By the Staff of New York Immigration Attorneys
The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
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Question: I am a US citizen married to a green card holder. I married my husband in 1996. He went home to Pakistan to take care of my father-in-law. Due to some unforeseen situation regarding his illness, he ended staying there longer. His father had to get a kidney transplant and had some other major health issues and was not expected to survive. Thank god, that is no longer the case. However, it has been almost three years since he has been there taking care of his father. He wants to come back home now that his father is recovering and doing ok. What can be done to get him back home? What does he or I need to do?
Spar & Bernstein: I’m glad that your father-in-law is now well. Unfortunately, your reunification with your husband in the US will take a few months’ time. Unless your husband filed for a re-entry permit which allows a Lawful Permanent Resident to absent himself from the United States for an extended period, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service will consider your husband to have “abandoned” his lawful permanent resident status. For him to re-enter the United States, you would have to re-file for him. Upon the completion of the petition process, he will be called for an interview at the US Embassy in Pakistan and be given an immigrant visa.
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Hi Brad,
My son did his citizenship application since last year August and went in for his interview and test last year December but he has not heard anything up to this time. His status search is saying that the process is at request for further information which he submitted personally. He made the request while he was on training for the National Guard. What can he do?