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Thank you. I did get this message this Saturday (5/11/2024): Your item departed a transfer airport in INCHEON INTERNATIONAL, INCHEON, KOREA REPUBLIC OF I'm guessing the next step for the package (envelope) is customs?

I'm sending a Priority Mail Express Flat Rate Envelope to South Korea. It has been in this status for a couple of days: "Your item arrived at an origin transfer airport in O'HARE INTERNATIONAL, CHICAGO, UNITED STATES" Does this mean that the my package has been shipped to Korea or does this mean it's at the airport and waiting for custom clearance?

So I'm guessing with my wife's endorsement stamp, she should be able to re-enter back to the US and cannot be refused re-entry by a CBT officer? I have her 10 year green card. Below is her Endorsement stamp (I believe that's it's called) that she received by a CBT officer when she first entered back to the US.

But why did that person's spouse have issues if it's the law that she can re-enter back to the US? Should my wife have gotten an ADIT stamp before she left the US?

@TBoneTX@OldUser@Ontarkie I'm going back to this forum because I read this in reddit where someone's spouse had a difficult time re-entering back in the US with just an Endorsement Stamp: In summary of my question above, my wife is re-entering back in the US, but when she left the US, her green card was still processing. However, last month I received her Green Card. She first entered in the US in January 23, 2024. She left the US in early March, 2024, and will re-enter back in the US in early July, 2024. In total, she will be out of the US for less than 5 months once she arrives back. I know people said that she will have no issues coming back to the US, but it seems like not everything will go well for everyone. My wife just has is her passport and an Endorsement stamp next to it (pictures below). I also read about ADIT stamps and I'm confused between an ADIT stamp and an Endorsement stamp. My wife never got an ADIT stamp before leaving the US. After reading that reddit post, it made me concern that my wife can have issues re-entering back into the US. Will an Endorsement Stamp be enough to re-enter back to the US?

@TBoneTX She came to the United States with the I-551 from her passport this January. Do you think she will have any issues coming back to the US with the I-551 from her passport because she has her official Green Card now?

I've received my wife's Green Card via mail, but she's currently out of the country for personal reasons. She'll return in a few weeks. Her passport contains her temporary I-555. I want to ensure she faces no issues re-entering the US, despite having only the temporary I-555 with a stamp next to it. To send her physical Green Card, I'm considering carriers like USPS, UPS, and FedEx to her home country. I'd appreciate any advice or experiences others may have in this regard. I'm concerned about the risk of the Green Card getting lost during shipment, which would entail a hefty $600 replacement fee. While I've heard about insurance options, I'm unsure if they cover lost Green Cards. Any insights on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Any advice?

@pushbrk @appleblossom Thank you.

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.

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.

@pushbrk@millefleur I added the pictures of my wife's visa. I see where it says "Upon endorsement....", but I don't understand what IV Expires on 14 FEB 2024 mean. Does that mean when my wife has to arrive into the US and get it stamped by an immigration officer? So I'm guessing my wife can freely enter and leave the US for up to a year with just this paper visa?

@pushbrk Is this the I 551 stamp below (image)? The officer put a stamp above her CR1 paper visa in her passport. The reason why I'm asking is because I don't see I 551 anywhere on that stamp.

IV Issue Date: September 2023 IV Expiration date: February 2014 My wife came to the United States with the IR1 visa paper on her passport. We paid her immigration green card fee about after she arrived in the US. However, she had to go back to her country because of personal reasons. However, before she arrived in the US, her IV almost expired. She then left the United States after her IV expired and without getting her green card. Question: Can my wife re-enter back into the United without her green card? Or does my wife have to wait for her green card to come back to the US?

Wouldn't my wife be already a LPR? She already has the visa in her passport. Or does she become a LPR once she passes through immigration and get her green card? @PGA@Boiler It's Korea. I've taken my son out of the country by myself without any issues, but I took him to another country that wasn't the US. I'm not sure if the airline will need it or not to go to the US.

I'm having some fear right now because my wife and son (6 years old) will come to the United States. I'm currently in the US and my wife got her Marriage (permanent) visa approved. I do have a couple of questions. 1) Can my wife be denied entry with a Marriage (permanent) visa? It seems like the immigration officers at the airport have full control on who can enter the US. 2) My son is a US citizen and will go with my wife to the US. Does my wife need some written consent or any form of consent to take my son to the US? I know there will be pre-TSA before her flight. Thank you.

I came back to the United States from Japan this October. Before October 2023, I worked in Japan for many years. I've always used Form 2555 to exclude owing taxes to the United States. Once I got back to the United States, I started working right away in a local company near where I live. If I'm right, I would use Form 2555 for my physical presence test from October 2022 to October 2023 to exclude any taxes from what I earned in Japan. If I'm wrong, please let me know. My wife and I has a child together. Since I'm working for a local company now and I pay US taxes, can I claim my son as a dependent and get child tax credit and also using Form 2555 to exclude my income I earned in Japan?

Do I need to show her(sponsor) paycheck from current to present?

We will get a join sponsor. Our sponsor was earing $18.54 an hour last month. She recently got a raised to $20.47. Does she just needs times her current hourly $20.47 * (40 hours a week) * 52? 20.47 * 40 * 52 = 42,577.60? So I'm guessing I put $42,577.60 in Part 6. Sponsor's Employment and Income Part 7? Does it matter what my sponsor used earn hourly last month?

I usually use the bona fide residence. I'm guessing the physical presence test is if I'm outside the USA for more than 330 days? Since I was only in Guam for 2 days and I was outside the United States for 363 days from October 2022 to October 2023. I'm guessing the physical presence test will work?

@Redro @Ayrton @kzielu @Mike E @Crazy Cat I do file my taxes everywhere year. The correct answer was that I will not be double tax in Japan and the US. I was more concern about being double tax because Japan already takes a big chunk of my salary and I was worried that the US will take it's cut because I will stay more than 30 days in the US....but that will not be the case. My other question. For form 2555, do I have to do bona fide residence or physical presence test?

Yes. Do you have any idea if I have to pay taxes or not? thank you. @Redro I apologize for disturbing you. But while I was looking at your timeline (You helped me in my previous question). I saw you and your husband move to the US last year in September 2022. I'm guessing you and your husband was earning income in South Korea before you moved to the US. If it's okay for me to ask, how did you and your husband dealt with the income earned in South Korea while filing out the 2022 taxes for the US? Also, Did you and your husband had to pay taxes to the IRS from your South Korean income because you and your husband stayed in the US for more than 30 days? I hope I'm making proper sense. Thank you.

@Crazy Cat @EM_Vandaveer Maybe I said it incorrectly. Since I made less than 100K USD a year, I don't have to the pay the IRS any money from what I earned in Japan. My question is, do I have to pay taxes on what I earned in Japan because I'll come back to the US this October and will be staying there till the end of the year?

I'm planning to come back to the United States in October. I've lived in Japan for most of the time in 2023, but I visited Guam for 2 days in March 2023. Long story short, I've lived in Japan for a long time and I've been tax except from paying any taxes to the IRS. My question is, do I need to pay taxes to the IRS on what I earned in Japan when I file my 2023 taxes? The reason why I'm asking is because if I'm right, I need to pay taxes to the IRS if I stayed more than 30 days in the US. Also, since I'm coming back in October and will stay in the US till the end of the year, It will be more than 30 days.

@Redro @pushbrk Thank you.

@Crazy Cat @Redro @mam521 @JeanneAdil @pushbrk @SalishSea @GP1977 Thank you for all the replies. It took me a while to reply to this thread because I got extremely busy. We are located in Japan. As for finance. Like I said before, we are stable. We have about 700k - one million USD to show the officer. However, most of our money is in Japan. Japan Yen is weak at the moment. I was more worried about the Unemployment benefits that we were getting because I have no clue if the Officer will ask if we taking unemployment or not. As of now, I'm currently looking for a job in the US.