Gm

I hope you can help me with the following situation.

I currently live in the US and I won the DV lottery. My interview will
be in February at a consulate in Europe. However long ago I accepted
a job in Europe, that will also start in February. The job could last
between 6 months and two years. Questions:

1. Should I postpone the starting date of the job, so that at the time
of the interview I'll be still living in the US ? I'm concerned that
if I move before the interview, this won't look good at the interview.

2. Either way, what should I do to keep my GC status while I'm in Europe?
Technically I won't have a home here. Is it enough if I keep an address,
bank account, pay taxes, and make a trip after six months?

3. Should I apply for a reentry permit?

Any other input really appreciated.
Thanks a lot!

XXX Yyy

To keep a complete legality :
* You should apply for a reentry permit, and if you don't recieve it you'll
have to choose between loosing your green card or going to Europe.

Not that legal :
* If you keep an address, bank account, pay taxes, and make a trip after six
months, you may be able to keep your green card by letting INS assuming that
you spend more that 183 days/year in the US. That's not exactly fraud and I
don't think you'll risk fine or jail ; but if at the border, the officer
refuses you access to the US, bring your green card back and tell you that
you lost permanent resident status, you'll have to accept it (you would have
played a stupid game and lost).

"GM" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > I hope you can help me with the following situation.
    > I currently live in the US and I won the DV lottery. My interview will
    > be in February at a consulate in Europe. However long ago I accepted
    > a job in Europe, that will also start in February. The job could last
    > between 6 months and two years. Questions:
    > 1. Should I postpone the starting date of the job, so that at the time
    > of the interview I'll be still living in the US ? I'm concerned that
    > if I move before the interview, this won't look good at the interview.
    > 2. Either way, what should I do to keep my GC status while I'm in Europe?
    > Technically I won't have a home here. Is it enough if I keep an address,
    > bank account, pay taxes, and make a trip after six months?
    > 3. Should I apply for a reentry permit?
    > Any other input really appreciated.
    > Thanks a lot!

Lilakay

"xxx yyy" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > To keep a complete legality :
    > * You should apply for a reentry permit, and if you don't recieve it
you'll
    > have to choose between loosing your green card or going to Europe.
    > Not that legal :
    > * If you keep an address, bank account, pay taxes, and make a trip after
six
    > months, you may be able to keep your green card by letting INS assuming
that
    > you spend more that 183 days/year in the US. That's not exactly fraud and
I
    > don't think you'll risk fine or jail ; but if at the border, the officer
    > refuses you access to the US, bring your green card back and tell you that
    > you lost permanent resident status, you'll have to accept it (you would
have
    > played a stupid game and lost).
    > "GM" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > I hope you can help me with the following situation.
    > >
    > > I currently live in the US and I won the DV lottery. My interview will
    > > be in February at a consulate in Europe. However long ago I accepted
    > > a job in Europe, that will also start in February. The job could last
    > > between 6 months and two years. Questions:
    > >
    > > 1. Should I postpone the starting date of the job, so that at the time
    > > of the interview I'll be still living in the US ? I'm concerned that
    > > if I move before the interview, this won't look good at the interview.
    > >
    > > 2. Either way, what should I do to keep my GC status while I'm in
Europe?
    > > Technically I won't have a home here. Is it enough if I keep an address,
    > > bank account, pay taxes, and make a trip after six months?
    > >
    > > 3. Should I apply for a reentry permit?
    > >
    > > Any other input really appreciated.
    > > Thanks a lot!
    > >

Green card holders are NEVER turned away at the border. Anyone who has a
colorable claim the LPR status cannot be expeditedly removed. They will be
paroled in.

GM, you may go to Europe after getting your green card. But know that you
MUST apply for a reentry permit. Even with the reentry permit, you will be
deemed to have broke the continuous residence requirement each time you are
outside of the US for one year or longer. That means that you will not be
eligible to apply for citizenship for 4 years and 1 day from the date that
you reenter.

If you remain outside of the US for more than one year without a reentry
permit, INS may bring action against you claiming that you have abandoned
your green card. You will have a hearing in front of an immigration judge,
but there is no way by law to rebutt this persumption in the law.

If you have the reentry permit, you may then rebutt the claim that you
abandoned your green card. You then have to provide proof that your trip
abroad was temporary, you maintained ties to the US, and it was your
intention to return.

I must say that accepting employment abroad, and not maintaining an address
in the US goes against you. Those strikes against your claim that you
intended to return are of more value to an immigration judge than the fact
that you maintained a US bank account, driver's license, etc.

Your safest bet would be to get the green card, get the reentry permit, then
spend 5 months and 29 days abroad, and a few days in the US, and repeat for
as often as you require to be working outside the US.

Staying outside the US for less than 6 months will never break the
continuous residence requirement. You will be eligible to apply for US
citizenship in 4 years and 9 months (3 months before your 5 year
anniversary), provided that you stayed in the US for more days than you were
outside the US, otherwise it may be a little longer. INS will count each
day inside and outside the US. Good luck.

Lila

Joachim Feise

lilakay wrote:
    >
    > Green card holders are NEVER turned away at the border. Anyone who has a
    > colorable claim the LPR status cannot be expeditedly removed.

There is a difference between being removed and not being admitted.
It may be that a PR can't be "expeditedly removed", as you call it, but it may
well be that somebody is not even admitted. If a PR stays abroad for over
180 days, the person is seeking admission, and if any of the grounds of
inadmissibility apply, they of course can be turned away.
If a PR stays abroad for over 1 year without reentry permit, that person
is certainly not admissible as PR.

-Joe

Gm

Thanks everybody for the answer, especially Lila for the
detailed post.

I have a few more questions based on your answers.

1.can I file for reentry permit if I have only been in the US on a
green card for 1-2 weeks? or is there a minimum-time requirement?

2. I do intend to live in the U.S. after my job in Europe is finished.
However I don't have a job in the U.S. yet that awaits me. I will
keep an address in the sense that, even though I won't pay rent,
somebody will forward me my mail etc. So if I leave the country,
how do I prove that I want to come back?

3. What do you think of the following two scenarios? Which is the best
way to proceed?

Scenario A:
I leave the US before the DV interview to start the job in Europe.
I go to the DV interview in my home country. Assuming I get the green
card, after a few months I take a 1-2 weeks trip to the US, and while
I'm here I file for a reentry permit, to be mailed to me in my
Europe. At the end of my job in Europe (1-2 years from now),
I come back to the US.

Scenario B:
I postpone the job in Europe until after the DV interview and stay
here. I go to my home country for the DV interview. If I get the GC,
I come back here right after the interview for 2-3 weeks, file for
reentry permit, then leave for my job in Europe. The rest as above.

4. If I start my job in Europe before the DV interview (after having
lived in the US continuously for 4 years), could this
damage my chances to pass the interview (i.e. if they question my real
intention to come to the US permanently).

Thanks a lot.

"lilakay" wrote in message news:...
    > "xxx yyy" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > To keep a complete legality :
    > > * You should apply for a reentry permit, and if you don't recieve it
    > you'll
    > > have to choose between loosing your green card or going to Europe.
    > >
    > > Not that legal :
    > > * If you keep an address, bank account, pay taxes, and make a trip after
    > six
    > > months, you may be able to keep your green card by letting INS assuming
    > that
    > > you spend more that 183 days/year in the US. That's not exactly fraud and
    > I
    > > don't think you'll risk fine or jail ; but if at the border, the officer
    > > refuses you access to the US, bring your green card back and tell you that
    > > you lost permanent resident status, you'll have to accept it (you would
    > have
    > > played a stupid game and lost).
    > >
    > > "GM" wrote in message
    > > news:[email protected]...
    > > > I hope you can help me with the following situation.
    > > >
    > > > I currently live in the US and I won the DV lottery. My interview will
    > > > be in February at a consulate in Europe. However long ago I accepted
    > > > a job in Europe, that will also start in February. The job could last
    > > > between 6 months and two years. Questions:
    > > >
    > > > 1. Should I postpone the starting date of the job, so that at the time
    > > > of the interview I'll be still living in the US ? I'm concerned that
    > > > if I move before the interview, this won't look good at the interview.
    > > >
    > > > 2. Either way, what should I do to keep my GC status while I'm in
    > Europe?
    > > > Technically I won't have a home here. Is it enough if I keep an address,
    > > > bank account, pay taxes, and make a trip after six months?
    > > >
    > > > 3. Should I apply for a reentry permit?
    > > >
    > > > Any other input really appreciated.
    > > > Thanks a lot!
    > > >
    > >
    > >
    >
    > Green card holders are NEVER turned away at the border. Anyone who has a
    > colorable claim the LPR status cannot be expeditedly removed. They will be
    > paroled in.
    >
    > GM, you may go to Europe after getting your green card. But know that you
    > MUST apply for a reentry permit. Even with the reentry permit, you will be
    > deemed to have broke the continuous residence requirement each time you are
    > outside of the US for one year or longer. That means that you will not be
    > eligible to apply for citizenship for 4 years and 1 day from the date that
    > you reenter.
    >
    > If you remain outside of the US for more than one year without a reentry
    > permit, INS may bring action against you claiming that you have abandoned
    > your green card. You will have a hearing in front of an immigration judge,
    > but there is no way by law to rebutt this persumption in the law.
    >
    > If you have the reentry permit, you may then rebutt the claim that you
    > abandoned your green card. You then have to provide proof that your trip
    > abroad was temporary, you maintained ties to the US, and it was your
    > intention to return.
    >
    > I must say that accepting employment abroad, and not maintaining an address
    > in the US goes against you. Those strikes against your claim that you
    > intended to return are of more value to an immigration judge than the fact
    > that you maintained a US bank account, driver's license, etc.
    >
    > Your safest bet would be to get the green card, get the reentry permit, then
    > spend 5 months and 29 days abroad, and a few days in the US, and repeat for
    > as often as you require to be working outside the US.
    >
    > Staying outside the US for less than 6 months will never break the
    > continuous residence requirement. You will be eligible to apply for US
    > citizenship in 4 years and 9 months (3 months before your 5 year
    > anniversary), provided that you stayed in the US for more days than you were
    > outside the US, otherwise it may be a little longer. INS will count each
    > day inside and outside the US. Good luck.
    >
    > Lila

XXX Yyy

Another idea :

When you go to the DV interview, you won't recieve a green card and won't be
a permanent resident, you'll only have an immigrant visa valid for one year
(or up to september 30th for DV, not sure), and you'll become a permanent
resident when you'll enter in the US for the first time using that visa,
your passport will be stamped (and that stamp will prove your permanent
resident status).
So my idea is to wait 11 mounths after the interview to go to the US, and
then go to the US for one week, then you can go out during up to six mounths
without problem (that's a total of almost 1 year and half).

If anybody knows more immigration details related to that case and the use
of an immigrant visa, feel free to reply to that post !!



"GM" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Thanks everybody for the answer, especially Lila for the
    > detailed post.
    > I have a few more questions based on your answers.
    > 1.can I file for reentry permit if I have only been in the US on a
    > green card for 1-2 weeks? or is there a minimum-time requirement?
    > 2. I do intend to live in the U.S. after my job in Europe is finished.
    > However I don't have a job in the U.S. yet that awaits me. I will
    > keep an address in the sense that, even though I won't pay rent,
    > somebody will forward me my mail etc. So if I leave the country,
    > how do I prove that I want to come back?
    > 3. What do you think of the following two scenarios? Which is the best
    > way to proceed?
    > Scenario A:
    > I leave the US before the DV interview to start the job in Europe.
    > I go to the DV interview in my home country. Assuming I get the green
    > card, after a few months I take a 1-2 weeks trip to the US, and while
    > I'm here I file for a reentry permit, to be mailed to me in my
    > Europe. At the end of my job in Europe (1-2 years from now),
    > I come back to the US.
    > Scenario B:
    > I postpone the job in Europe until after the DV interview and stay
    > here. I go to my home country for the DV interview. If I get the GC,
    > I come back here right after the interview for 2-3 weeks, file for
    > reentry permit, then leave for my job in Europe. The rest as above.
    > 4. If I start my job in Europe before the DV interview (after having
    > lived in the US continuously for 4 years), could this
    > damage my chances to pass the interview (i.e. if they question my real
    > intention to come to the US permanently).
    > Thanks a lot.
    > "lilakay" wrote in message
news:...
    > > "xxx yyy" wrote in message
    > > news:[email protected]...
    > > > To keep a complete legality :
    > > > * You should apply for a reentry permit, and if you don't recieve it
    > > you'll
    > > > have to choose between loosing your green card or going to Europe.
    > > >
    > > > Not that legal :
    > > > * If you keep an address, bank account, pay taxes, and make a trip
after
    > > six
    > > > months, you may be able to keep your green card by letting INS
assuming
    > > that
    > > > you spend more that 183 days/year in the US. That's not exactly fraud
and
    > > I
    > > > don't think you'll risk fine or jail ; but if at the border, the
officer
    > > > refuses you access to the US, bring your green card back and tell you
that
    > > > you lost permanent resident status, you'll have to accept it (you
would
    > > have
    > > > played a stupid game and lost).
    > > >
    > > > "GM" wrote in message
    > > > news:[email protected]...
    > > > > I hope you can help me with the following situation.
    > > > >
    > > > > I currently live in the US and I won the DV lottery. My interview
will
    > > > > be in February at a consulate in Europe. However long ago I accepted
    > > > > a job in Europe, that will also start in February. The job could
last
    > > > > between 6 months and two years. Questions:
    > > > >
    > > > > 1. Should I postpone the starting date of the job, so that at the
time
    > > > > of the interview I'll be still living in the US ? I'm concerned
that
    > > > > if I move before the interview, this won't look good at the
interview.
    > > > >
    > > > > 2. Either way, what should I do to keep my GC status while I'm in
    > > Europe?
    > > > > Technically I won't have a home here. Is it enough if I keep an
address,
    > > > > bank account, pay taxes, and make a trip after six months?
    > > > >
    > > > > 3. Should I apply for a reentry permit?
    > > > >
    > > > > Any other input really appreciated.
    > > > > Thanks a lot!
    > > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > >
    > > Green card holders are NEVER turned away at the border. Anyone who has
a
    > > colorable claim the LPR status cannot be expeditedly removed. They will
be
    > > paroled in.
    > >
    > > GM, you may go to Europe after getting your green card. But know that
you
    > > MUST apply for a reentry permit. Even with the reentry permit, you will
be
    > > deemed to have broke the continuous residence requirement each time you
are
    > > outside of the US for one year or longer. That means that you will not
be
    > > eligible to apply for citizenship for 4 years and 1 day from the date
that
    > > you reenter.
    > >
    > > If you remain outside of the US for more than one year without a reentry
    > > permit, INS may bring action against you claiming that you have
abandoned
    > > your green card. You will have a hearing in front of an immigration
judge,
    > > but there is no way by law to rebutt this persumption in the law.
    > >
    > > If you have the reentry permit, you may then rebutt the claim that you
    > > abandoned your green card. You then have to provide proof that your
trip
    > > abroad was temporary, you maintained ties to the US, and it was your
    > > intention to return.
    > >
    > > I must say that accepting employment abroad, and not maintaining an
address
    > > in the US goes against you. Those strikes against your claim that you
    > > intended to return are of more value to an immigration judge than the
fact
    > > that you maintained a US bank account, driver's license, etc.
    > >
    > > Your safest bet would be to get the green card, get the reentry permit,
then
    > > spend 5 months and 29 days abroad, and a few days in the US, and repeat
for
    > > as often as you require to be working outside the US.
    > >
    > > Staying outside the US for less than 6 months will never break the
    > > continuous residence requirement. You will be eligible to apply for US
    > > citizenship in 4 years and 9 months (3 months before your 5 year
    > > anniversary), provided that you stayed in the US for more days than you
were
    > > outside the US, otherwise it may be a little longer. INS will count
each
    > > day inside and outside the US. Good luck.
    > >
    > > Lila

Sylvia Ottemoeller

"xxx yyy" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

    > Another idea :
    > When you go to the DV interview, you won't recieve a green card and won't
be
    > a permanent resident, you'll only have an immigrant visa valid for one
year
    > (or up to september 30th for DV, not sure),

All immigrant visas are valid for a period of 6 months.

and you'll become a permanent
    > resident when you'll enter in the US for the first time using that visa,
    > your passport will be stamped (and that stamp will prove your permanent
    > resident status).
    > So my idea is to wait 11 mounths after the interview to go to the US, and
    > then go to the US for one week, then you can go out during up to six
mounths
    > without problem (that's a total of almost 1 year and half).
    > If anybody knows more immigration details related to that case and the use
    > of an immigrant visa, feel free to reply to that post !!

    > "GM" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...

    > > Thanks everybody for the answer, especially Lila for the
    > > detailed post.
    > >
    > > I have a few more questions based on your answers.
    > >
    > > 1.can I file for reentry permit if I have only been in the US on a
    > > green card for 1-2 weeks? or is there a minimum-time requirement?

Yes. There is no minimum time requirement. The requirement is that you
must be physically in the U.S. at the time of filing the I-131.

    > > 2. I do intend to live in the U.S. after my job in Europe is finished.
    > > However I don't have a job in the U.S. yet that awaits me. I will
    > > keep an address in the sense that, even though I won't pay rent,
    > > somebody will forward me my mail etc. So if I leave the country,
    > > how do I prove that I want to come back?

That's a problem, isn't it?

http://antaoandchuang.com/i-keeping.html has some suggestions.

    > > 3. What do you think of the following two scenarios? Which is the best
    > > way to proceed?
    > >
    > > Scenario A:
    > > I leave the US before the DV interview to start the job in Europe.
    > > I go to the DV interview in my home country. Assuming I get the green
    > > card, after a few months I take a 1-2 weeks trip to the US, and while
    > > I'm here I file for a reentry permit, to be mailed to me in my
    > > Europe.

Bad idea. Have the reentry permit mailed to your permanent address in the
U.S., and have a trusted person send it to you by protected mail like DHX.

At the end of my job in Europe (1-2 years from now),
    > > I come back to the US.
    > >
    > > Scenario B:
    > > I postpone the job in Europe until after the DV interview and stay
    > > here. I go to my home country for the DV interview. If I get the GC,
    > > I come back here right after the interview for 2-3 weeks, file for
    > > reentry permit, then leave for my job in Europe. The rest as above.
    > >
    > > 4. If I start my job in Europe before the DV interview (after having
    > > lived in the US continuously for 4 years), could this
    > > damage my chances to pass the interview (i.e. if they question my real
    > > intention to come to the US permanently).

Yes, I think Scenario B is more risky than Scenario A.

    > > Thanks a lot.

    > > > > "GM" wrote in message
    > > > > news:[email protected]...

    > > > > > I hope you can help me with the following situation.
    > > > > >
    > > > > > I currently live in the US and I won the DV lottery. My interview
will
    > > > > > be in February at a consulate in Europe. However long ago I
accepted
    > > > > > a job in Europe, that will also start in February. The job could
last
    > > > > > between 6 months and two years.

Gm

Thanks Sylvia for the answers. A couple more questions:

    > > > 3. What do you think of the following two scenarios? Which is the best
    > > > way to proceed?
    > > >
    > > > Scenario A:
    > > > I leave the US before the DV interview to start the job in Europe.
    > > > I go to the DV interview in my home country. Assuming I get the green
    > > > card, after a few months I take a 1-2 weeks trip to the US, and while
    > > > I'm here I file for a reentry permit, to be mailed to me in my
    > > > Europe.
    >
    > Bad idea. Have the reentry permit mailed to your permanent address in the
    > U.S., and have a trusted person send it to you by protected mail like DHX.

What is a bad idea, starting the job before the DV interview, staying only
2 weeks, or having the permit mailed abroad? I think you meant the latter.
If so, why is a bad idea?

    > At the end of my job in Europe (1-2 years from now),
    > > > I come back to the US.
    > > >
    > > > Scenario B:
    > > > I postpone the job in Europe until after the DV interview and stay
    > > > here. I go to my home country for the DV interview. If I get the GC,
    > > > I come back here right after the interview for 2-3 weeks, file for
    > > > reentry permit, then leave for my job in Europe. The rest as above.
    > > >
    > > > 4. If I start my job in Europe before the DV interview (after having
    > > > lived in the US continuously for 4 years), could this
    > > > damage my chances to pass the interview (i.e. if they question my real
    > > > intention to come to the US permanently).
    >
    > Yes, I think Scenario B is more risky than Scenario A.
    >

Why so? Can you please elaborate? Thanks again.

Sylvia Ottemoeller

"GM" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

    > Thanks Sylvia for the answers. A couple more questions:
    > > > > 3. What do you think of the following two scenarios? Which is the
best
    > > > > way to proceed?
    > > > >
    > > > > Scenario A:
    > > > > I leave the US before the DV interview to start the job in Europe.
    > > > > I go to the DV interview in my home country. Assuming I get the
green
    > > > > card, after a few months I take a 1-2 weeks trip to the US, and
while
    > > > > I'm here I file for a reentry permit, to be mailed to me in my
    > > > > Europe.
    > >
    > > Bad idea. Have the reentry permit mailed to your permanent address in
the
    > > U.S., and have a trusted person send it to you by protected mail like
DHX.
    > What is a bad idea, starting the job before the DV interview, staying only
    > 2 weeks, or having the permit mailed abroad? I think you meant the
latter.
    > If so, why is a bad idea?

Having the permit mailed abroad. If you have it mailed abroad, it must be
sent to a U.S. consular post, not to a private address. You would have to
go to the consular post and get the reentry permit from there. It could
very easily be misplaced. Unless you have an open file at a consular post,
there is not necessarily a place for the document to be stored in an
organized way.

    > > At the end of my job in Europe (1-2 years from now),
    > > > > I come back to the US.
    > > > >
    > > > > Scenario B:
    > > > > I postpone the job in Europe until after the DV interview and stay
    > > > > here. I go to my home country for the DV interview. If I get the GC,
    > > > > I come back here right after the interview for 2-3 weeks, file for
    > > > > reentry permit, then leave for my job in Europe. The rest as above.
    > > > >
    > > > > 4. If I start my job in Europe before the DV interview (after having
    > > > > lived in the US continuously for 4 years), could this
    > > > > damage my chances to pass the interview (i.e. if they question my
real
    > > > > intention to come to the US permanently).
    > >
    > > Yes, I think Scenario B is more risky than Scenario A.

    > Why so? Can you please elaborate? Thanks again.

I can't really elaborate. It's a feeling about the different impression
that you will give the consular officer, between coming from the U.S. to the
interview, after "living in the U.S.," and appearing at the interview after
having left the U.S. and having lived in your home country for awhile.
Either way could probably work if you present everything correctly. And you
should probably minimize the potential length of the job outside the U.S.
Just say "6 months"; don't say "between 6 months and two years."

Gm

Sylvia, thanks again. I think you meant that Scenario A is more risky, not
Scenario B. Am I correct?

    > > > > > Scenario A:
    > > > > > I leave the US before the DV interview to start the job in Europe.
    > > > > > I go to the DV interview in my home country. Assuming I get the
    > green
    > > > > > card, after a few months I take a 1-2 weeks trip to the US, and
    > while
    > > > > > I'm here I file for a reentry permit, to be mailed to me in my
    > > > > > Europe.
    > > >

    > > > > >
    > > > > > Scenario B:
    > > > > > I postpone the job in Europe until after the DV interview and stay
    > > > > > here. I go to my home country for the DV interview. If I get the GC,
    > > > > > I come back here right after the interview for 2-3 weeks, file for
    > > > > > reentry permit, then leave for my job in Europe. The rest as above.
    > > > > >
    > > > > > 4. If I start my job in Europe before the DV interview (after having
    > > > > > lived in the US continuously for 4 years), could this
    > > > > > damage my chances to pass the interview (i.e. if they question my
    > real
    > > > > > intention to come to the US permanently).
    > > >
    > > > Yes, I think Scenario B is more risky than Scenario A.
    >
    > > Why so? Can you please elaborate? Thanks again.
    >
    > I can't really elaborate. It's a feeling about the different impression
    > that you will give the consular officer, between coming from the U.S. to the
    > interview, after "living in the U.S.," and appearing at the interview after
    > having left the U.S. and having lived in your home country for awhile.
    > Either way could probably work if you present everything correctly. And you
    > should probably minimize the potential length of the job outside the U.S.
    > Just say "6 months"; don't say "between 6 months and two years."

Sylvia Ottemoeller

Correct. I misspoke originally.

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    > Sylvia, thanks again. I think you meant that Scenario A is more risky, not
    > Scenario B. Am I correct?
    > > > > > > Scenario A:
    > > > > > > I leave the US before the DV interview to start the job in
Europe.
    > > > > > > I go to the DV interview in my home country. Assuming I get the
green
    > > > > > > card, after a few months I take a 1-2 weeks trip to the US, and
while
    > > > > > > I'm here I file for a reentry permit, to be mailed to me in my
    > > > > > > Europe.

    > > > > > > Scenario B:
    > > > > > > I postpone the job in Europe until after the DV interview and
stay
    > > > > > > here. I go to my home country for the DV interview. If I get the
GC,
    > > > > > > I come back here right after the interview for 2-3 weeks, file
for
    > > > > > > reentry permit, then leave for my job in Europe. The rest as
above.
    > > > > > >
    > > > > > > 4. If I start my job in Europe before the DV interview (after
having
    > > > > > > lived in the US continuously for 4 years), could this
    > > > > > > damage my chances to pass the interview (i.e. if they question
my real
    > > > > > > intention to come to the US permanently).
    > > > >
    > > > > Yes, I think Scenario B is more risky than Scenario A.