GC holder staying oversea for more than a year

[saby 0]

Hi all. My husband who is us citizen filed for his parents and now they have their GC and they are filing for their minor children. They came to the usa only 1 to 2 month a year , and now they want to came here only once every 2 years because the airline ticket is 2000$ . That's my husband who is always paying for the ticket , he is also supporting his family over sea and us ( our children and me) ,it's too much for his . I known that there is a form to file so they can stay over sea for more than a year but I don't know what is it. Would you mind please giving me some informations about what to do. think you .

[Otto 83]

Hi all. My husband who is us citizen filed for his parents and now they have their GC and they are filing for their minor children. They came to the usa only 1 to 2 month a year , and now they want to came here only once every 2 years because the airline ticket is 2000$ . That's my husband who is always paying for the ticket , he is also supporting his family over sea and us ( our children and me) ,it's too much for his . I known that there is a form to file so they can stay over sea for more than a year but I don't know what is it. Would you mind please giving me some informations about what to do. think you .

In order to maintain a permanent residency, one needs to actually be a resident - once every two years doesn't qualify (nor does 2 months per year).

[Mononoke28 134]

The only form they can file is the I-131 and it has to be approved before they leave the US. Now, this cannot be done over and over again since Permanent Residents have to live in the US, no matter what. So it's not like they can go to their country, stay there for two months and then come back every two years so they can leave again. It is not acceptable and I doubt that the US goverment will tolerate it. So they have to be careful.

Diana

[Boiler 43,437]

They need to review their options with an Immigration Lawyer experianced in Abandonmnet.

But perhaps first they need to decide in which country they want to live.