Tweet
Overseas Work + Grn Card Issue- ANY INPUT greatly appreciated!!!
Current Situation
1. About to go to Japan and wants to work there for 3-4 years. But I have to think about my green card and prepare so that I doesn’t have any problems with it when come back from 3-4 years from Japan.
2. I obtained residency in the year 07/2002 and left to study for Japan from 10/2005 to 09/2006 without a travel document, so this breaks continuos residence. But since unknowingly I left and came back through Mexico, I had no problems getting back into the U.S. through the Mexican U.S. border.
3. If U.S. immigration has no way of finding out I left for Japan from 2005 to 2006 through Mexico City Airpot, I have the possibility of becoming a Citizenship right now. But I will get my results from Japan Work soon and won’t have much time to do the application for the U.S. citizenship until I comes back from Japan.
Vision of what I want
1. I want to work in Japan from 3-4 without Jeopardizing my green card status.
2. If possible would like to also maintain continuous resident status so that after come back from Japan I immediately apply for U.S. citizenship (If they don't find out i left).
3. If even MORE possible, I would like to have U.S. citizenship before leaving so I wouldn’t have to worry about all this other stuff.
Known Constraints
1.If I leave the U.S. for more than 6 months I need a travel document or i risk loosing green card.
2.Can only leave for 2 years with travel document (planning on staying 3-4 years)
3.If I apply for travel document, I need to wait 3 weeks so I can have my fingerprints taken and have it sent to me. (This is no problem)
4.When coming back from Japan and enter the U.S. I need the travel document or I have the possibility of having my Green Card taken away, if i do this through Tijuana Border, I wouldn't need a travel document.
5.U.S. citizenship takes from 4 months to 1 year to process so if I get the job, I cannot apply for this right away.
6.Since I already left for 1 year to Japan without a travel document, MIGHT not be eligible for Citizenship until 3-4 years later, unless they don’t find out.
7.Are Mexico/USA immigration/airports machines linked together? Therefore when applying for citizenship can they find out about me leaving the country?
---------------------------
Objectives in order of importance
1. Work overseas 3-4 years/ protect green card.
2. Maintain Continuous residence.
3. Obtain U.S. citizenship before/after going to Japan.
Plans of Action:
1. Work overseas 3-4 years. Obtain travel document 2 times and loose Cont. Resid. Risk denial of Travel Document on 2nd time.
2. Leave through Mexico Airport,Work overseas 2 years. After that get 1 travel document and work another 1-2 years. Come back loose Cont. Resid.
wait 5 years for Citizenship.
3. Obtain travel document 2 years. After 2 years, leave for another 2 years through Mexico without travel document. Come back and wait 3 years for Citizenship application.
4. Go to Japan through Mexico City for the 1-4 years of stay. Come back to the U.S. through Tijuana Border and apply for U.S. Citizenship after X period of time.
---("This is the one i'm currently looking at but it's a bit risky - i've done it before but it was 1 year only. The going back into the U.S. is not the problem, how this would affect me later when i apply for citizenship is my biggest worry. If i just need to wait about 5 years again, and nothing else happens then i would be okay i guess. But if they find out about my past and say "you left for more than 6 months" while inside the U.S. when i apply for citizenship, do they kick me out or leave me off with a warning and just make me wait the 5 years again?)
-----------------------
Questions
1. If i'm working in Japan, how can they find out about this?
2. How would they find out I studied in Japan for 1 year before, if i never left through the U.S. and paid taxes and such in the U.S. during that year?
3. If they do find out I left for Japan after applying for my U.S. Citizenship, would they take my green card away or just deny my citizenship? Would this affect me later if i tried to apply for citizenship again???
ANY advice or comments, or what you would do in my case would be greatly appreciated. Even farfetched comments or alternatives are highly appreciated.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR READING!
1. About to go to Japan and wants to work there for 3-4 years. But I have to think about my green card and prepare so that I doesn’t have any problems with it when come back from 3-4 years from Japan.
2. I obtained residency in the year 07/2002 and left to study for Japan from 10/2005 to 09/2006 without a travel document, so this breaks continuos residence. But since unknowingly I left and came back through Mexico, I had no problems getting back into the U.S. through the Mexican U.S. border.
3. If U.S. immigration has no way of finding out I left for Japan from 2005 to 2006 through Mexico City Airpot, I have the possibility of becoming a Citizenship right now. But I will get my results from Japan Work soon and won’t have much time to do the application for the U.S. citizenship until I comes back from Japan.
Vision of what I want
1. I want to work in Japan from 3-4 without Jeopardizing my green card status.
2. If possible would like to also maintain continuous resident status so that after come back from Japan I immediately apply for U.S. citizenship (If they don't find out i left).
3. If even MORE possible, I would like to have U.S. citizenship before leaving so I wouldn’t have to worry about all this other stuff.
Known Constraints
1.If I leave the U.S. for more than 6 months I need a travel document or i risk loosing green card.
2.Can only leave for 2 years with travel document (planning on staying 3-4 years)
3.If I apply for travel document, I need to wait 3 weeks so I can have my fingerprints taken and have it sent to me. (This is no problem)
4.When coming back from Japan and enter the U.S. I need the travel document or I have the possibility of having my Green Card taken away, if i do this through Tijuana Border, I wouldn't need a travel document.
5.U.S. citizenship takes from 4 months to 1 year to process so if I get the job, I cannot apply for this right away.
6.Since I already left for 1 year to Japan without a travel document, MIGHT not be eligible for Citizenship until 3-4 years later, unless they don’t find out.
7.Are Mexico/USA immigration/airports machines linked together? Therefore when applying for citizenship can they find out about me leaving the country?
---------------------------
Objectives in order of importance
1. Work overseas 3-4 years/ protect green card.
2. Maintain Continuous residence.
3. Obtain U.S. citizenship before/after going to Japan.
Plans of Action:
1. Work overseas 3-4 years. Obtain travel document 2 times and loose Cont. Resid. Risk denial of Travel Document on 2nd time.
2. Leave through Mexico Airport,Work overseas 2 years. After that get 1 travel document and work another 1-2 years. Come back loose Cont. Resid.
wait 5 years for Citizenship.
3. Obtain travel document 2 years. After 2 years, leave for another 2 years through Mexico without travel document. Come back and wait 3 years for Citizenship application.
4. Go to Japan through Mexico City for the 1-4 years of stay. Come back to the U.S. through Tijuana Border and apply for U.S. Citizenship after X period of time.
---("This is the one i'm currently looking at but it's a bit risky - i've done it before but it was 1 year only. The going back into the U.S. is not the problem, how this would affect me later when i apply for citizenship is my biggest worry. If i just need to wait about 5 years again, and nothing else happens then i would be okay i guess. But if they find out about my past and say "you left for more than 6 months" while inside the U.S. when i apply for citizenship, do they kick me out or leave me off with a warning and just make me wait the 5 years again?)-----------------------
Questions
1. If i'm working in Japan, how can they find out about this?
2. How would they find out I studied in Japan for 1 year before, if i never left through the U.S. and paid taxes and such in the U.S. during that year?
3. If they do find out I left for Japan after applying for my U.S. Citizenship, would they take my green card away or just deny my citizenship? Would this affect me later if i tried to apply for citizenship again???
ANY advice or comments, or what you would do in my case would be greatly appreciated. Even farfetched comments or alternatives are highly appreciated.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR READING!
Comment