green card expired, applying for travel visa

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Hi all,

My parents were green card holders from 2005 but they left USA for good in 2008, They are still in India but I want them to be here in USA for only three months vacation. what percentage of chances are there for them to get tourist visa this time evn though they totally abandon their green card 6 years ago.

Please help.

[Boiler 45,646]

78.34%

[apple21 953]

First they need to provide strong ties to India, reasons for them to return.

[jan22 3,056]

At the time of their interview, they should take their old, expired green cards with them and fill out the forms to officially abandon the LPR status (even though they have abandoned it). Once they do that, odds are very strong that they will be issued visitor visas, since they would have shown they don't have an immigrant intent, or they would have kept up their green card.

[pemnor 0]

78.34%

Oh god thats good chance of getting visa, i am very glad.Thank u

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First they need to provide strong ties to India, reasons for them to return.

What ties can we show other than house, property and bank balance? please advice. thanks

[RhettVoe 282]

For some reason, I got 84.74%....

[pemnor 0]

At the time of their interview, they should take their old, expired green cards with them and fill out the forms to officially abandon the LPR status (even though they have abandoned it). Once they do that, odds are very strong that they will be issued visitor visas, since they would have shown they don't have an immigrant intent, or they would have kept up their green card.

wouldn't the reason that they abandon the green card, be enough why they dont have intent to stay in USA? I dont what know what else i can do here, I really want them to be here for only 3 months next year.

[JimmyHou 611]

wouldn't the reason that they abandon the green card, be enough why they dont have intent to stay in USA? I dont what know what else i can do here, I really want them to be here for only 3 months next year.

I would guess that as others have said they may need to formally abandon their green cards if they have no intention of trying to move back. But I haven't really looked into this, and you should do some research before you recommend that.

However, they effectively abandoned their green cards when they moved away for good a few years ago. At that time, it looked like they didn't want to immigrate.

But a few years before that, when they applied for and received their green cards, it looked like they did want to immigrate.

So I think that they still need to demonstrate ties to the country they live in; housing, jobs, bank accounts, other family responsibility (other children, grandchildren).

Otherwise, there's a chance that the consulate will just see them as two people with no ties to their home country who have already demonstrate a willingness to move to the US.

That being said, I personally know someone who had a green card for two years and then decided to leave. He formally abandoned his green card (in writing) as soon as he left the US. He has been issued two 5 year visit visas since then without any problems.

Edited August 11, 2014 by JimmyHou

[pemnor 0]

I would guess that as others have said they may need to formally abandon their green cards if they have no intention of trying to move back. But I haven't really looked into this, and you should do some research before you recommend that.

However, they effectively abandoned their green cards when they moved away for good a few years ago. At that time, it looked like they didn't want to immigrate.

But a few years before that, when they applied for and received their green cards, it looked like they did want to immigrate.

So I think that they still need to demonstrate ties to the country they live in; housing, jobs, bank accounts, other family responsibility (other children, grandchildren).

Otherwise, there's a chance that the consulate will just see them as two people with no ties to their home country who have already demonstrate a willingness to move to the US.

That being said, I personally know someone who had a green card for two years and then decided to leave. He formally abandoned his green card (in writing) as soon as he left the US. He has been issued two 5 year visit visas since then without any problems.

Hi Jimmy Hou,

thanks a million for the wonderful informations.

when my parents went to USA few years back with the green card, they actually went to my sister's place in chicago. They didnot like the place ,during that time i was in India but now i am married and immigrated to USA. So i want them to come visit me through my sister's invitation ofcourse as she has citizenship. Both of my parents doesnot want to stay in USA for more than 3 months as they dont speak english and we dont have many relatives or acquaintances here as compare to India.

will it be a good idea if i go to the interview with them as a interpreter? and will I tell them that i am their daughter?Will it complicate it even more so?

Edited August 31, 2014 by Ryan H