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發表於 11-4-16 21:24 |只看該作者
各位
我會和兒子及丈夫移民到US,但丈夫在HK有些小生意,不捨得結束,但為了呀仔的學業,不得不來。丈夫可否隔幾個月回港公幹,幾個星期又回來呢?他不會離美超過一年。美國很難找工作,這是下下之策。唔係為呀仔的學業,我們決不會來。
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發表於 11-4-16 22:20 |只看該作者
如果只係幾個星期, 唔超過三個月, 無問題既. 如果你先生一年內離開美國多過半年, 咁佢留0係美國既時間(申請歸化入藉計既時間)就要由頭計過. 離開一年至兩年既話, 申請回美證就ok. 我讀書果陣, 放親假我都會番香港探父母, 每年兩次, 每次兩星期至三個月, 每次入境我都老實答我去探parents. 我拎住綠卡都10 年lu, 無問題.


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發表於 11-4-16 22:57 |只看該作者
but I don't recommend to do that.. because for sf, she went back to hk for visiting her parents. but in your case is different.
if he goes back and forward and tells the truth... unless he files his tax in US for all his income... (which is impossible and misurable), and immigration law change pretty often.. his green card may be taken away if he leave US too often. because he has no intend to stay in US.
he has a lot of opinion, he can choose to stay in HK and take care his business, come back every 2 years with I-131, wait until the time he is really to return to US.
or take the risk as he is doing, but he better has a good immigration law of attorney, just in case he got caught in immigration and greencard got taken away.
if that happen (touch wood), remember stay calm, ask for second appeal... and go for the immigration count.
good luck.


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發表於 11-4-16 23:21 |只看該作者
本帖最後由 meatballs 於 11-4-16 23:54 編輯
cambo 發表於 11-4-16 21:24
各位
我會和兒子及丈夫移民到US,但丈夫在HK有些小生意,不捨得結束,但為了呀仔的學業,不得不來。丈夫可 ...

hi cambo~~唔係嚇你,我有親戚因為想繼續在香港工作,飛來飛去,end up 綠卡被收


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發表於 11-4-17 09:21 |只看該作者
本帖最後由 cambo 於 11-4-17 09:29 編輯

Dear all,
Sorry for using english as my chinese input skill is very limited.

Thank you for your advices. It's really a great dilemma. I will seriously think about how to handle the situation. Nillie, what is I-131?

As we may not get any jobs in the US (unemployment rate in CA is higher than 10%), to protect our future interest (e.g. to apply for citizenship or elderly benefit, etc.) we will file every dollar that we make in HK in the US tax return.


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發表於 11-4-18 18:26 |只看該作者
回覆 cambo 的帖子

舊年我問過accountant, 佢話1 年海外收入多過10 萬usd 要file, 收幾多我就唔記得. 如果你先生一年只係番香港幾個禮拜就駛驚, 可以一邊0係美國搵工, 一邊工幹. 之後再諗下stay 邊一面. 我有親戚番香港打工, 老婆仔女0係美國, 1 年黎3 個禮拜左右, 佢好彩, so far 10 年都未收佢綠卡. 我地都聽人講過經常番香港會俾人收綠卡. elderly benefit 唔知係唔係指social security? 如果係既話, 要0係美國打工/交稅, 依據收入計幾多分, 要總共有40 分先至有benefit. 每年最多儲4 分, 即係要儲10 年...


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發表於 11-4-19 00:55 |只看該作者
Cambo,
I-131 係指Application of Travel Document包括Reentry Permit
http://www.uscis.gov/ 打 I131 search就會搵到forms同guidelines

好睇你先生喺邊度出入境,有D機場移民官鬆D有D緊D。
我果陣第一次再入境,個官就話要收我個綠卡,
我喺呢度都講過幾次啦,我話係因為份工辭職要3個月,
又有間屋未賣得出,咁個官話呢個綠卡唔係for travel,
如果我下次入境唔係for good,
就會收我個綠卡,仲要喺個passport度寫明,
四個月內再入境,咁我唯有再返香港就辭職執嘢走,
但再入境時個官問都冇問就由我過。

睇你好唔好彩,又想唔想搏,
我以前老細揸住綠卡每幾個月同老婆仔女入境一次,
三兩個星期又返香港,十幾年都冇事。

不過,如果你諗住喺度入籍,稅就一定要報,
唔理你搵幾多,有嘢做冇嘢做都要報,
唔係你到時入籍就一定會俾人留難。
仲要喺呢邊做夠十年嘢,儲夠分先有SSI,
雖然到你退休果陣可能SSI都冇錢再俾你,
但而家唔報清楚就一定冇啦。
花旗太太生活在花旗國,留意時差,你問我未必即時答到。


別墅

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8#
發表於 11-4-19 17:14 |只看該作者
感謝大家的提點,我會小心行事,不想冒險。

elderly benefit 唔知係唔係指social security==>就係


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發表於 11-4-20 00:30 |只看該作者
cambo,
however, I would say, since baby bomber.... do not rely on social security and medicare, we are very young, unless, you are over 50+... (well... I am still before 40...too bad)...
by the time I am 70, I still can't get my social security.. I believe so..
you better save some 401K, or 403B (retirement fund), IRA (retirement fund) or find a job with pension.. or ... you still have no cover and do not talk about the elderly (senior benefit).... there will be nothing left over...
I am working in the home care industry.. I know very well in medicare and medicaid...


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發表於 11-4-20 15:29 |只看該作者
Nillie_Mami
Thank you very much for your advice. US' situation is similar to HK. HK government can't give us anything when we are old. Just 自己靠自己。


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11#
發表於 11-4-20 21:00 |只看該作者
cambo,
good on you, I have my investment and I won't lie to US government how much I have... well.. as I don't eligible for medicaid and I am not intend to get medicaid anyway. I came from HK, with education. I will not apply for that.. I use my hand to earn my money, to pay my tax, to raise my kids. when I get old, I have my pension, and my IRA, I have my 403B, I may have to relocate to some other state as NYC the living cost will be too high for us.. but that is still ok..


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12#
發表於 11-4-21 04:03 |只看該作者
Nillie_Mami
"...I may have to relocate to some other state as NYC the living cost will be too high for us.. but that is still ok......"

Same here, my husband and I are mantally prepared for moving out to some lower living cost area outside Bay Area. So, I try not to hangging on Chinese Culture and life style too much that I cannot leave to somewhere that the cost of living is cheaper.


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發表於 11-4-22 03:12 |只看該作者
well.. me and my husband are not very chinese... I lived in Melbourne Australia for 6 years before I came to US.. I lived in a neighborhood that I am the only Chinese... I don't watch CHinese TV and I don't read chinese news anyway.


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發表於 11-4-22 06:27 |只看該作者
我同你地有D唔同,雖然我老公係ABC,
基本係一個鬼佬,對仔女好得意,
囝囝鍾意食pizza,個女鍾意食中個嘢,
特別係麵,如果問佢地想食咩,
一定係一個話pizza一個話麵麵。

我初初幾年都跟我老公睇西片
(雖然我老公成日都睇中文片),
讀英文報紙雜誌,出街食西餐,
因為想學多D美國文化,融入社會,
但我媽搬咗去我樓上,餐餐都係中菜,
佢地當然係睇中文報紙中文電視。
對仔女返咗Preschool之後就滿口英文,
呢兩年我反而刻意想佢地接觸多D中文,
希望佢地唔會大大吓唔記得。
我地幫囝囝報學校都係第一志願雙語課程,
而家好彩派到,校長話係50/50中英文,
我希望兩個小朋友將來就算唔精都會識中文。
花旗太太生活在花旗國,留意時差,你問我未必即時答到。


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發表於 11-4-22 08:14 |只看該作者
rose-mag 發表於 11-4-22 06:27
我同你地有D唔同,雖然我老公係ABC,
基本係一個鬼佬,對仔女好得意,
囝囝鍾意食pizza,個女鍾意食中個嘢 ...

有雙語課程咁好?!請問你住邊區?


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發表於 11-4-22 14:31 |只看該作者
meatballs,

我住三藩市,呢度唔同其他灣區城市,唔係跟住址去派位,雖然今年加多咗Attendance Area(=Neighborhood School),但係排到幾後吓,Sibling第一優先,有哥哥姐姐入硬,其次係Low testing score area(主要係低收入區)同Dense population,先到Attendance Area,全部都係由攪珠決定,所以即使住喺學校隔離都可以派唔到。

我地呢度有幾種學校:GE係General Education,即係普通全英語教學,Immersion School(沉浸式語言學校)由Kindergarten係80%Foreign Language 20%英文, 續年將英文比例增加,Language Pathway同Immersion唔同,只有50%Foreign Language 50%英文。Immersion School而家好渴市,有廣東話、普通話、日本語、韓語、西班牙語等,中文就算係白人黑人甚至墨西哥人都想讀,所以形成呢種學校每年都極多人報,其中一間有超過學額450%申請。

我都想同囝囝報呢類,但衡量佢嘅需要(佢唔適合大間學校)加上有部份學校,我同老公去參觀過之後唔鍾意,最後揀咗一間有中文Language Pathway嘅學校,離我地屋企5 blocks,行都係約10-15分鐘,婆婆可以幫我帶囝囝返學,而家我多數Kindergarten都唔會送佢去After School,因為社工建議我地唔好太多活動俾佢,等佢可以有多D休息,咁佢脾氣會好D。

你將會去加州邊度?
花旗太太生活在花旗國,留意時差,你問我未必即時答到。


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發表於 11-4-22 14:58 |只看該作者
rose-mag 發表於 11-4-22 14:31
meatballs,

我住三藩市,呢度唔同其他灣區城市,唔係跟住址去派位,雖然今年加多咗Attendance Area(=Neig ...

我地都未決定~~
這三年,我做左好多令一家人suffer 嘅 決定,我唔想再decide anything else. 偏偏,我老公係啲好優柔寡斷嘅人~~~
我地以前係住fullerton 嘅,LA 都住過。如果真係冇idea, 可能會搬反Fullerton.
以前係fullerton應該冇Immersion School and Language Pathway. 需要交學費嗎?


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發表於 11-4-23 03:45 |只看該作者
meatballs 發表於 11-4-21 22:58
我地都未決定~~
這三年,我做左好多令一家人suffer 嘅 決定,我唔想再decide anything else. 偏偏,我 ...

決定好難話啱定錯,不竟我地冇得預知未來,
人生有好多時都係事與願違,
Suffer咗唯有睇將來,搵方法補救。
冇人係完美嘅,好多時都係經一事長一智。

我講果D都係公校,所以唔駛交學費,
但如果要Before School或者After School就要俾錢,
因為果D係私人機構辦嘅,除非係低收入就有政府Programs,
不過有限額要排隊。三藩市多人,種族又多,
所以有咁多唔同Language Programs,仲有種叫Charter School,
唔屬於公校,要自己續間入紙,但因為有政府資助,
都係免費嘅,呢類學校多數都係另類教法,
例如著重美術、音樂等,但因為政府唔限制Curriculum,
所以普遍學術成績都同正規公校差好遠,不過小朋友就比較讀得開心。
花旗太太生活在花旗國,留意時差,你問我未必即時答到。


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發表於 11-5-21 17:13 |只看該作者
其實我也有類似疑慮,我在今年3月first land后,四月回港(綠咭已出),打算十月中退休后再回USA長居,但現在發生了工傷,如要判傷后回美,可能已過半年或一年,都不知怎様好?各位有無好建議.


男爵府

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20#
發表於 11-5-24 21:10 |只看該作者
it doesn't matter, your green card is good for a year. as long as you return to US within a year. that is ok.
check the date on your green card, return before the date of your GC.

then, count another 4 years and 1 day before you submit your naturalization. N-400 form for citizenship.

Take care!

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