GC - stay outside US for more than 1 year (COVID)

[rkbk]

My mom (81) went to visit my sis in India in Oct, 2019. She was supposed to come back in Mar 2020 and we had booked air tickets etc, but due to Covid, flight cancellations and risk factors due to her age, she is still in India. Is there any chance/way USCIS will not make her GC invalid after 1 year?...

[LC4050]

Hi everyone,
I'm wondering can I to do an expedite for my case, and I already filed I-130 last September.
Recently, there’s National Security Law in Hong Kong going to effective at the end of June, according to newspaper reports. A lot of people in Hong Kong, including me, worried about...

[Veejoyce]

I'm a 10 year green card holder and been staying here in the US for 2 years. I am recently divorced and had a court order of name change since I've been planning of change my last name back to my maiden name. My question is do I need change my name on my green card now or can I just wait until I file...

[ionzedi]

So my step father is an LPR and petioned i 130 for both me and my mom about a year ago. My mom received the approval notice but not me. What should we do? How long for AOS? Is my petioned denied? We are currently in the US and i fall in the category of step child.

[mahc]

Hello,

I'm a permanent resident and my husband is planning to come to the US via his F1 student visa.

I wonder, given my status, if there could be any problem at the border when he arrives US.

In other words, could CBP deny him entering the US because I have...

[ionzedi]

So my father is a LPR and filed a I 130 petition for me and my mother. There was a priority date on the receipt of the i 130 which is current now but the petition isn't approved yet. What should we do? Me and my Mother are in the USA.

[ludoburazere]

I got to the US in 2015 with one-year J1 visa. Halfway through I got married to my wife, a GC holder. PD date is jan 2016. Before my J1 expired i changed status to F1 in order to remain legally present in the country. However, while on F1, i worked on my ssn for about 2-3 months, which is what really...

[NewToGC]

Baby born in India while I485 was in progress, mother left to India due to family situations, now green card approved for both parents and received physical card.

I am (father) planning to visit India and bring child with mother together, child is 5 months old now, mother is out of US...

[Spider12345]

Does anyone know more about the details of the new dates listed in the visa bulletin? Can't find any details explained on the uscis website on exactly how the new process is supposed to work.

My case:
I am a LPR and married my husband in February 2015. Filed I130 in F2A category which...

[Logan5]

Hi everybody,

I would need some advice on the following issue:

I am a German citizen with a valid Green Card which I obtained via marriage to a US Citizen on 5/21/2014. I spent 15 months and two days in the US (got a job, etc.) until my wife and I decided to temporarily...

[viji_guru]

Members,
Few months ago, I had made a trip to Niagara Falls. I entered Canada through Windsor POE and returned to US at Buffalo.
At the POE window, I presented my LPR card and my Passport too. I was asked questions regarding any vegetables that I purchased while in Canada and if I was...

[alishah]

Dear Reader,


I am from pakistan. My parents are in LPR citizen in USA since 1.5 years. I was not eligible due to my exceed age from 21. My mother has filed my petition I-130 for alien relative which was approved at January 2015.

I have applied for SNU USA (Winter...

[jbrea]

Hi,

So my girlfriend got her green card last October 2013 and had to leave the US to Dominican Republic to help her sick grand mother, we are planning her return to the US to be next June 2014. Since it's only 8 months outside the US, its within the time frame an LPR can travel without...

[deported]

I am a f1 student, got married to an lpr, filed my i130, and i am waiting. I am in opt right now through an associate degree, my opt expires soon? Do i have to go back to school? Any other ways? Your help is much appreciated..

[cjpharm]

hi everyone,

Guidance needed.

We r just married, my wife is a LPR and is to naturalize soon. What should be our future course of action:
1] She files an alien petition for me, while still LPR and also applies for her naturalization, then latter upgrades my status...