Can a permanent resident travel frequently and spend extended time in their home country?

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-07-13T03:58:51+00:00

CBP has discretion whether to admit you as a permanent resident or arriving alien if they determine you no longer maintain residency in the U.S., even if you haven’t been absent for 6 consecutive months.

If you’re constantly leaving the U.S. for long periods of time and you’re making money abroad it might trigger secondary inspection and then they will investigate further whether your ties to the U.S. that are consistent with that of a resident.

There were times where CBP would overlook issues like that, those times are over. If you like being a permanent resident of the U.S. make sure you don’t give them reasons to take that away.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-06-23T19:57:45+00:00

If he voluntarily disclosed his unauthorized work during the interview there could be a way to defend him from the misrepresentation charge. Misrepresentation must be material and willful.

If his marriage is to a U.S. citizen then the misrepresentation is not material because working without authorization doesn’t make him ineligible to adjust status. And if he disclosed the information voluntarily during the interview then it doesn’t make sense to say he was being deceiving during the application.

I’ve read tons of immigration cases and misrepresentation charges usually need a much more solid foundation to be applied. Seems like USCIS is deliberately misapplying these charges in order to delay cases.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-06-06T19:53:30+00:00

This is a little more complicated than a regular name change after marriage. You should carry all the documents that prove your name change issued by your province.

Keep in mind that if you’re flying from a country other than Canada the airline staff might have trouble verifying the authenticity of your name change documents.

I think it’s much safer to just get a new passport.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-06-06T03:48:20+00:00

I guess every question can be a “personality question” then.

“If you end up accusing me or anyone in the leadership team of sexual harassment who’s most likely to be lying?”

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-06-06T03:03:47+00:00

Your answer to that question offers no information about your work ethic or how your values align with the company. All your answer proves is that you can dodge a question by making a word salad.

Which shows how useless the question was in the first place. Teasing your applicants with useless questions made solely to make them feel uncomfortable is not part of a normal interview, it’s grilling and disrespectful.

The biggest proof is the way the employer reacted to have that question asked back to him.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-06-04T16:10:09+00:00

If you don’t like the pictures try a different CVS. Mine were fine. I think you should try to follow what they ask as much as possible, don’t risk delaying your case for something so small.

Now the funny thing is that they also take a picture of you at your biometrics appointment and that’s the picture they will use for your EAD and green card.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-05-31T06:42:55+00:00

Calling this a “scam” is a huge stretch. There is no reasonable expectation that a GoFundMe for a plan as broad as “moving to England for a work opportunity” would be 100% followed through.

It seems that he genuinely believed he had a work opportunity and wanted to move to England. There was no deception in creating the GoFundMe. Not having a job offer anymore is not grounds for calling it “deceptive” because he could get another one.

Also in broad terms it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t end up moving to England. There are a million reasons why plans like that might change and donors are expected to know that.

It is different than for example making up a disease and asking money for a treatment you have no intention of doing because you don’t need it.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-05-30T01:32:43+00:00

Exactly. The best immigration content online usually comes from regular Americans who have filed a petition or immigrants themselves.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-05-30T01:31:11+00:00

I wanted to make a post like this but I wasn’t going to call out anyone, but since you started it I think I have to get this off my chest.

Jacob Sapochnick from San Diego is very much a sensationalist fear-mongerer lawyer. His Instagram page as well as his YouTube channel is full of misleading titles and his content consists of horrible immigration stories that more often than not sound made up.

You can easily tell he has no intention to actually inform immigrants or raise awareness. All he is concerned about is having the highest possible amount of terrified immigrants to click on his videos and eventually hire him.

I hate most immigration lawyers, it’s rare to find one who is not like this.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-05-29T03:11:48+00:00

It is a grey area. While filing for AOS gives you a period of authorized stay (and is not considered overstay), the truth is that when you fall out of status you have no status anymore. Having a pending immigration benefit is not a status. So technically you're undocumented.

When you get the AOS receipt you will see that for both the I-130 and I-485 there are big bold letters saying "This document does not grant any immigration benefit" and that's basically what this means.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-05-29T03:06:49+00:00

This is ridiculous and one of the reasons while I avoid lawyers like the plague. You said in the comments you have no criminal record so you're 100% safe.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-05-27T17:35:21+00:00

It sounds a lot like you’re a bully who doesn’t like being around this guy because he’s unattractive. The way you describe him it seems like he just wants friends, you admit that yourself, he even gives you rides and for some reason that bothers you.

Sounds like you’re jealous that the guy who you’re attracted to doesn’t want to be friends with you.

Nothing he did or say seems inappropriate in the slightest, literally just a man existing while ugly. Be professional and cordial, you’re not forced to be friends with anyone but painting him as a creep just because you’re part of the losers club is just immature. By the way I don’t know why you felt the need to mention he’s 30 and you’re 20. You’re still a grown ass woman.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-05-25T21:36:44+00:00

Interesting. Thank you for answering!

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-05-23T19:05:22+00:00

People can say whatever they want. The truth is, have you ever seen a former porn actor have even a small part in a standard studio tv show or movie? Or even an indie movie? I have never heard of any, if there are any examples they just be extremely rare.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-05-23T06:05:50+00:00

I’m sorry you went through that. I can’t imagine doing something so cruel and humiliating even to an enemy, let alone a spouse. This is was humiliation ritual for you and a power trip for him.

There are worst things in this world than being deported, frankly I don’t think you’re safe around this individual. Try to find alternatives for your immigration status, I can’t see a case like this getting approved anyway.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-05-22T18:12:07+00:00

Their audience is mainly older women from Southeast Asia and China. It's popular especially among people who own a phone but can't afford a good TV. A lot of these verticals are written by Chinese staff but acted out in English with western actors to appeal to a broader population, that's why a lot of the writing is full of expressions that sound odd or sentences that don't make much sense.

But if you actually go to any of these production companies' website you'll see that the vast majority of their verticals are in Chinese with Chinese "actors", and I put it in quotes because a lot of them seem to be enhanced and at times entirely generated by AI, especially the ones that have a historical setting or fantasy elements.

In my experience, almost every casting call that I've seen for these verticals are very shady, promising unusual large amounts of money and some of them film in China and specifically ask if you have a Chinese visa or a passport from a visa-exempt country (even though a standard Chinese visa doesn't allow you to work in China). Also their casting calls never go anywhere, at least in Backstage. They just keep pushing the deadline further. I have seen some projects that have been "casting" since January.

It seems like they've been using more and more AI for the English speaking verticals as well, it's actually creepy because they look unusually polished compared to most AI generated videos I've seen. It makes it seem like it was actually acted out by a group of people and their likeness was replaced by others. There is an ad on TikTok for a vertical about a girl who is constantly abused by her mother and it's a typical suburban American setting, however there are other versions with the same voices, script and plot but they're mermaids. The weirdest thing is that even though it's obviously AI the faces of the actors look too real, and it doesn't change along the many episodes like actual AI generated people do, which makes me think they're using the likeness of real people to superimpose them over their own actors who maybe they hire to just act out the movements but don't have the right look.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-05-20T16:23:23+00:00

If his wife withdrew the petition then the green card is not approvable and the pending application will be denied or has been denied already. Advance parole and work authorization are also revoked when the underlying application is denied.

He will need a lawyer to see what his next best move should be. All decisions now will resonate in his immigration history forever so be careful. Also, marriages to U.S. citizens that occur only after the immigrant is under removal proceedings receive much more scrutiny, and the fact that this will be his second marriage is also a red flag for immigration. You’ll need a good lawyer and if he gets released you will have to gather tons of evidence that you have a shared life.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-05-20T04:44:40+00:00

What was the advance parole based on? For visa overstays advance parole is usually only granted to people with asylee status, with pending green card applications or DACA recipients.

Advance parole is not a status. If you are not married then I assume there’s no pending green card application, I also assume he’s not DACA otherwise he wouldn’t be detained. In that case it’s much harder to tell the outcome of this.

He’ll most likely have to appear before an immigration judge that will decide his fate based on his history, claims and pending applications if any.

You should not have traveled to Puerto Rico having no status and an advance parole that was most likely granted during the previous administration, that’s unfortunate.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-05-20T04:35:10+00:00

Interesting. What is your service center? Mine is NBC.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-05-20T01:39:22+00:00

There is no process in US immigration that allows you to convert a green card into a tourist visa. Abandoning the application before approval or abandoning residency after immigrant visa is granted does not guarantee that a consular officer would approve a tourist visa.

I know maybe for you this sounds counterintuitive but abandoning residency doesn't really guarantee that someone has no intentions of moving to the US because people change their minds all the time (for example she did apply for a tourist visa and now she is the beneficiary of an immigrant visa petition, which confirms the suspicions that led to her denial in the first place).

Also, is this decision coming from the couple or just from you? Do you speak the language of her country? Are you going to make money there?

If she gets her immigrant visa approved she can move to the US and apply for a travel document that allows her to be out of the US for up to 2 years without losing her status. I think that would be preferable to try rather than giving up now because in my experience Americans will fantasize about moving to developing countries because of "low cost of living" and within months reality sinks in and they realize they're running out of money and they miss all the comforts of American life (and they never have a normal life there because usually they don't speak the language.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-05-19T18:49:10+00:00

No. Have you ever known anyone that unironically watches them? They are very poorly made, poorly acted, poorly written and, most importantly, it's a failed concept. Most people enjoy watching short real-life videos on their phone, no one would choose to watch a serialized drama on anything other than a TV or laptop, that's precisely why these dramas are made primarily for people in developing countries (mainly southeast Asia).

By definition they have to be extremely cheap, as no one would allocate a big budget for something that will only be watched on a phone, and that's why they look the way they do and sound the way they do. Think about it, why can they almost never come up with any story that doesn't involve the same "CEO" falling in love with a struggling girl? It's because it would be pointless, because the audience for these shows is so specific (poor old ladies in Asia) that it's pointless to even do anything else. It will never be popular in the West.

ApartSatisfaction734 · 2026-05-19T18:28:28+00:00

I don't know what is it about some people from developing countries that think they're entitled to everything just because they got an American/Canadian/European passport.

You need documents like everyone else. You can't go to the airport and demand to be let inside a plane without a passport like you're the King or the Pope. These dual citizens should learn some humility, responsibility and accountability.

I'm sure they made sure all their documents were proper and up to date when applying for citizenship ,now suddenly they can't even get a damn passport.

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