QUESTION
can i keep my parmanent residance card eventhough i go oversease?
Asked on Feb 26th, 2013 on Immigration - Virginia
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i am a permanet residence inusa my wife is US citizen & i have 2 kids they are citizen by born , After my wife applied for me i came usa as a permanentresidance.the date i came USA sept.14(2011)and leave Nov13(2011), Then i back june 8 (2011)& leave june(2012)and recently i came back usa feb.22nd (2013), now i am here but planning to go oversease next month to handle my buisness. so basically i visit to see my familly here. now the question is if i go to oversease and if i back usa within 6 months , is it ok? can i still keep parmanent residance ? or i loose my green card ? please help me answers this situation. thank you
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You risk abandoning your permanent resident status through extended absences from the US. Six months is safe, but viewed together, your trips paint a picture of a temporary visitor to the US, rather than someone making the US their permanent home.
Answered on Feb 28th, 2013 at 12:32 AM