Our situation:
My husband, who is a French citizen, and I (American citizen) have been married for three years and currently live in California. We filed for permanent residency for him almost 1.5 years ago based on our marriage (date of application: June 2004), and everything is almost done, except that we are still waiting on the security clearance. So, we have a pending application.
My question:
I received a presitigous fellowship to work for at least 2 years in France, and I will accept it. We will both move soon (March 2006) to France and he will seek employment there. We do not know necessarily intend for this move to be permanent, because we aren't sure what future career opportunities may arise between now and two years from now.
Because things at the INS move soooo slow, we do not expect to have his green card by the time we leave, but because we have already invested so much time in the application, etc., we don't want to abandon it.
What should we do? Is there anyway to make the move to France but still keep our applicaiton pending?
The information I have read so far seems to indicate that this is impossible, which makes us feel like we are being held prisoner for our desire to live and work in the same country!!
My husband, who is a French citizen, and I (American citizen) have been married for three years and currently live in California. We filed for permanent residency for him almost 1.5 years ago based on our marriage (date of application: June 2004), and everything is almost done, except that we are still waiting on the security clearance. So, we have a pending application.
My question:
I received a presitigous fellowship to work for at least 2 years in France, and I will accept it. We will both move soon (March 2006) to France and he will seek employment there. We do not know necessarily intend for this move to be permanent, because we aren't sure what future career opportunities may arise between now and two years from now.
Because things at the INS move soooo slow, we do not expect to have his green card by the time we leave, but because we have already invested so much time in the application, etc., we don't want to abandon it.
What should we do? Is there anyway to make the move to France but still keep our applicaiton pending?
The information I have read so far seems to indicate that this is impossible, which makes us feel like we are being held prisoner for our desire to live and work in the same country!!