USC bringing Mom into US after her GC expired

[nakhan1 0]

Hello,

I would greatly appreciate your guidance here.

I am a US citizen and am trying to get my mom into US. Mom and Dad were here on GC in 1999. They left in 2000. Dad passed away. Mom stayed in Pakistan due to medical being too expensive here. Her GC expired in 2010. I would like to bring her here as I believe I can afford her medical insurance now.

The options I see here are:

1) Request USCIS to re-instate her old GC. Will they entertain this request?

2) Apply again for her GC. How long before she is eligible to come here?

Thank you in advance for your insight.

nakhan1

[aaron2020 11,652]

Hi,

1. No.

2. About 1 year.

[aleful 1,905]

hi

ditto,

you must petition for her again, and on the forms that request A# ( the number on her GC ) and her social security number, you need to put the same numbers she had, those numbers are given once in a lifetime, so she will be given the same numbers

[nakhan1 0]

Thank you Aaron2020 and Aleful for your guidance.

Are there any other alternatives to getting her here sooner than 1 year.

For example, would it be a better option to bring her here on a visitor's visa and then apply for her I-130?

[aaron2020 11,652]

No alternative. This is the way it must be done.

Using a visitor visa to enter the US with the intent to immigrate is visa fraud.

Edited January 27, 2016 by aaron2020

[BeeZee 0]

Hey guys if any of you have some info about SB-1 over-stayed visa will be very helpful.. So my Mother in law only came to U.S once then she got her G.C and left for pakistan after two or three years she wanted to come back. So they go through the whole paper work, case was accepted and step by step things were getting done. They requested the medical and DS-260 and other immigration process. today she had interview in Islamabad embassy. He asked her why she didn't go back in 2014 as she was hospitalized for 25 days Bcoz of major heart issues in May 2014 it took a while for her to recover and then my husband and I got married in August so the rest of her kids came to visit her as well and attended the wedding. Also he put her case in administrative processing and kept her passport. Gave her letter that says they're denying her visa but collect ur passport in Karachi visa consulate & the girl at the counter in embassy checked the status as they were exiting said the case is in investigation process and they'll contact back. Please let me know any help will be really appreciated.. Thank you

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

BeeSee your mother was sick while she stayed out and wanted to come back when she recovered. This woman that the post is for has not been constantly sick for over a decade . It makes a difference in being able to get the SB-1 . RE applying is the correct route in this case

[Boiler 47,512]

Has she been filing her taxes? Did she surrender her GC?

[BeeZee 0]

@boiler. I'm not sure about taxes.. But she didn't surrendered her GC. It's valid till 2023

[iamwhatiam80 92]

Hello,

I would greatly appreciate your guidance here.

I am a US citizen and am trying to get my mom into US. Mom and Dad were here on GC in 1999. They left in 2000. Dad passed away. Mom stayed in Pakistan due to medical being too expensive here. Her GC expired in 2010. I would like to bring her here as I believe I can afford her medical insurance now.

The options I see here are:

1) Request USCIS to re-instate her old GC. Will they entertain this request?

2) Apply again for her GC. How long before she is eligible to come here?

Thank you in advance for your insight.

nakhan1

Try the SB-1 visa also called the returning resident visa. If i were you, i would personally go with her to the consulate and explain the whole situation. Giving it a shot will not hurt.

[Darnell 8,479]

Hello,

I would greatly appreciate your guidance here.

I am a US citizen and am trying to get my mom into US. Mom and Dad were here on GC in 1999. They left in 2000. Dad passed away. Mom stayed in Pakistan due to medical being too expensive here. Her GC expired in 2010. I would like to bring her here as I believe I can afford her medical insurance now.

The options I see here are:

1) Request USCIS to re-instate her old GC. Will they entertain this request?

2) Apply again for her GC. How long before she is eligible to come here?

Thank you in advance for your insight.

nakhan1

I suggest option 2. Figure 11 to 18 months before the immigrant visa foil is attached to the passport and the visa packet arrives in her hands from the IV Unit in Islamabad. Once she has it in her hands, she has up to 6 months for the first transit into the USA.

[Boiler 47,512]

Try the SB-1 visa also called the returning resident visa. If i were you, i would personally go with her to the consulate and explain the whole situation. Giving it a shot will not hurt.

She has been gone for 16 years, what is there to explain?

[jan22 3,174]

To qualify for the SB-1, you have to document that the GC holder could not return to the US for reasons that were beyond their control (an example: in a car accident and in the hospital and rehabilitation for a year). It would be hard to show there were reasons for 16 years that were beyond her control. Best route is to file a new petition.

Edited January 28, 2016 by jan22