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  • Away from The US for 10 months do I need to surrender and re-apply for GC ?

    Here is a sum up of our situation.

    I am french, my wife is american.

    My wife and I got married in January 2008 in the US and I got my GC in May 2008. We lived and we worked in the US until March 11 2014 when we flew back to France to work for 2 french companies. We sold our house and our cars. We thought initially we would stay for 2-3 years but are ending wanting to come back in january 2015 or by the latest June 2015.

    I thought i had prepared my move correctly but just realized a few weeks ago that indeed my LPR was probably gone and I would have to carefully look at what to do to be able to come back live and work in the US.

    Needless to say I should have become a citizen but lesson learnt.
    After reading a lot of material online I am considering to surrender my GC in Paris embassy immediately and as soon as it is done to re-apply for a GC in Paris.

    Do you think this is the right thing to do?
    Is there any delay between surrendering and re-applying?

    Thank you,

    Joe.

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    Your Green Card is not at risk of cancellation unless you stay out of the U.S. a year or longer without a Reentry Permit.

    --Ray B

    Originally posted by letutur View Post
    Here is a sum up of our situation.

    I am french, my wife is american.

    My wife and I got married in January 2008 in the US and I got my GC in May 2008. We lived and we worked in the US until March 11 2014 when we flew back to France to work for 2 french companies. We sold our house and our cars. We thought initially we would stay for 2-3 years but are ending wanting to come back in january 2015 or by the latest June 2015.

    I thought i had prepared my move correctly but just realized a few weeks ago that indeed my LPR was probably gone and I would have to carefully look at what to do to be able to come back live and work in the US.

    Needless to say I should have become a citizen but lesson learnt.
    After reading a lot of material online I am considering to surrender my GC in Paris embassy immediately and as soon as it is done to re-apply for a GC in Paris.

    Do you think this is the right thing to do?
    Is there any delay between surrendering and re-applying?

    Thank you,

    Joe.

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