Wife temporary left the US after she arrived in the US with IR1 visa. IV already expired. She didn't get here green card yet.

[pushbrk 12,136]

20 minutes ago, dhouse89 said:

So I'm guessing my wife has until January 23, 2024 to enter back to the US without her green card because her stamp was issues on January 23, 2023?

 

 

I just checked with my wife. It seems like that's the medical date expiration date because my wife took her medical examination on August 14, 2023.

Please note my wife IV issue Date was on September 25, 2023. I'm not sure if that means anything or not.

 

You keep reading thing in that are not there.  She should NOT stay gone a year.  Each entry is a judgment call.  If she came in for a few days and left for 364 days, then she never made the US her place of residence at all.  It's a temporary green card until the real one comes.  It's certainly allowed to use the visa before it expires, and then return to resolve remaining affairs before returning to establish the USA as her permanent residence.  She's also free to come and go, but being IN the USA more than OUT is the primary concern.

 

Edited March 13 by pushbrk

[dhouse89 2]

22 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

You keep reading thing in that are not there.  She should NOT stay gone a year.  Each entry is a judgment call.  If she came in for a few days and left for 364 days, then she never made the US her place of residence at all.  It's a temporary green card until the real one comes.  It's certainly allowed to use the visa before it expires, and then return to resolve remaining affairs before returning to establish the USA as her permanent residence.  She's also free to come and go, but being IN the USA more than OUT is the primary concern.

Yes, I understand that she shouldn't be gone for too long and etc. She will come back to the US in a couple of months and permanently live here. But my main concern is how can she prove before she arrives in the US that she has a visa to enter the US? For example, the airline because all she has in the visa paper is when it was issued and when her medical examination expires. How can I determine when her temporary green card expires? How can the airline determine when her temporary green card expires?

 

35 minutes ago, Boiler said:

When did she do her medical?

 

She did her medical checkup on August 14, 2023.

[pushbrk 12,136]

16 minutes ago, dhouse89 said:

Yes, I understand that she shouldn't be gone for too long and etc. She will come back to the US in a couple of months and permanently live here. But my main concern is how can she prove before she arrives in the US that she has a visa to enter the US? For example, the airline because all she has in the visa paper is when it was issued and when her medical examination expires. How can I determine when her temporary green card expires? How can the airline determine when her temporary green card expires?

 

 

She just shows the endorsed visa.  Airline personnel know what is required to enter the USA.  Take yes for an answer already.  This ain't my or the other senior members responding's FIRST RODEO.  OK?

 

[Lemonslice 4,563]

59 minutes ago, dhouse89 said:

Yes, I understand that she shouldn't be gone for too long and etc. She will come back to the US in a couple of months and permanently live here. But my main concern is how can she prove before she arrives in the US that she has a visa to enter the US? For example, the airline because all she has in the visa paper is when it was issued and when her medical examination expires. How can I determine when her temporary green card expires? How can the airline determine when her temporary green card expires?

 

 

She did her medical checkup on August 14, 2023.

Look at pages 2 and 35

 

https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2023-Nov/Carrier Information Guide ENGLISH.pdf

Edited March 13 by Lemonslice

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*** Topic moved from CR1/IR1 forum to General Immigration discussion as the question is about post spousal visa process ***

[appleblossom 1,342]

20 hours ago, dhouse89 said:

How can I determine when her temporary green card expires? How can the airline determine when her temporary green card expires?

It’s valid for a year from entry, as said above. The date is on the stamp. 
 

Look again at the wording on the visa - "UPON ENDORSEMENT SERVES AS TEMPORARY I-551 EVIDENCING PERMANENT RESIDENCE FOR 1 YEAR"

[dhouse89 2]

23 hours ago, Lemonslice said:

https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2023-Nov/Carrier Information Guide ENGLISH.pdf

@pushbrk @appleblossom

Thank you.

[Noname93 173]

On 3/12/2024 at 9:14 PM, dhouse89 said:

 But my main concern is how can she prove before she arrives in the US that she has a visa to enter the US?

She does not have a visa. She is a permanent resident. Two different things. If she says she has a visa at the airport, it's just going to lead to confusion.