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Traveling out of country on a pending I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence

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Mona2   1

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Hello there,

 

I was wondering how you and your lawyer see the current situation with traveling on a Greendcard and pending I-751 case. My lawyer said that "Each time you leave the country, you may not be let back in under the new rules." I do travel to Europe once or twice a year and try to stay there one or two months.

Thank you for any helping answer!

Boiler Grand Master

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What new rules?

 

What worries him or her about your situation?

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Crazy Cat Grand Master

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45 minutes ago, Verena Mona said:

Hello there,

 

I was wondering how you and your lawyer see the current situation with traveling on a Greendcard and pending I-751 case. My lawyer said that "Each time you leave the country, you may not be let back in under the new rules." I do travel to Europe once or twice a year and try to stay there one or two months.

Thank you for any helping answer!

What new rules?  There are none.  How many Green Card holders have been refused entry? I know of none.

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

Crazy Cat Grand Master

Crazy Cat   44,403

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2 minutes ago, Verena Mona said:

I have to admit that my lawyer is not the best. I can only repeat what he said. 

Maybe he's saying it because I submitted form I-751 one year ago and I'm still waiting.🤷🏼‍♀️

Your extension letter is valid for 48 months total.

My wife and I waited 44 months for our I-751 approval

 

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"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

EatBulaga Rising Star

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@Verena Mona There are no new rules. However, green card holders or US citizens can be pulled over to secondary inspections at POE by the CBP. Given the current political climate, I've read more secondary inspections involve phone searches, in which if one does not cooperate, one can be detained for an inconvenient amount of time for further questioning or searches. In which case, you ask to speak to your lawyer. CBP can not deny entry to green card holders or US citizens, but they can deny visa entries.

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Boiler Grand Master

Boiler   47,438

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Checking phones is nothing new

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Completely anecdotal.  I was on a recent work trip with 8 other collogues.  Some USCs, some LPRs, and one on an H1B, we all entered through Detroit Metro Airport, and none of us were sent to secondary.  Additionally, the non-citizen line was long, but was moving, and the USC/LPR line took only a few minutes to pass the immigration officer.  This was with three international flights arriving around the same time. 

 

A lot of fear mongering going on, and CBP may have stepped up vigilance of irregularities such as LPRs with long absences, or other things, such as questionable countries visited, etc., but if you are legal, expired CGC and extension letter is legal, you will be fine. 

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Visa Received : 2014-04-04 (K1 - see timeline for details)

US Entry : 2014-09-12

POE: Detroit

Marriage : 2014-09-27

I-765 Approved: 2015-01-09

I-485 Interview: 2015-03-11

I-485 Approved: 2015-03-13

Green Card Received: 2015-03-24 Yeah!!!

I-751 ROC Submitted: 2016-12-20

I-751 NOA Received:  2016-12-29

I-751 Biometrics Appt.:  2017-01-26

I-751 Interview:  2018-04-10

I-751 Approved:  2018-05-04

N400 Filed:  2018-01-13

N400 Biometrics:  2018-02-22

N400 Interview:  2018-04-10

N400 Approved:  2018-04-10

Oath Ceremony:  2018-06-11 - DONE!!!!!!!

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5 hours ago, Dashinka said:

Completely anecdotal.  I was on a recent work trip with 8 other collogues.  Some USCs, some LPRs, and one on an H1B, we all entered through Detroit Metro Airport, and none of us were sent to secondary.  Additionally, the non-citizen line was long, but was moving, and the USC/LPR line took only a few minutes to pass the immigration officer.  This was with three international flights arriving around the same time. 

 

A lot of fear mongering going on, and CBP may have stepped up vigilance of irregularities such as LPRs with long absences, or other things, such as questionable countries visited, etc., but if you are legal, expired CGC and extension letter is legal, you will be fine. 

Thank you @Dashinka! I got back in mid February through ATL Int. Airport and everything was fine as well. Got through without 1 minute and no wait time.

 
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