greencard77 ,,,i will never take a word from the immigration 800#,,they screwd soo many times and they know nothing about nothing,,and just to let u know,,they r not even immigration,,do u know that?the'r private company who works for the immigration,,a friend of mine works there and he have told me that they have papers with the all the forms names ,and the only thing they do is just read the form and c how long to process it,,and i can prove it to u,,call again and ask the same question or another question and u will get a different answer every time u call them,,i wont take ther word,,,nop,,if u wanna be sure ,here is a link and this lawyer is really good,,and he offer a free consultation ,,and he know's alot,,call him and u will c how dump the immigration customer service ,,what info they give anyway?everything they tell u over the phone is from ther website anyway,,they dont have acces to files or records or anything ,,,call this y and ask him good luck http://www.advancedimmigration.com/

and one more important thing,,dont u ever lose that letter u recieved from the immigration,,keep the invelop also,,bcoz u can prove that date was recieved on the invelop,,,make sure u dont lose it,,

mike is right they will tell you many different answer to the same problem... go through a lawyer.. keep every thing they send you as proof.. these *** wholes told me that they denied me for something and i told them i did not recieve it.. thank god i had their letter and envelope showing them they were *** wholes and say about 2 days later i recieve a new every thing from them with out a apology

I have a regular green card. Interestingly, I got my regular green card 2 weeks before moving to Japan with my husband!
RationalE, THANK YOU for the link! I will make a copy and keep it with my immigration stuff. It's very helpful. The way I read this, it seems I may not need a re-entry permit when we move back to the States in 3 years. I may still need one (or need to make it back to the US within a year) if I visit in-between...

thats what my lawyer advise me to do... i am going back for visits as soon as janurary hits and then have to go back to remove my conditons on my green card.. where are you in japan

Wow, I had no idea that the 1-800 # was not answered by USCIS representatives. That explains a lot!
Baby - my husband is stationed at NAF Atsugi... where are you?

i live on okinawa jpan.. which is cool but i dont really like it

and no the 1800 number is a bunch of people who cant help you.. they act like they can but they give you the wrong information and always get you in trouble..

i hate them.. the problem is it takes so long to get on to them and even if you do they say all they can do is put in a inquirery and thats it.. i hate those people i swear

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RationalE, THANK YOU for the link!

You are welcome, GC77

Well, the JAG researched the issue and told me that I do NOT need a reentry permit. For peace of mind, I may still try to get back to the US before 12 months have gone by.
Thank you for all the replies and help!

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Originally posted by GreenCard77:
Well, the JAG researched the issue and told me that I do NOT need a reentry permit. For peace of mind, I may still try to get back to the US before 12 months have gone by.
Thank you for all the replies and help!

I just hope the customs people will feel the same way. They have the only authotity to grant or deny your entry. I am not trying to scare you, but it seems to me that that the customs people just don't know the rules that well. If I were you, I will bring the research that JAG did with you, just in case along with your husband in full dress A uniform.

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Originally posted by Baby:
and no the 1800 number is a bunch of people who cant help you.. they act like they can but they give you the wrong information and always get you in trouble..

i hate them.. the problem is it takes so long to get on to them and even if you do they say all they can do is put in a inquirery and thats it.. i hate those people i swear

They only help with the most obvious questions, not anythng complicated or ambiguous.