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AZLD4Candidate

(6,375 posts) Mon Nov 11, 2024, 09:38 AM Nov 11

My wife has her green card and will go for citizenship in two years. Should I be nervous if she wants to go home to [View all]

China to visit family that she won't be allowed back in even with a Green Card?

It's just a small step from "illegal" immigrants to "all" immigrants.

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My wife has her green card and will go for citizenship in two years. Should I be nervous if she wants to go home to [View all] AZLD4Candidate Nov 11 OP

I would be nervous. usedtobedemgurl Nov 11 #1

Yes...... Lovie777 Nov 11 #2

I think you are already nervous.... FarPoint Nov 11 #3

Mid May to Late June. AZLD4Candidate Nov 11 #17

Don't go home until naturalization. no_hypocrisy Nov 11 #4

They are threatening to deport Bettie Nov 11 #7

Anything could happen....just administratively a border crossing can take 2 minutes...or two years dutch777 Nov 11 #5

Not sure that DU is the right time/place for this question at present. TwilightZone Nov 11 #6

And that's just one reason that DU isn't the place to ask. MineralMan Nov 11 #8

This is good advice Zeitghost Nov 11 #21

I think all bets are off, sadly. Yes, I'd be nervous and if an immigration lawyer told you that she'd definitely be ok hlthe2b Nov 11 #9

I believe China has been known to detain PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 11 #10

Trump is copying Hoover. Hoover deported legal immigrants. Emile Nov 11 #11

Yes Rebl2 Nov 11 #12

Given all you went through to get the green card Retrograde Nov 11 #13

We are. She doesn't need to do a reentry permit because it will be less than a year out (six weeks) and her Green Card AZLD4Candidate Nov 11 #18

She needs to apply for a Re-entry permit jxla Nov 11 #14

That's only if you leave the country for more than six months I believe. She'd be visiting for six weeks. AZLD4Candidate Nov 11 #15

There's no minimum time and it's valid for multiple re-entries jxla Nov 11 #20

Oh Lord Prairie Gates Nov 11 #16

Anyone who immigrated here during the Biden administration Emile Nov 11 #19