Green card - living out of the US?

LadyMadrid08 · April 2012

Dulvemaria: spainexpat.com does a good job explaining it, but I think you can also find that information on spanish gov sites and the us consulatr in madrid webpage. I'm sure if you do it you won't get found out, but it is something to think about.

anna7602 · April 2012

LadyMadrid08:
From what I undertand no american born citizen can actually lose citizenship even if they renounce it, but still not something I would want to do.

Margaret Randall lost her U.S. citizenship. It was a big legal case in the 1980s. Sadly, I can't remember the outcome, but I want to say they ruled it was unconstitutional to strip someone of her citizenship because of her political views? (She lived in Nicaragua and Cuba and professed to be a communist sympathizer.)

elenetxu · April 2012

Frickin' eh.

I just got a PM from Dad saying the man in charge of hiring for the position I thought I could get said he'd "hire me in a nano-second" - all this without even telling Dad we were thinking of coming to the US.

There's no way in hell to expedite a visa application due to me getting a job and moving, is there???

allibally · April 2012

elenetxu:
Frickin' eh.

I just got a PM from Dad saying the man in charge of hiring for the position I thought I could get said he'd "hire me in a nano-second" - all this without even telling Dad we were thinking of coming to the US.

There's no way in hell to expedite a visa application due to me getting a job and moving, is there???

Unlikely. Call the embassy and see if there are options that have not been posted before here or other places. Maybe there is a loop hole. But I'm fairly certain that you have to do the process we have talked about in the past.

elenetxu · April 2012

allibally:
Unlikely. Call the embassy and see if there are options that have not been posted before here or other places. Maybe there is a loop hole. But I'm fairly certain that you have to do the process we have talked about in the past.

I imagined so, and it's only fair. I'll try calling the embassy - I might even e-mail the man in charge of hiring (aka my 11th grade English teacher) to ask if they have any power with immigration. I had a lot of Canadian teachers, and I'm wondering...

(Or would that e-mail be totally unprofessional, even if he is my old teacher and dorm parent?)

EDIT: After this news, and hearing DH say "go for it, even if we have to be apart a few months", my stomach is in my throat. I need a beer.

allibally · April 2012

elenetxu:
allibally:
Unlikely. Call the embassy and see if there are options that have not been posted before here or other places. Maybe there is a loop hole. But I'm fairly certain that you have to do the process we have talked about in the past.

I imagined so, and it's only fair. I'll try calling the embassy - I might even e-mail the man in charge of hiring (aka my 11th grade English teacher) to ask if they have any power with immigration. I had a lot of Canadian teachers, and I'm wondering...

(Or would that e-mail be totally unprofessional, even if he is my old teacher and dorm parent?)

EDIT: After this news, and hearing DH say "go for it, even if we have to be apart a few months", my stomach is in my throat. I need a beer.

Aww. I hope things work out. Being apart sucks. Which was why I moved to Switzerland because we just couldn't handle the distance any longer. But the first 4 months we were apart was a lot easier then the separations we had later in our relationship. What I'm saying is... when you constantly go through long distance spurts it sucks. A short one is not as bad.

The other bad thing is when you are in the process for the visa it's unlikely for him to enter the US for a visit. But you said you grew up close to the Canadian border right. You could always meet their for visits.

elenetxu · April 2012

allibally:
But you said you grew up close to the Canadian border right. You could always meet their for visits.

You are one smart cookie. Thank you for that idea.

allibally · April 2012

elenetxu:
allibally:
But you said you grew up close to the Canadian border right. You could always meet their for visits.

You are one smart cookie. Thank you for that idea.

I know. What's the length he can stay in Canada on a Tourist visa. haha.

frlcb · April 2012

elenetxu:
Frickin' eh.

I just got a PM from Dad saying the man in charge of hiring for the position I thought I could get said he'd "hire me in a nano-second" - all this without even telling Dad we were thinking of coming to the US.

There's no way in hell to expedite a visa application due to me getting a job and moving, is there???

They won't expedite it, what would happen is you would move back to the US and your dh would stay in Spain while the visa was processed. I am assuming you can do DCF from Madrid?

allibally · April 2012

frlcb:
elenetxu:
Frickin' eh.

I just got a PM from Dad saying the man in charge of hiring for the position I thought I could get said he'd "hire me in a nano-second" - all this without even telling Dad we were thinking of coming to the US.

There's no way in hell to expedite a visa application due to me getting a job and moving, is there???

They won't expedite it, what would happen is you would move back to the US and your dh would stay in Spain while the visa was processed. I am assuming you can do DCF from Madrid?

No DCF in Spain. as they have no USCIS field office

elenetxu all I can say is I really wish you guys luck. Your DH seems to be on board with the move. I understand that it's no easy way to decide. We've totally been there. *hugs*

allibally · April 2012

I have not much background info on K3/K4 so that's what I would call the embassy about in your case. To see what the deal is with that and how it works. Search K3/K4 on Visa journey too and see what people's experience is.

http://www.uscis.gov/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=254a3e4d77d73210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=254a3e4d77d73210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

Johlise · April 2012

I am learning something from this post.. lol Smile

shantroy83 · April 2012

elenetxu:
citywhistle:
I'm late to the party for sure. Just wanted to toss in there that my German FI has a dual citizenship now after living in the US for more than five years on his green card. He simply had to fill out a few forms showing that he still has immediate family members in Germany, and they allowed him to keep his German passport in addition to his new American one. I can ask him for more details on the process if you'd like, but I don't think it took more than a couple of forms.

This is very helpful, thank you!

I'm late to the party as well, but wanted to add that I hold dual Canadian and German citizenships. I've never set foot in Germany, but have a German passport in addition to my Canadian. I don't know the process as my mom applied for my German citizenship when I was about 10. I had no family in germany at the time I took out citizenship.

Additionally, my mom was born in Germany and immegrated to Canada at age 5. She's held both Canadian and German citizenships for 50 odd years. We have no family left in German; they've all moved to Canada.

Holding dual citizenship hasn't been a problem for either of us, with either government.

allibally · April 2012

shantroy83:
elenetxu:
citywhistle:
I'm late to the party for sure. Just wanted to toss in there that my German FI has a dual citizenship now after living in the US for more than five years on his green card. He simply had to fill out a few forms showing that he still has immediate family members in Germany, and they allowed him to keep his German passport in addition to his new American one. I can ask him for more details on the process if you'd like, but I don't think it took more than a couple of forms.

This is very helpful, thank you!

I'm late to the party as well, but wanted to add that I hold dual Canadian and German citizenship. I've never set foot in Germany, but have a German passport in addition to my Canadian. I don't know the process as my mom applied for my German citizenship when I was about 10. I had no family in Germany at the time I took out citizenship.
Additionally, my mom was born in Germany and immigrated to Canada at age 5. She's held both Canadian and German citizenship for 50 odd years. We have no family left in German; they've all moved to Canada.
Holding dual citizenship hasn't been a problem for either of us, with either government.

There is a difference between holding dual citizenship via birth right vs. gaining dual citizenship at an older age because you live in the country.

Citywistle- I guess we will still be looking at the process for DH. But I want to be careful because I would feel terrible if he lost his German citizenship by a technicality.

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