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PaveenVadlam
Feb 23, 2011, 11:46 AM
I have the following questions with respect to number of days I can stay out of the country for my situation.

I have been on green card since June 2010.

I have visited India from October 17' 2010 to Feb 4' 2011 (Total 111 Days).
Now I need to go back to India again for around 3 months (Approx 10th May - 10th Aug) which is about 93 Days.

My questions are:

1. As a GC holder can I make the above visits without resetting my 'Continuity of 5 Yeard of Residence' clock ? As in each calender year I will not be out of country for greater than 180 days. But, when you count from October 16 2010 - October 15 2011, I will be more than 180 days out of the country.

2. If answer to the above question is NO, do I need to file/apply for any exception to be out of country?

Thanks for your advise.
Praveen