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Travel outside the US with GC but afraid to trigger the 3 year bar when returning
Hello everyone,
I got my green card a couple months ago through asylum.
I have many years since I haven't see my family and I would like to visit them this summer in Italy since almost my entire family resides there.
Italy is not my home country so please understand that I have no intentions to go back to my home country.
I'm not a national of any of the EU countries (Schenghen area) so I need a visa to go there.
I heard that there is a risk involved in using my national passport to travel so it is better to apply for a refugee travel document.
The problem is that I'm afraid to go outside the US because at my asylum interview I found out that my visa (that I used to come to US) was canceled by mistake when I got here, and until my asylum interview I didn't know that I was actually out of status for the entire period of my stay (more than 180 days but less than a year).
Now my questions are:
Do I need to apply for a Refugee Travel Document if I plan to go to Italy for 1 week, is there a risk involved in using my national passport?
Will those +**80 days trigger the 3 year bar to enter the US if I exit the country or that bar was "voided" after I got back in status and I should be just fine?
Thanks a lot and good luck to everyone!
I got my green card a couple months ago through asylum.
I have many years since I haven't see my family and I would like to visit them this summer in Italy since almost my entire family resides there.
Italy is not my home country so please understand that I have no intentions to go back to my home country.
I'm not a national of any of the EU countries (Schenghen area) so I need a visa to go there.
I heard that there is a risk involved in using my national passport to travel so it is better to apply for a refugee travel document.
The problem is that I'm afraid to go outside the US because at my asylum interview I found out that my visa (that I used to come to US) was canceled by mistake when I got here, and until my asylum interview I didn't know that I was actually out of status for the entire period of my stay (more than 180 days but less than a year).
Now my questions are:
Do I need to apply for a Refugee Travel Document if I plan to go to Italy for 1 week, is there a risk involved in using my national passport?
Will those +**80 days trigger the 3 year bar to enter the US if I exit the country or that bar was "voided" after I got back in status and I should be just fine?
Thanks a lot and good luck to everyone!
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