection prevent me from entering US ??

Thanks

Hany

Posted (edited)

The link supplied provides only general guidelines

Permanent residents who leave the United States for

extended periods, or who cannot show their intent to

live permanently in the U.S., may lose their permanent

resident status.

You can do it - we did. You have to maintain a US residence, not stay out of the country for longer than one year, and expect scrutiny each time you return.

In our case we maintained our drivers licenses, vehicles, utilities, mobile accounts, and state residency (by paying state income taxes on money earned overseas) for 1 1/2 years while I worked overseas.

We stayed out of the country for 11 months, returned, left for 5 months, then returned again. When it was time to lift conditions we turned in the green card at the consulate and got a new one a year and a half later when we wanted to permanently return.

It's hard, expensive, and a pain in the a$$ to maintain US residency and we saved a ton of money by finally turning in the dam card. It CAN be done. Looking back it would have been easier for us had we applied for the travel document before we left but we did not originally intend to stay out that long.

Intent is easy. Intent is what got us back. It primarily involves putting your assets from overseas back in the US which shows that you intend to make the US your permanent home

We were not in Dubai but we were in Dhahran. Dubai is better

Best of luck

Hi ,

I got GC with my wife and baby in July 2012, I visited US once for few days only and left back to Egypt due to lack of money to support the move to US, But While in Egypt I got a Job offer to work in Dubai and due to my urgent need for money to start a new life in US I am thinking how to accept the offer for somewhile without losing GC.

I Heard two opinions , one to go and return before 1 year and the other is to apply for Re-entry

1-If i went and returned to US several times before passing one year , will that be risky ?? specially i will have a Dubai resident visa stamped in my passport

2-If i decided toapply for re-enty , What would be considered a logical reason for my request instead of sttating that it is for job offer in Qatar , some people told me to say just taking care of my parents who are just in 58 years old , would that work?

3- If i departured US before the decision and then my application get rejected for any reason , would I be able to return US again before 1 year of my last departure?? or will the rejection prevent me from entering US ??

Thanks

Hany

Edited by himher

 

i don't get it.

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: India
Timeline
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GC means Permanent Resident Card. If you don't maintain your residency in United States, then it is better if you surrender your GC, then move to Dubai for job. Whenever you are ready to move to United States, then you can re-apply for GC thru your USC wife.

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There was nothing to "discover". At entry they asked when we left and for what and we told them when we left the US and that I was working over there. The 11 month absence was noted in my wife's passport (the guy wrote it with a pen) but the other one wasn't

I dunno if he looked at the saudi visa or not. It's in arabic and the dude was kind of redneck so I doubt he spent much time on it.

I know this. If they take the time to check you better have a bank account and an address and a residence to be going back to LOL. We did so we weren't that worried.

hi himher , thanks for the contribution , but tell me , have the CBP discovered your lenght of stay abroad , and have they noted the SAUDI Visa

in your passport ?? and had they asked you to show them??

 

i don't get it.

 
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