I have travelled out the country with my wife for pure medical reasons, I expect to be hospitalised for a long time and will probably not make it back to the USA within 12 months, I have been in the states for more then 20 years, can someone please tell me what the rules are with regards to travelling out the states for prolonged times. Thanks:confused:

You need to tell us what country you travelled to for medical reasons.

I am in England

Follow this link: http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/B5.pdf

If you are a permanent resident (10 year green card ) have a look then you should be OK if not let the ins know what's happening... you can find there number on the web site, emergration offices, also all the information you need to know about what to do


United States Permanent Resident Card....copy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Permanent_Resident_Card....copy) and past this link and read what you have to do, hope this helps you good luck in hospitle hope all go,s well for you

Forgot to add when you get the wikipedia page type in green card hit search and all you need to know will come up