What happens if you are a US permanent resident and you leave the country without notifying INS?
348180
If you have permanent residency, and there are no conditions on your card, you can travel freely.  JUST MAKE SURE TO BRING THE PERMANENT RESIDENT CARD WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO!!!!\n\nIf there are conditions on the card, make sure it will not expire while you are out of the country.\n\nAlso, if you leave and take up residency in another country, you are in danger of losing your US residency.  Leaving for a year is enough to get you investigated.
95670
Yes, there is a 12 months limit.  \nIf you stay outside of the US for 12 months, your Permanent Resident card could be terminated.  Make sure before you travel to get a Travel Permit from immigration.  This is extremely important; if you don't, you will have problems coming back into the country.\nIgnore the negative comments from Tragic_Hero; with your current passport, your Permanent Resident card and your travel permit from INS, you should have no problems whatsoever.
789787
International Travel\n\nA Permanent Resident of the United States can travel freely outside of the US. A passport from the country of citizenship is normally all that is needed. To reenter the US a Permanent Resident normally needs to present the green card (Permanent Resident Card, Form I-551) for readmission. A reentry permit is needed for reentry for trips greater than one year but less than two years in duration.
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"A Permanent Resident of the United States can travel freely outside of the US. A passport from the country of citizenship is normally all that is needed. To reenter the US a Permanent Resident normally needs to present the green card (Permanent Resident Card, Form I-551) for readmission. A reentry permit is needed for reentry for trips greater than one year but less than two years in duration."
380940
ur change of status will compromise ur petition to migrate to the US and you should have the US government informed. dont try to be dishonest by not declaring that u have married since they have ways of finding out (even thru medical check up of a womans uterus they'd know if you've given birth) since ur mother is still not a legal immigrant in the US, this will further delay the process.if you still want to go to the USA apply for a tourist visa since having children and a husband in ur home country is enough for u to prove that u have intentions to come back to ur home country. BTW, u can check the status of ur petition online.. keep ur case number and infos ready.
151974
Will you be renouncing your U.S. citizenship, or will be going temporarily (as an ex-patriot)?
248873
I think Godzilla made it quite clear. If they officially divorce less then 2 years after the immigrant spouse got their green card then the immigrant spouse will automatically loose their immigrant status and must depart the country. The US citizen spouse can notify USCIS of the divorce. \n\nIf the immigrant spouse does not leave the country in a set period of time (30-60 days I belive) after the divorce, they will be deported.
210400
You have to talk to an immigration official, and your reason for leaving the country has to be compelling and urgent.
164645
You are probably SOL.  If you were married two years when he got the green card and he was able to fool you and the consular officials, then he got his permanent residence without any conditions.  Unless he paid you for the green card and you can convice the consulate or the local officials of that, he just got away with it.  \n\nIf you want to pay a private investigator a couple thousand, they can find him for you.  They can also find out if he was married to someone else, or gets married again or if he's doing something that will jeaopardize his status.
988637
it would become and international incident and more then likely the country would not like all the heat they get from not forcing you to return but it also depends on what country because there are some that we do not have extradition with and you would be charged with the crime of running away so them might just let you stay, 99% of countries will send you home when they find out about it
548632
Ouch, sorry to hear that because you are going to get served with some pretty bad consequences.  Are you an illegal immigrant or an American citizen/legal immigrant that brought them over?  If you are the former you will probably just be deported.  If you are the latter you are probably going to jail.
237967
Your English isn't very clear.  I know that now if you get married, you get deported...because the U.S.A. would recognize that you were not a legal resident.\n\nThe question that you have is very hypothetical, because it depends on what the congress' new "rule of inmigration" is.
85356
A green card will give you the status of permanent resident in the US. Which means you can permanently stay in the US.\nOther kinds of visa are temporary and after they expire you either have to leave the country or re-apply for a new visa.\n\nYou DO NOT have to carry it with you all the time. Only if you travel abroad. You will need to present it when you re-enter the US.\n\nA green card is valid for 10 years and will need to be renewed..pretty much like a passport. The renewal is just a matter of sending a single form..you don't have to go through the whole process again.\n\nHaving a green card is a mandatory step if you want to become a US citizen.\n\n\nRestrictions:\nYou are still an immigrant (actually a resident alien). So\nyou are subject to deportation if you mess up with the law.\n\nYou cannot and should not vote.
484078
Yes, provide that you are not under a court order from leaving the country. If you are and you attemp to flee the country, then you have another charge added to your record.
61981
If you are not an American citizen, you need a "Green Card," which is a work permit issued by the Federal Government.\n\nI think that you can work here without a Green Card if you have certain types of visas.  Check with the consulate or embassy in your country.\n\nA United States Permanent Resident Card, also known popularly as Green Card, is an identification card for a permanent resident of the United States of America who does not have U.S. citizenship. It is proof that the holder has permission to permanently reside and take employment in the U.S. Its "former" official title was Alien Registration Receipt Card, and it is now officially called a Permanent Resident Card, also referred to as form I-551.\n\nThe name "green card" comes from the fact that the cards were originally green. Their color has changed over the years, but the term "green card" has remained in use. As of 2005, the card is mostly white and the only prominent green feature is the lettering on the back of the card. A card includes the holder's name and photograph, and other information, and has been updated over the years with numerous anti-counterfeiting devices. The latest hologram on the back of the card contains representations of all American presidents, flags of each state, image of the card holder and other personal information found on the front of the card.\n\nThe card must be in the possession of the U.S. permanent resident at all times. This means the U.S. permanent resident must have a currently valid card on their person at all times, to show to an USCIS officer, if requested. One interesting aspect of American law is that permanent residents are required to carry identification cards, but citizens are not.\n\nGreen cards were formerly issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). That agency's functions have been shifted to the new U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) formerly the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) in the Department of Homeland Security.\n\nIt is possible that an alien wants to work while the application for a green card is pending. Employment Authorization Document(EAD) is needed in this case.\n\nWikipedia knows all.
443677
The easiest way to avoid having a missing persons report filed for you is to inform your family of your intentions to leave and for your where abouts to be unknown. How you choose to do this is up to you; telephone call, note left behind, mailed letter, ect. However, should a missing persons report be filed, and a law enforcement officer locates you, being that you are a legal adult and a United States citizen, you can tell the officer who located you that you do not want "to be found" or you location disclosed to the person filing the report. You have a right to privacy, even to family members. I do not know your circumstances, nor am I your judge. Just please consider very carefully the consequences of what you are contemplating. Someone may be very hurt over your leaving without a trace, and your actions can have unwanted long term repercussions for you if at a later time you want to return to your family.
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Yes! Contact an immigration attorney or one of the agencies listed with your Notice to Appear. If you have been here longer than one year, you will have a problem claiming asylum though.