Question:
My mother has U.S. Green Card, and she wants to live in her home
country for a longer time. What will happen for her Green Card
if she wants to live there for more than one year?
Answer:
Many people want to apply for
U.S. Green Card for their parents, and hope it will facilitate
easy travel and long visits for their parents. But their hope does not
fit with U.S. immigration laws, which require that the Green Card
holders should make their permanent home in U.S., not in their home
country. Also, there is no minimum amount of time that a parent can
live in the United States to avoid the problem of "abandonment
of residence" of United States.
If a parent with
Green Card leaves the United States, even for a short time, and upon
return the border U.S. officials can be convinced that the
parent's real home is outside the United States. So, the
official can deny the parent's entry into U.S., and revoke the Green
Card. Also, trips outside the U.S. of 5 months or longer are
guaranteed to raise series questions, and trips of a year or more can
raise a presumption that the parent has abandoned their residence of
United States.
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