If customer officer denies entry at airport ...what happens to money spent on ticket?

[minglevi 0]

Lets say an LPR (green card holder) comes back to USA between 6 months and a year and she can't give enough explanation or proof that she has not abandoned the residency and cbp official denies entry at airport ...what happens to money spent on return ticket?

also will same airlines (from which we already will have return ticket)will carry that passenger back on same day....... without any penalty?

because we would buy a return ticket after about 3 months of arrival in USA.

[dwheels76 5,468]

Lets say an LPR (green card holder) comes back to USA between 6 months and a year and she can't give enough explanation or proof that she has not abandoned the residency and cbp official denies entry at airport ...what happens to money spent on return ticket?

also will same airlines (from which we already will have return ticket)will carry that passenger back on same day....... without any penalty?

because we would buy a return ticket after about 3 months of arrival in USA.

If you land and denied passage you will be taken by the CBP and put on a flight at some time to go back. There is no refund they flew you in. You will basiacally be under airport security arrest until time to board. I have none of people held for days, heck weeks.

[minglevi 0]

If you land and denied passage you will be taken by the CBP and put on a flight at some time to go back. There is no refund they flew you in. You will basiacally be under airport security arrest until time to board. I have none of people held for days, heck weeks.

"I have none of people held for days, heck weeks"

Did you mean you heard some of the people held for days, heck weeks"

Also, so there is no refund for either arrival or return flight? but what if airlines we flew in does not have vacancy? can CBP put you in other airlines flight to go back?

and I guess there is no time limit before they can put you in return flight correct?

[Boiler 45,657]

They will put you on the next fight that does have availability.

Your basic premise is wrong btw.

[Cathi 5,770]

there is no refund

[dwheels76 5,468]

"I have none of people held for days, heck weeks"

Did you mean you heard some of the people held for days, heck weeks"

Also, so there is no refund for either arrival or return flight? but what if airlines we flew in does not have vacancy? can CBP put you in other airlines flight to go back?

and I guess there is no time limit before they can put you in return flight correct?

Yes known sorry.

Oh CBP has no problem getting you on a flight back home. That's not an issue. You don't pay you are being sent home on the US dime. CBP puts you on any flight going back yes it can be with another airlines. No time limit true.

[Boiler 45,657]

Most people retuned are done so using the return element of their ticket, Airlines are under an obligation to take them back, part of the deal being allowed access.

[christeen 966]

No refunds... Next flight back that there is available seats.

[hmh33 117]

Expanding on "Your basic premise is wrong":

A green card holder will NOT be sent back on the next flight by CBP merely for suspicion of abandonment. They will either be:

* Admitted (most likely, with an absence of 6 to 12 months and no pattern of long absences beforehand)

* Paroled in with an appointment for deferred inspection or an immigration court hearing

* Persuaded to file an abandonment of permanent residency form (I-407) and paroled in or admitted under the visa waiver program

[blest.but.strest 50]

Lets say an LPR (green card holder) comes back to USA between 6 months and a year and she can't give enough explanation or proof that she has not abandoned the residency and cbp official denies entry at airport ...what happens to money spent on return ticket?

also will same airlines (from which we already will have return ticket)will carry that passenger back on same day....... without any penalty?

because we would buy a return ticket after about 3 months of arrival in USA.

The LPR will be admitted to the USA if they come back WITHIN a year. A green card holder can leave the U.S. multiple times and reenter, as long as they do not INTEND to stay outside the U.S. for 1 year +. Anything shorter than 1 year is fine. If the LPR wants to spend a year or more outside of the country they need to apply for a re-entry permit Travel Document (I-131). Edited March 30, 2014 by blest.but.strest

[christeen 966]

But the question and topic I'd not ask about whether they would be turned away.. But what happens to $ spent on ticket if turned away... Which is they would not get any refunds...

[Ketsuban 1,034]

The LPR will be admitted to the USA if they come back WITHIN a year. A green card holder can leave the U.S. multiple times and reenter, as long as they do not INTEND to stay outside the U.S. for 1 year +. Anything shorter than 1 year is fine. If the LPR wants to spend a year or more outside of the country they need to apply for a re-entry permit Travel Document (I-131).

That's theoretically true, but in practice, CBP has discretion to deem someone to have abandoned their status even if it was less than a year. I have seen it happen before.

I have also seen people being made to purchase a return ticket home upon being denied entry, even though they already had a return ticket. I'm not sure what urged CBP to do that to some people, even if they really purchased one-way, because if they got no money, how will CBP get rid of them?

[aussie_jason 195]

If you are a permanent resident of the US why would you buy a return ticket from another country? That is just asking for extra scrutiny at CBP.

[minglevi 0]

If you are a permanent resident of the US why would you buy a return ticket from another country? That is just asking for extra scrutiny at CBP.

Good point.....lets say we dont have return ticket and they deny entry at airport than who pays for the return fare?

People say ...they will put you in next flight available but usually ticket prices are very high if we buy in such a short time...

DO cbp ask us to pay what ever the fare airlines ask for while we are in their custody?

[aussie_jason 195]

From my understanding it is your responsibility to pay for the ticket but the arriving carrier is liable to return you even without payment, however they could pursue legal action to recover any funds.

Moral of the story: Don't abuse your green card