lovebes

Hello,

My situation is this. May 15th is my 10 year limit of my, or the family's, green card expiration. Well, due to my school schedule, it is impossible to go back to US before that time. Therefore, our family decided to go back to the US before May ( around 2nd week of April), with hope that this would extend the expiration to a month or so.

My question is:

a)Is this a good choice?

b) If not, how should we solve this?

Thanks,

Sam

Ingo Pakleppa

On 13 Apr 2002 02:00:02 GMT, lovebes <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Hello,
    >
    >My situation is this. May 15th is my 10 year limit of my, or the family's, green
    >card expiration. Well, due to my school schedule, it is impossible to go back to US
    >before that time. Therefore, our family decided to go back to the US before May (
    >around 2nd week of April), with hope that this would extend the expiration to a
    >month or so.
    >
    >My question is:
    >
    >a)Is this a good choice?
    >
    >b) If not, how should we solve this?
    >
    >Thanks,
    >
    >Sam

I'm not sure which ten year limit you are talking about - the validity of the Green
Card? If that is the case, you would have to apply for a new Green Card in the US
(just a new card, not the whole process!) You do that by travelling to the US, and
then filing form I-90 at the nearest INS Application Service Center or INS office
to where you
live. You will get a new I-551 stamp (equivalent to a Green Card) into your passport
immediately, and the new card will be mailed to you a few months later. The
I-551 stamp is just as good as the card itself, and you can use it to travel.

You mention that you have a school schedule. If you are outside the US long-term, you
may have a problem because lengthy absences can invalidate your Green Card. You don't
say how long your stay was or whether you have a reentry permit, so I can't tell you
the situation.

Ingo

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