Somewhere else and back again
September 23, 2011 5:23 PM Subscribe
How will change of address affect my trip overseas if I am on a temporary resident visa and still in the process of filing for removal of conditions?
I am living in the US on a 2 year resident visa and have submitted all the paperwork for removing the conditions and making it a normal 10 year green card/resident visa. The paperwork has been filed and according to the website is still being processed. The visa has expired, but as I have the NOA I basically have a one year extenstion on my visa while my case is being processed.
My husband and I closed on a house last week and I have submitted all the updated info on the online form to change my address for both my visa and my application. So far no problems but now a family problem has come up and I have to head out to the UK in a weeks time for 10 - 14 days.
Normally on my return I would simply present my Australian passport, Green Card and NOA and have no problems getting in, I am worried however that I currently have nothing from Immigration that shows my new address or any other up to date ID as I am still in the process of changing my address on everything. All I have is the print out from the website showing I changed address and the mortgage/title documents.
I have tried calling the USCIS but they are only open Monday to Friday and all I can get is recorded info that doesn't match this situation. I have only just found out that I need to go and need to book the ticket ASAP, preferably this weekend.
Basically I just need to know how this is all likely to affect my chances of getting back into the country? If anyone has been in a similar situation what sort of documentation did you take with you?
I am living in the US on a 2 year resident visa and have submitted all the paperwork for removing the conditions and making it a normal 10 year green card/resident visa. The paperwork has been filed and according to the website is still being processed. The visa has expired, but as I have the NOA I basically have a one year extenstion on my visa while my case is being processed.
My husband and I closed on a house last week and I have submitted all the updated info on the online form to change my address for both my visa and my application. So far no problems but now a family problem has come up and I have to head out to the UK in a weeks time for 10 - 14 days.
Normally on my return I would simply present my Australian passport, Green Card and NOA and have no problems getting in, I am worried however that I currently have nothing from Immigration that shows my new address or any other up to date ID as I am still in the process of changing my address on everything. All I have is the print out from the website showing I changed address and the mortgage/title documents.
I have tried calling the USCIS but they are only open Monday to Friday and all I can get is recorded info that doesn't match this situation. I have only just found out that I need to go and need to book the ticket ASAP, preferably this weekend.
Basically I just need to know how this is all likely to affect my chances of getting back into the country? If anyone has been in a similar situation what sort of documentation did you take with you?
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It's good that you have notified ICE of your change of address, and if you were going to be out of the country for longer, you may have a problem (in case you needed to be called in for an interview or otherwise provide more information -- an RFE, for example), but it also sounds like your husband is staying in the US, yes?
I don't recall the customs agents pestering my husband about his address when he had to leave the country on his extended conditional residency. You're fine.
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord at 6:51 PM on September 23, 2011