How can i obtain a permit to leave the country while waiting for my greencard?
you are not a U.S. citizen, you may need permission to return to the United States after traveling abroad. This permission is granted through a travel document. Any immigrant who does not have the correct travel documents will not be admitted to the United States. Travel documents are also given to people who want to travel, but cannot get a passport from their country of nationality. You should apply for one of the following travel documents before you leave the United States: Advance Parole If you have applied for immigration benefits, you may need Advance Parole to be able to return to the United States if you travel abroad. It may be sought by, but not limited to, asylum applicants, parolees, people with Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and people who are applying to Adjust to Permanent Resident Status. Advance Parole may be given at the discretion of the District Director or the Service Center Director having jurisdiction over your place of residence. If you do not apply for Advance Parole before you leave the country, you will abandon your application with the USCIS and you may not be permitted to return to the United States. (Please note: This requirement does not apply to people who have applied to adjust to permanent resident status and are maintaining H-1 status (temporary workers in specialty occupations) or L-1 status (intra-company transferees), or their dependents in H-4 or L-2 status.) Advance parole may also be sought by people who need to travel to the United States temporarily for a humanitarian emergency. Advance parole cannot be used to avoid normal visa issuing procedures or processing delays. Someone in the United States may file such an Advance Parole application for you, or you may file for yourself. File USCIS Form I-131 (Application for Travel Document), which is available online, or by calling 1-800-870-3676, or by submitting an online request to receive forms by mail (further information on forms, filing fees, and fee waivers is available in Forms, Fees & Filing Locations). After receiving USCIS Form I-131, read it carefully and note the documentation and photos that must be submitted. Detailed information is provided in the instructions. Where you should file this form depends on your situation:
Is it possible to leave the country while my green card is on process? would I have problems I return to US?
when you and your spouse file the I-130/I-485 also request an "Advance Parole" not a Re-entry permit, you have to have your green already to apply for a Re-entry permit. the form I-131 is a multi-purpose form, so make sure your requesting the correct permit. the fee for the I-131 and I-765 is now included in the I-485 fee of $1,010.00, the fee for the i-130 is $355.00. if you do not have the advance parole document in your possession before you leave you will be considered to have abandoned your I-485 application and will not be allowed to return, whereas the Re-entry permit can be requested while your here but you can travel while it is pending and have it forwarded to the american consulate in the country where you will be.
I am filling out application type I-131 part 2. I'm married to a US citizen and I'm not sure which option?
Sweetie, you do not need to fill out the I-131, because you are a Green Card Holder and you are not planning to be out of the country for more than 1 year. I-131 is just for people who have an approved case PENDING with Immigration but do not yet have their Green Card (or Permanent Residency, whatever you want to call it...it's the same thing as Green Card). Also, I-131 is for Permanent Residents who plan to be out of the country for more than 1 year. However, the travel document that YOU need is simply your Green Card and your passport. This is sufficient to travel. Also,you need to be sure that the country you're going to doesn't require a visa to enter. Since you are not a US Citizen, you are a Vietnemese Citizen, there may be some countries that require a Visa to enter. So, you need to call the Embassy of that country and just be sure that Vietnamese Citizens do not need a visa. If they DO require Vietnemese Citizens to obtain visas, then you can go to that particular embassy and get the Visa and you'll be ok to travel. If you are traveling back to Vietnam, you will not need a Visa to enter back into your country. You just travel with your Green Card and your passport. The airport authorities will ask to see these documents everytime you get on the plane, and get off the plane, so have them handy!!!! Best wishes, and enjoy your trip!
If you depart the United States while you have a petition for adjustment of status (AOS) pending without first obtaining advance parole, you will be considered to have abandoned your petition, and it will be cancelled. You will not get your fees refunded, and you will have to reapply. In addition, if your presence in the United States was based on a status that does not allow dual intent, such F-1, B-2, or K-1, you may find that you are no longer admissible to the United States at all: filing a petition for AOS is an unequivocal demonstration of immigrant intent. If this happens, you will not be able to reenter the US at all, and will have to instead refile your petition as an application for a visa to be issued through consular processing, paying a wholly new set of fees, and wait outside the US until you can be approved through consular processing, which in your case would probably take about nine months.Nonimmigrants in certain statuses (H-1, H-4, L-1, L-2, K-3, K-4, and V) are, in some circumstances, exempt from the requirement to obtain advance parole before traveling abroad while an AOS is pending. (Thanks to Brian Bi for pointing this out.)You must, therefore, before traveling outside the United States for any period of time and for any reason, while an AOS petition is pending, request and receive advance parole from USCIS. There is no process for obtaining advance parole nunc pro tunc; if you leave the US without it, that’s the end of the game. See Emergency Travel for the process to obtain advance parole if you find that you must travel outside the US while an AOS is pending.
SSN mistake on passport application. Help me?
Hi. I'm seventeen and this is the first time that I have applied for a passport. I thought that I had my SSN memorized correctly but I looked at my card today and realized that I was incorrect. I accidentally messed up one number of my SSN on my passport application. I have already summited the application and paid the fees. I'm supposed to leave the country in about a month and a half for spring break. What should I do?
If you haven't received your green card yet then don't leave the country, if you do you might not get back in.If you've completed all requirements and are just waiting to hear you have a green card waiting for you, then your real close to getting that card. But you can't leave the country until you have been issued that green card.What they told my wife is that you won't be able to apply for a travel visa because you already applied for a work or permanent resident visa.This means once you leave you can only get back in if you have been issued your green card.After my wife received her Green card they told her approximately 10 more years to become a US citizen. So it's a long process at least for my wife.She can come and go as she pleases without having to apply for a visa, and she has a tax ID number so she can work and pretty much anything a US citizen can do now that she has her green card, that took us three years to get.Good luck with your application. I hope you have less trouble than we did.
Does a permanent resident need to leave the country to become a citizen?
There are no fines for permanent residents, there is not limit to how long you can stay before becoming a citizen. If you would like to become a citizen, there are agencies that help with the "naturalization process" or you can get the paperwork on your own. As a permanent resident, you do not have to leave the country. Temporary residents, on work or student visas that have overstayed their visa would have to leave the country before returning.
To embellish a little bit on Neil's answer, while it is true that you can be outside the United States on Advance Parole the entire time your permanent residence application is pending, be aware that once the permanent residence is granted, you really need to make the US you're home, meaning that you're here in the US more than half the time, with departures less than 6 months long, and if you ever think you may want US citizenship, you would need the show at least half of your time has been in the US out of the past 5 years before applying. If after getting the Green Card you're gone for more than 6 months at a time, or more than half of your time and any given 12 months adds up to more than six months, this calls into question your intention to maintain permanent residence in the United States possibly placing your green card at risk as well as affecting eligibility to US citizenship. While this is not directly responsive to your question, given the timing before approval, this is something to bear in mind that's very important the moment your case is approved.
I am filling out I-131 and I already send it out I-485 ?
If you are filing I-131 separately, but paid $1,010 for I-485, then you don't have to pay the filing fee of I-131. Make sure to include the copy of your I-797C Notice of Action which is Receipt Notice of your I-485. NOTE: If you filed a Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, on or after July 30, 2007, and you paid the I-485 application fee required, then no fee is required to file a request for Advance Parole or for a Refugee Travel Document on Form I-131. You may file the I-131 for Advance Parole or for a Refugee Travel Document concurrently with your I-485, or you may submit the I-131 for Advance Parole or a Refugee Travel Document at a later date. If you file Form I-131 for advance parole or a refugee travel document separately, you must also submit a copy of your Form I-797C, Notice of Action, receipt as evidence that you filed and paid the fee for the Form I-485 required on or after July 30, 2007. Use the following guidelines when
Is it necessary to fill out travel plans on a passport application??
No I am holding a passport application right here and that is not true. However if you are traveling in a short time and need the passport rushed , which when you do (they will try their best, no guarantees kinda thing, but they usually do a good job) anyway if that's the case then you should provide all the info of your trip to show that time is an issue. You must provide 1-proof of US citizenship 2-proof of Identity 3-Two recent (passport fotos) you can get done all over the place just check your yellow pages 4-Fees 'On line 18 it'll ask your travel plans if you want to include them or "should" Like I said if the trip is soon and you need to expedite the passport it is 60$ more so you'd be looking at at least 160$ Good luck! Bon voyage!