What are the travel rules during the I-751 process?

[davido 0]

I'm a USC, my foreign wife has her LPR (green card) with conditions, and coming up on June 19 we can file her I-751. We're currently out of country, and due to lots of responsibilities and work we have here (not in the US) we need to minimize our time in the US so that we can return ASAP. My wife has a reentry permit although at the time I can't find it... is it just a piece of paper, stamp in the passport, or a small card? I can't remember.

Looking at this page http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/468657-i-751-december-2013-filers/page-21

It looks like typically the biometrics appointment is typically set about 1 month after the 751 is mailed in, but some people managed to somehow get an early appointment.

1. How do those people manage to get an early biometrics appointment?

2. Could we just mail in the 751 from out of country and then show up in the US 3 weeks later to make our biometrics appointment? (playing the odds that the biometrics date will be about 1 month from when I send in the 751). Of course our listed address has family members that check our mail.

3. After the biometrics appointment, is there any way we can leave the US at that point (without risking losing her LPR), or do we have to wait till we have the renewed LPR card in our hands before we travel out of country?

4. I was only planning on being in the US for 2 months, but it appears that it's taking about 4 months to get the permanent LPR after submitting the I-751, correct? If so, that affects if we want to sign a new lease on our place out of country, as well as other important work that I'll have to adjust.

Thanks for your help. We're trying to figure out this lease thing this week, and I'm realizing I have to figure out about our I-751 before I sign a new lease and schedule our other work.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

You can file ROC from abroad.

People do not get an early appointment, they just go early once they get their appointment letter and beg the people to let them in to do biometrics then.

Once the GC expires you will need to get her NOA1 letter which will extend the GC for one year. She will need to travel on expired GC + original extension letter.