Traveling outside US after CR-1

[Sal89 40]

Hi,

 

We are in process of getting a CR-1 visa for my wife. Hopefully she will be here in US within 2 months. I'm US citizen and my US based company is planning to send me for a long term assignment to UAE for 2 years. 

 

My plan is to stay in US till she arrives, have her SSN, Green card and learning driving license. Myself and her would be able to visit US every 5-6 months for a week vacation. I'm afraid immigration officers may decline her entry to US because she didn't stay in US after getting residency. Any one has gone through this? Would we be fine?

 

Also, would it affect when I apply to remove her residency conditions after 2 years?

 

Thanks in advance. 

[Roel 7,192]

Do NOT leave US without reentry permit. 

[Crazy Cat 41,981]

Be very careful.....Failure to meet residency requirements will bring a hefty penalty..........There are exceptions to actual physical presence in the US, but they can be tricky......Make sure you know and follow ALL the rules prior to her leaving the country.

[Sal89 40]

14 minutes ago, Roel said:

Do NOT leave US without reentry permit. 

Well this permit should be applied at least 2 months before leaving US. and $575 fee, that's ripping.  

 

The thing is we can have vacations after every few months in US. This way she will be getting entry after every few months.

[Crazy Cat 41,981]

Just now, Sal89 said:

Well this permit should be applied at least 2 months before leaving US. and $575 fee, that's ripping.  

 

The thing is we can have vacations after every few months in US. This way she will be getting entry after every few months.

Number of entries and exits don't necessarily matter........you might want to read up on Green Card holder residency requirements.....returning to the US for a week every few months might draw scrutiny.......in the long run, that $575 might be a good investment.

[Crazy Cat 41,981]

"Vacationing" in the US every few months could appear to be actually living outside the US.  I wouldn't take the chance.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

42 minutes ago, Sal89 said:

Hi,

 

We are in process of getting a CR-1 visa for my wife. Hopefully she will be here in US within 2 months. I'm US citizen and my US based company is planning to send me for a long term assignment to UAE for 2 years. 

 

My plan is to stay in US till she arrives, have her SSN, Green card and learning driving license. Myself and her would be able to visit US every 5-6 months for a week vacation. I'm afraid immigration officers may decline her entry to US because she didn't stay in US after getting residency. Any one has gone through this? Would we be fine?

 

Also, would it affect when I apply to remove her residency conditions after 2 years?

 

Thanks in advance. 

Do you know if the company will be involved with the USG at all?

[Sal89 40]

2 minutes ago, Dee elle said:

Yes it does .. but it’s a whole lot cheaper than finding out that you have to go through the Spouse visa again

 

your first post states you are concerned.. your last post seems to say that you think it is ok ... every few months isn’t 5 to six months.. GC is for living in the US, not visiting 

 

Another option is to forgo the final stages of the CR1, move together to UAE, apply for the  spouse visa as you get closer to returning to live in the US

That's true. No one would ever wanna go through this whole pain again. 

My company is still doing some paperwork so it might take few months before everything is finalized.

Yeah for sure I will get reentry permit.

 

Thank you, I appreciate all. 

1 minute ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

Do you know if the company will be involved with the USG at all?

what is USG? 

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

1 minute ago, Sal89 said:

That's true. No one would ever wanna go through this whole pain again. 

My company is still doing some paperwork so it might take few months before everything is finalized.

Yeah for sure I will get reentry permit.

Thank you, I appreciate all. 

what is USG? 

The US Government.

[Sal89 40]

Just now, Cyberfx1024 said:

The US Government.

Hmm I would check with HR. But I don't think so. We are a privately held company. 

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

Just now, Sal89 said:

Hmm I would check with HR. But I don't think so. We are a privately held company. 

Ok, I am just making sure. You can be a privately held company but be Contracting for the USG in the UAE.

[Sal89 40]

Now my question is can a CR-1 get a reentry permit? 

 

By definition Conditional permanent resident is also a permanent resident right? 

Conditions are just to show you were not a fraud.

[javadown2 308]

4 hours ago, Sal89 said:

Hi,

 

We are in process of getting a CR-1 visa for my wife. Hopefully she will be here in US within 2 months. I'm US citizen and my US based company is planning to send me for a long term assignment to UAE for 2 years. 

 

My plan is to stay in US till she arrives, have her SSN, Green card and learning driving license. Myself and her would be able to visit US every 5-6 months for a week vacation. I'm afraid immigration officers may decline her entry to US because she didn't stay in US after getting residency. Any one has gone through this? Would we be fine?

 

Also, would it affect when I apply to remove her residency conditions after 2 years?

 

Thanks in advance. 

The question is...do you work for a government agency...contractor, military...etc? If it's not government related I haven't seen much evidence in supporting the fact that she can safely stay outside the us WITHOUT losing her LPR status.  I've been searching for the same situation except that I was looking for government contract work. 

[little immigrant 801]

10 hours ago, Sal89 said:

Now my question is can a CR-1 get a reentry permit? 

 

By definition Conditional permanent resident is also a permanent resident right? 

Conditions are just to show you were not a fraud.

CR1 can and should get a re-entry permit. 

 

Conditional permanent resident (2 year GC) or non-conditional permanent resident (10 year GC) are both permanent resident. 

 

Another thing I would like to bring up is your wife might get problems when applying for US citizenship. While the re-entry permit is good to re-enter with a green card, the time spent outside the US definitely counts against her. Before she applies she needs to make sure that she spent more time inside the US than out. It's possible that she won't be eligible after 3 years. 

[NikLR 13,227]

People dont have to get citizenship at 3 years.  

Regardless the OP's wife would need to remove conditions.

 

OP  has your wife had her interview yet? Is the NVC processing completed?

(Looking at her timeline thr answer is yes.)  You should have extended the process until you were both able to live in the USA.  But I'm not sure you can at this point.