US Immigration from Australia

My wife is a citizen of Singapore, a permanent resident of Australia, and a green card holder in the U.S. She arrived in the U.S. on a K-1 visa, and we successfully adjusted her status (I-485). She is on a temporary green card, and we have a letter from USCIS stating that its validity has been extended into 2025 (48 months past our I-751 filing date). We have been waiting over two years for her Removal of Conditions (I-751).

For several reasons, we intend to move back to Australia next month. We can t postpone this move further due to Australia's Resident Return Visa (RRV) rules. Because my wife has been outside Australia for over 4 years, the Australian government has told us that they will require her to get another visa if we delay the move further.

Currently, we are not considering this to be a definitely permanent move. We need to try living in Australia first and determine if living there will be a better fit for us. We need to sell our house and cars to be able to buy a house and car(s) in Australia, so for now our ties back to the U.S. will primarily be my job (as a full-time contractor of a U.S.-based company) and my parents (who live here). If our house here does not sell, we will still own it and will pursue renting it out. We will also continue to file U.S. tax returns and Australia tax returns when we have become tax residents there.

I have seen some topics here at VisaJourney (like this one) about this type of move, but they are from years ago. I am not sure if the laws have changed.

I am trying to find out how she can get back to the U.S. if we need to come back. So far, she got an I-131 combo card (EAD/AP) during the Adjustment of Status process, and she has already had biometrics taken for Removal of Conditions.

1. What is the re-entry permit that we need to get for my wife? (Is this the same as either the I-131 Advanced Parole for the combo card from our I-485 process, or the Returning Resident Visa for the U.S.?)
2. Does my wife already have this re-entry permit based on having a conditional green card (plus USCIS s extension letter and an I-551 Extension stamp in her passport)?
3. How long does my wife need to be in the U.S. for this re-entry permit to be processed? (She already had biometrics taken as part of the I-751 process.) Can we make the deadline of moving to Australia by a month from now? If not, what is our best option?
4. Can my wife be outside the U.S. while the re-entry permit application is being processed?
5. Is my wife s (future) job with an organization based in Australia or the sale of our house a red flag? We most likely do have a place to stay temporarily if we need to come back to the U.S.
6. Do we need to buy round-trip flight tickets to Australia? (One-way and round-trip to Australia are currently about the same price. But I don t see why we should get another ticket to come back to the U.S. when we would need a round-trip ticket from Australia in order to make a trip back here.)
7. Will changing our mailing address with USCIS to my dad s address have any tax implications for us? (His state has state income tax; our current state does not.)
8. What would happen to our ongoing I-751 application if we leave the U.S.? Will it still be processed?

I was wondering if anyone has renewed their US work visas with prior 221g history. I was given 221g in June 2022 at London Consulate (It was a renewal) and they asked me to submit last 15 years of details of my life. I submitted that information right away and exactly one month later they issued me visa. Now, my renewal is approaching in few months and I m little stressed out. Has anyone else been in this situation before? Any tips/suggestions? I tried looking up information about my case and didn t find anything. If you have any information please let me know. Thank you

Hi i need to file my AOS within the next week. Adjusting from my K1 and have a few questions if anyone can help, they might seem a bit silly but i just want to make sure im filling them in correctly. Also I am still waiting on my marriage certificate, will this have my married surname on it?

I-485:

current legal name- do i use my now married surname for this and then put my maiden name in other names you have had? Assuming the name i use if i use my married name will be whats going to be on my green card when issued?
then for immigration history details it asks for passport number on arrival, travel document number on arrival, expiration of passport or travel document and country that issued passport or travel document- question is do i use passport or k1 visa details for this section or does it not matter which one i use?

status on form I94- would i write k1?

what is your current immigration status ? Do i write k1?
And to sign off on the form, if i want to use my new married surname do i use a signature with that name or do i use my maiden name / usual signature as it is what is on my passport? Sorry if these sound dumb, I ve not had to change my name before.

I-765:

full legal name- do i use my now married surname

again asks for my immigration status on arrival which is k1 and current immigration status- still k1 as i am still to file my AOS etc? And same with the signature i should use to sign off on

I-131:

name i use (does not ask for previous used names)

Part 7- Advanced parole travel info?

i dont have any trips planned so do i still fill this in, want it just incase of family emergency mainly ?

and finally

I-693:

i had my medical and all my vaccinations ticked off complete before my k1 interview and have my DS3025 to attach to this.
what parts of this form do i complete and not complete.

if anyone can help clarify would be great. Thanks

I'm going through AOS paperwork, I've been filling out forms both physical and on my PC to keep track of what I'm filling out, but I'm finding that filling out forms online is difficult seeing how the official pdfs are unable to be filled unless you have a paid copy of adobe acrobat or use a free online editor, but i'm finding that using online editors a lot of the fields cannot be filled out and some of the dropdown options do not work properly. Is there an 'officia' or recommended way to fill these out online or should I just print it all out and just submit my paper work and evidence packages by mail?

I'm in the process of filling out all the forms with my spouse using this guide:

But we're stuck at the Eligibility category question for the i-765 and cant find what we're supposed to put in there? Reading through the instructions for the 765 doesn't say what we should put.