monkeyblue

Thanks Everyone for your response.

My husband and I spent about a year in the US with his provisional green card and now a year and a half without (With two visits to the US during this time away). I've decided to enroll in a university program in the UK so we will be here now for about three years.

We have done what we could to maintain residency. My husband has an active US diver's licence and US bank accounts that have money from a photography business trickling in every month. This is what we live on while travelling. We don't own a property, but we have maintained the address that we lived in before we left the US as our permanent residence (We were renting a room from a friend and have our mail delivered there) As I said before we have also filed our taxes jointly and come back to the US in October of 2011 (for the biometrics) and just in March of 2012.

It sounds like it might be worth it to just attend the interview.

Anymore thoughts would be appreciated

Hello my husband (British) and I submitted our I-751 and we have been asked to attend an interview.

We have been travelling and spending most of our time outside of the United States for the majority of that last year. My husband and I have returned twice with our most recent visit being in April 2012. We are now back in the UK and an unfortunately the USCIS has requested an interview most likely because we weren’t able to give them documentation to demonstrate a bona fide relationship like mortgage, kids, or even a rental agreement due to our travelling.

It look like we will be staying in the UK for longer than anticipated as my husband has a business that requires his attention and I have decided to do some schooling. We do not want to abandon the green card as it is such a hassle to go though it all again. We have continued to file our taxes in the US and we do intend to live in the US again in the near future.

This is my question: Should we go to the interview? It’s a lot of money to fly back for the interview, and if it’s likely that they will approve the removal of the conditions then it is worth it. However if it were likely that they will not approve the 10 year green cars due to our residency would it be better to just let it go?

I am aware of the I-131 travel permit, but that needs to be applied for whilst in the US.

Any thoughts?

Would it be possible to do the interview at the London Embassy?

Thanks!