Reentry permit and removing conditions for marriage-based

[jaske78 1]

Please help.

The following developments have happened:

1.) We got married in August and started looking for a house. The houses we found were awful.We bought nothing. I got downsized from my job so my income decreased.

2.) I, the US Citizen,was selected in February for a full scholarship to study in Canada for four years. Since it is either go to Canada and have a scholarship or limp through here earning very little money, I must go to Canada.

This puts a problem on us:

IF we go to Canada together, it constitutes abandoning the green card for my spouse. We will file for a reentry permit and will have to do the interview for removal of conditions in January 2018 (flying back to our local area to do it), but the data that shows we are still a married couple would be a lease for an apartment in Canada, as well as our bank accounts, insurance, wills, affidavits from my family members (for whom we have served as caretakers) and all those other things. Our permanent address will still be the same location, as I have family here, and I will still have a job (online-only) at a local location.

IF I stay in Canada and my spouse floats back and forth between us but remains in the US to get the passport in January 2019, then that's abandoning the marriage, isn't it, because we cannot prove we live together. i read that it is still actually possible to prove that we establish that itis still a valid marriage, because you can show phone bills, evidence of trips to come back to each other, etc. Given that my visa in Canada is (by definition) temporary, I do plan to return to the US.

I don't know if we can have a removal of conditions within Canada once our marriage is 2 years old at the local Consulate.

So we are working our way almost into hysteria here about what to do. Reentry permit is a definite must. After that, I just don't know.

Thank you!

[A'n'L 735]

What will your spouse actually do? Continue working in the US or finding a job in Canada and live with you there? Can he get a visa to live in Canada with you?

If he comes with you, isn't the easiest to abandon residency for now and apply for IR-1 when you are ready to go back? A green card is to live in the US, andit doesn't look like you are planning to do that for the time being.

Edited April 9, 2016 by A'n'L