Andre Terra
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He's pretty good to have an eleven year old American kid here by his American former Wife here, when he's been in Brazil for 12+ years! He must have gotten out of Dodge as soon as she was pregnant.
His only way to get back and work is wait until his kid turns 18, is he sure the kid wants to see him now? Or get his employer to sponsor him in. Residency was abandoned long ago.
Hey, thanks for judging without knowing anything about it! I just don't know the exact dates, I'm giving you estimates. His kid must have been 1 or 2 when he left, but I don't know him all that well. In any case, his daughter visits Brazil very often and he goes to the US regularly too, so they keep in touch. They are a loving family and everything is fine. I even know his daughter and we all got to hang out this last Christmas and in February too.
Not everyone case of foreign parents means is like Sean Goldman's. There's absolutely no reason for you to assume that he "got out of Dodge", rather than being legitimate reasons that caused the marriage to end.
His employer *is* sponsoring him, we're just looking to expedite the process.
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He has abandoned his residence long time ago, there is no way he can obtain one again himself right now. His company can process his H1B work visa for him, the he can adjust his status later on when the company sponsors his residence. Or he can wait until his son turns 21, then he can file IR5 application for his father.
First of all, I can't thank you enough for replying at such short notice. This situation has put a lot of stress into the lives of everyone in his family, and I just want to help out as best as I can.
I'm not 100% sure I understood what you meant, so I just want to make sure I got this right. From your info, my understanding is that he can apply for a H1B visa right away (possibly paying a premium $1200+ to expedite the process), which would mean a turnaround time from 15 days (premium) to 2-6 months (regular application). Once he got that response, then he could go to the US and start working and apply for the green card which would take just as long as if it were the first time he was applying, correct? I think a company-sponsored application would probably be quicker than waiting for his kid to turn 21 (10 years!), but you never know..
In any case, the crucial thing is knowing when he can expect to leave Brazil, considering he doesn't want to sign a rent contract here for another 12 months and then only need to wait 15 days to move. Do these expedited applications really speed up the process? I'm 99.9% sure his H1B would be approved (from my layman understanding) considering his occupation, previous visits to the US, working for a multinational, etc.
Thanks again for your help!
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Hi everyone!
First of all, this is my first post here, so apologies for any mistakes in my conduct.
I'm reaching out to this community because someone I know is seeking to apply for a green card reissue and it's hard to find information regarding this his specifics online.
My friend is a 50-year-old Italian man who was a permanent resident in the US before (from 1989 to 1999, give or take). He was married to an American woman and has an American kid who's 11 years old. He's been living in Brazil for 12+ years, but the Italian company he works for has now asked him to go back to the US. In order to plan the move and everything he wanted to know a rough estimate of how long it would take to reissue the green card. Does anybody have any info on this? I've heard everything from 3 to 30 months, so at this point I just wanted to get an average of everyone's estimate, pretty much.
Thanks in advance for the help!
Cheers!
Reissuing an old green card
in Work Visas
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I found this on the Italian embassy website: