Me (Russian citizen) and my wife Russian citizen) got green card in June 2018, since then we never left USA. My two kids are USA citizens ,3 year old and 1 year old. The whole family left USA on February 3 2020 to Russia for 2 months and now we facing the fear of travelling via airplane back to USA because of coronavirus. I husband will fly back to USA on June 15 and start my job, but want my wife and kids to stay in Russia only till October 2020 to avoid exposure to covid in airplane. Will my wife face any issue on return or face issues during the time of neutralization (US citizenship) interview.
Applicants for Naturalization are required to show among other things, that they have resided continuously in the U.S. for five years (3 years if LPR status was obtained through marriage to a US citizen) before applying.
“Continuous residence” means that the applicant has maintained residence within the United States for the required period of time shown above. Extended absences outside of the U.S. may disrupt an applicant’s continuous residence. Absences of more than six months but less than one year may disrupt an applicant’s continuous residence unless the applicant can prove otherwise that the applicant did not disrupt the continuity of his or her residence. Such evidence may include, but is not limited to, documentation that during the absence:
1) The applicant did not terminate his or her employment in the United States or obtain employment while abroad;
2) The applicant’s immediate family members remained in the United States; and
3) The applicant retained full access to or continued to own or lease a home in the United States.
I would not advise that your wife remain out of the US past Saturday, August 1, 2020.
My divorce decree reads I have physical custody with 50/50 visitation. It also states if either of us move outside a 50 mile radius of this town, the visitation is void and we'd have to go back to court to determine it, and we'd have to give each other a 60-day written notice of said move. My ex moved 120 miles away after the divorce was finalized. We verbally agreed on a new set of visitation terms since he was no longer able to have 50/50 due to living that far away.
If he eventually moves back to this area, will the visitation automatically be restored to 50/50, or do I have the power to change it since he broke the agreement? I now have opportunities that involve me moving out of state, and I need to know what ground I have to stand on. Could he fight me on it, even though he broke our visitation terms? What if he moves back here prior to me relocating? Any info would be helpful. Thanks!
Album Art Question
I am designing album art for my band's debut album. I would like to use an image of a star map, which originally appeared in an atlas from 1660. Is this legal? I assume such an old painting would have passed into public domain, but I wasn't sure. Also, exactly what credit or attribute would I need to include?
Also, I would like to slightly alter the painting using a image program - basically overlaying the band and album title but also perhaps enlarging certain sections. Are there laws concerning alterations of antique paintings? Thanks for your help.
Question: Will I encounter issues at the border when visiting the US in December?
Summary: Entering the US on the Visa waiver program while technically an (expired) green card holder no longer meeting the residency requirements.
Relevant info:
I am a LPR. My green card is expiring in October.
I am in California now but leaving soon and will no longer meet the "residency" requirement to maintain residency (Been traveling a lot on and off past few years).
I will be renewing my (French) passport while abroad, and was thinking of simply coming back on the Visa waiver program in December with the new passport (My daughter is a minor US citizen in California, I visit her every few months.)
Can there be any issues? I am no longer interested in maintaining US residency.
If there are any possible issues, what is the least paperwork-intensive way of resolving them?
Thanks!
