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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Colombia
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I know this is not a common case and at first I was just as weirded out but Visa journey came to mind so here I am to ask in behalf of my aunt.

 

shes been a resident for quite some time already (her daughter who’s a citizen brought her) but she comes and goes, one year here, 6 months back in our country of origin and so on.

 

The thing is that for whatever reason (she says it’s been hard for her to adjust to the us) she would like to be able to still come visit her daughter and her grandkids without having the pressure of traveling every so often to not lose her permanent green card ...she’s tried to talk to my cousin but she just gets mad and tells her she is ungrateful and that she said a lot of money to get her that green card so she asked me since I’m a permanent resident myself (I live in a different state) if I knew about it but it’s not like I know a lot about USCIS and the different processes ...I told her she should contact a lawyer but figured I could ask here too since this has been such a helpful site on the times I’ve filed 

 

thank you in advance 

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Wales
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2 options come to mind, stay in the US long enought to naturalise, that would guarantee her access no matter how long she was gone, or surrender her GC and apply for a Visitor Visa.

 

Sounds like the first would be the best fit.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Philippines
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12 minutes ago, Philly512 said:

I know this is not a common case and at first I was just as weirded out but Visa journey came to mind so here I am to ask in behalf of my aunt.

 

shes been a resident for quite some time already (her daughter who’s a citizen brought her) but she comes and goes, one year here, 6 months back in our country of origin and so on.

 

The thing is that for whatever reason (she says it’s been hard for her to adjust to the us) she would like to be able to still come visit her daughter and her grandkids without having the pressure of traveling every so often to not lose her permanent green card ...she’s tried to talk to my cousin but she just gets mad and tells her she is ungrateful and that she said a lot of money to get her that green card so she asked me since I’m a permanent resident myself (I live in a different state) if I knew about it but it’s not like I know a lot about USCIS and the different processes ...I told her she should contact a lawyer but figured I could ask here too since this has been such a helpful site on the times I’ve filed 

 

thank you in advance 

She can abandon her green card at anytime...  at which time to come back she will be a tourist

YMMV

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Even if she rescinded her green card and applied for and got a tourist visa there is no guarantee she would be let in, especially if she had been spending a lot of time here. 

 

Does your cousin use your aunt to look after the kids so she can work? If so your aunt can’t do this on a tourist visa. 

 

I would reccomend your aunt work towards citizenship, once she has it then she can come and go as she likes. 

 

K-1 Met:2002 Dating :2003 I-129F Sent : 2013-06-01 I-129F NOA2 : 2013-08-20 Medical: 2013-12-20 Interview Date : 2014-01-22 POE: 2014-02-19 Wedding: 2014-03-18

AOS/EAD Date Filed : 2014-04-04 BioAppt: 2014-05-13 EAD in Production: 2014-07-08 Interview date: 2014-07-14 Green Card received: 2014-07-19

ROC Date Filed: 2016-04-26 Cheque Cashed: 2016-05-10 NOA1: 2016-04-28 Biometrics: 2016-06-30 Approved: 11-08-2016 Green Card Received: 11-18-2016

 

Citizenship Date Filed: 2017-04-18 Cheque Cashed: 2017-04-24- NOA1:2017-04-21  Biometrics: 2017-05-19 Inline: 2017-07-12 Interview Date: 2018-02-13 Oath: 2018-03-15

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: China
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Moved from What Visa Do I Need - Family Based Immigration forum to General Immigration-Related Discussion.

Our journey:

Spoiler

September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

 

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Citizens from certain countries have a hard time getting a B2. The reason for this is simple: the consular officer isn't sure that the person won't want to overstay. A way around this is to apply for a Green Card, then surrender said card via I-407 to the consulate, and, AT THE SAME TIME, apply for a B2.

Clearly, a person who has the right to permanently live in the United States is no danger of overstaying. If such a person tells the consular officer that she prefers living in Colombia, but would like to visit her family for a few months per year, there's no reason not to issue her the B2.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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