My family received green cards along with me, and I’d like to give mine up alone.
Hello. I received a green card under the third employment-based (unskilled) preference, and my entire family received their green cards together with me.
If I have to be in Korea for an extended period and end up giving up my own green card, I’d like to know whether the rest of my family’s green cards remain unaffected.
Generally, the green cards of other family members (spouse, children) who obtained their green cards together with the principal applicant are understood to remain valid. Even if a green card obtained under the EB-3 unskilled category runs into problems because the applicant didn’t complete the required employment term, we’ve seen many cases where this doesn’t affect the other family members — since each person’s green card was granted through their own individual review, there’s no reason for one family member to lose the benefit that was already granted to them.