What would happen to my green card status if I move back to Canada. Does it expire?

Can I come back to the U.S. and work after a year or so?|||you cannot stay out of the country or have 2 residences in order to keep your green card? you must live in the US.Maintaining Permanent Residence


Maintaining Permanent Residence You may lose your permanent residence status if you commit an act that makes you removable from the United States under the law in section 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. If you commit such an act, you may be brought before the immigration courts to determine your right to remain a Permanent Resident.





You may be found to have abandoned your permanent resident status if you:








Move to another country intending to live there permanently.


Remain outside of the US for more than one year without obtaining a reentry permit or returning resident visa. However in determining whether your status has been abandoned any length of absence from the US may be considered, even if it is less than one year.


Remain outside of the US for more than two years after issuance of a reentry permit without obtaining a returning resident visa. However in determining whether your status has been abandoned any length of absence from the US may be considered, even if it is less than one year.


Fail to file income tax returns while living outside of the US for any period.


Declare yourself a “nonimmigrant” on your tax returns.


http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/m…|||Green cards expire every 10 years. They will expire earlier if you leave the country for more than 1 year. I suggest that you apply for US citizenship "before" your 1 year is up. It won't expire as long as your citizenship is in progress...|||If you move back to Canada permanently, USCIS will consider you have abandoned your US Permanent Residency.





http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/m…|||If you live out the the U. S. of A. for 6 months or more, your green card status is considered abandoned. You would have to start the process of obtaining one from the start.|||You LOSE IT permanently.





the idea of a green card is to STAY in the USA.