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Help needed: Green card & re-entry permit
Hi,
I got a green card through the DV program. I came 1st in Aug./12 to activate the card and then back in Jan. to pick up the actual plastic card. both times I stayed +/-1 week (doing an MBA abroad).
I am planning to come back before the 6 months since my last departure thinking to be safe, but talking to a friends he said they might take the card away from me.
Is this really the case? if they give me a hard time would it be smart to show them some or all of the following:
- I was ready to leave the MBA & come contingent on finding a job, I did not get the luck but I have the emails to prove it
-I've been in the US for 6 yrs. with an H1-B and then left (since I was not able to get a green card). Stayed 3 yrs. out of the US. still have the passport to prove it.
- I have bank accounts in the US
- i can prove I was doing an MBA abroad (student card, scholarship award letter, etc)
or just call my lawyer and put them in touch?
if they ask me to surrender the card, do I have any options there, call the lawyer, ask for...?
if nothing works, and they take the card away what happens?
Thanks in advance
I got a green card through the DV program. I came 1st in Aug./12 to activate the card and then back in Jan. to pick up the actual plastic card. both times I stayed +/-1 week (doing an MBA abroad).
I am planning to come back before the 6 months since my last departure thinking to be safe, but talking to a friends he said they might take the card away from me.
Is this really the case? if they give me a hard time would it be smart to show them some or all of the following:
- I was ready to leave the MBA & come contingent on finding a job, I did not get the luck but I have the emails to prove it
-I've been in the US for 6 yrs. with an H1-B and then left (since I was not able to get a green card). Stayed 3 yrs. out of the US. still have the passport to prove it.
- I have bank accounts in the US
- i can prove I was doing an MBA abroad (student card, scholarship award letter, etc)
or just call my lawyer and put them in touch?
if they ask me to surrender the card, do I have any options there, call the lawyer, ask for...?
if nothing works, and they take the card away what happens?
Thanks in advance
