Post GC employment and travel

kanmani - how sure you are?

I also think it is 1 year. But when I talk to a lot of my friends who are citizens and have sponsored GCs for their parents .... always keep telling me it is 6 months. I know it used to be 6 months. But I think now the guidelines are relaxed and it is now 1 year.

Curious what's your understanding of the law.

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Originally Posted by Kanmani

dec2007, Congratulations!

Where did you find that 6 months deadline ? It is actually one year.

To avoid abandonment of GC, the permanent residents are required to re-enter before the completion of one year from the date of departure.

PRs can stay beyond one year without abandoning the GC by obtaining re-entry permit proposing valid reasons for the lengthy stay. This re-entry permit rules are similar to AP. It is ruled out in your case.

One thing I have to mention is, after the Boston event, there have been a lot of additional CBP questioning to those who are re-entering after 6 months staying out of the country. I don't know if this is still in practice, but that was the reason which has forced me to cut short my stay.

Otherwise you have one full year to go.

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dec2007,
Congratulations. We went to India last year when my wife was pregnant. The doctor would only us to travel in the 2nd trimester, we stayed in India for 4(20th - 24th) weeks. So your wife should be good to travel in the 2nd trimester. Good luck.

Q, Thanks for the input. I have always seen it as 1 year, when I checked it now it looks like a few caveat has been added to it, any period of stay is questionable. http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/afte...nent-residence

What do you think now?

Indeed that's the text that made my mind to 1 year and that's the one I sighted to people I know.

But I know one family they let their GC lapse because shuttling between countries was too much at old age and in their old age they couldn't live away from India.

I wonder if there is another rule for a GC holder that we are missing that says 180 days in a year one must be in US? I guess I am a bit confused when the rule changed. I do know the rule was different just a few years back.

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Originally Posted by Kanmani

Q, Thanks for the input. I have always seen it as 1 year, when I checked it now it looks like a few caveat has been added to it, any period of stay is questionable. http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/afte...nent-residence

What do you think now?

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6 months rule, if there is any, would contradict the current 1 year rule. That USCIS page says reviewed and updated as of Aug 2013.

I can conclude by saying , any stay beyond 180 days may trigger secondary inspection at CBP to prove ties to the country.

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Originally Posted by Kanmani

6 months rule, if there is any, would contradict the current 1 year rule. That USCIS page says reviewed and updated as of Aug 2013.

I can conclude by saying , any stay beyond 180 days may trigger secondary inspection at CBP to prove ties to the country.

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Thanks Kanmani. That makes sense.

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Originally Posted by qesehmk

Thanks Kanmani. That makes sense.

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Thank you all for the replies and wishes. Hope everything will be ok to travel back on time.