My Sister's GC

[moemac59 192]

Here is the situation and asking because I need some info.

My family moved to the US back in 1966. We moved back to Canada in 1976 without my older sister. Long story short, my sister stayed in the US all that time and she did not renew her GC. I know at one point back in the late 80's she had an American passport. How she got this without proof of citizenship is beyond me.

I know for a fact that she has not become a US citizen. I don't speak to this sister but am actually curious what would happen to her if she tried to apply for citizenship. Would she be deported?

The only reason that I am inquiring is that I have a very sick mother who has a terminal illness. There is going to come a time when my sister will have to leave the US to go back to Canada to see my mother before she passes. I am thinking that if she does go to Canada that she will be denied access coming back into the US.

Any insight into this will be helpful.

[RodDetroit 118]

Here is the situation and asking because I need some info.

My family moved to the US back in 1966. We moved back to Canada in 1976 without my older sister. Long story short, my sister stayed in the US all that time and she did not renew her GC. I know at one point back in the late 80's she had an American passport. How she got this without proof of citizenship is beyond me.

I know for a fact that she has not become a US citizen. I don't speak to this sister but am actually curious what would happen to her if she tried to apply for citizenship. Would she be deported?

The only reason that I am inquiring is that I have a very sick mother who has a terminal illness. There is going to come a time when my sister will have to leave the US to go back to Canada to see my mother before she passes. I am thinking that if she does go to Canada that she will be denied access coming back into the US.

Any insight into this will be helpful.

how do you know for fact she hasnt become a US citizen?. I can only think of 2 things, she lied to you or she had a fake passport ( using somebody else passport)

[IcezMan_IcezLady 582]

Hopefully, she is a citizen but if not, it is a misrepresentation. It carries a lifetime ban

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

This long ago, I think greencards didn't have an expiry date, afaik the ten year expiration only started in 1979, so she may simply be a greencard holder still.

IF she is indeed NOT a US citizen and at one stage had a US passport, she missrepresented herself and that carries a lifetime ban, if the USCIS knows.

[moemac59 192]

This long ago, I think greencards didn't have an expiry date, afaik the ten year expiration only started in 1979, so she may simply be a greencard holder still.

IF she is indeed NOT a US citizen and at one stage had a US passport, she missrepresented herself and that carries a lifetime ban, if the USCIS knows.

Thanks Penguin, I think that this may be the case on for both.. She never changed/updated/renewed the greencard that INS (at that time) issued. I figured as much about the passport thing. She was always super paranoid about contacting an immigration attorney to get her paperwork going as she didn't want the attorney to report her to USCIS so this definitely makes sense.

[Mollie09 1,543]

Just to clarify, green cards expire but if you're an LPR (not conditional) your status doesn't.

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

Just to clarify, green cards expire but if you're an LPR (not conditional) your status doesn't.

Nowadays, greencards expire. They didn't used to, there used to be no expiry date.

[Mollie09 1,543]

Nowadays, greencards expire. They didn't used to, there used to be no expiry date.

I know, what I'm saying is that even when current green cards expire, the holders are still LPRs even if they don't renew their cards. OP said her sister never renewed. Old or new card, she would still be an LPR unless her status was revoked.

[RodDetroit 118]

I read an ariticle last year that states there are over 100,00 canadians living illegally in the US , makes me wander why a canadian would come to the US to live illegally . I think Canada is better in some aspects than the US .

[Cheezees 1,514]

I read an ariticle last year that states there are over 100,00 canadians living illegally in the US , makes me wander why a canadian would come to the US to live illegally . I think Canada is better in some aspects than the US .

But with that reasoning I can say that I wonder why a "Third World national" would not come to the US to live illegally because the Third World is worse in some aspects. Some countries are only a land of milk and honey if you already have a cup with which to catch them.

[EM_Vandaveer 2,370]

Thanks Penguin, I think that this may be the case on for both.. She never changed/updated/renewed the greencard that INS (at that time) issued. I figured as much about the passport thing. She was always super paranoid about contacting an immigration attorney to get her paperwork going as she didn't want the attorney to report her to USCIS so this definitely makes sense.

Has she ever heard of attorney-client privilege?

[Boiler 43,726]

If she leaves the US then she needs something to get back in.

[moemac59 192]

Has she ever heard of attorney-client privilege?

She's not the brightest crayon in the box and when we last spoke, I tried to tell her this but she was still extremely distrustful

[moemac59 192]

I read an ariticle last year that states there are over 100,00 canadians living illegally in the US , makes me wander why a canadian would come to the US to live illegally . I think Canada is better in some aspects than the US .

We were very little when we first moved from Canada to the US back in 1966. She ended up getting pregnant and running away from home in 1974. My parents didn't see or hear from her for 7 years and when they reconnected with her, we had moved back to Canada, while she had stayed in the US and married the father of her child.

She divorced him and remarried and had 2 other children with that father. She's a bit of a hot mess hence no renewal of GC.

[EM_Vandaveer 2,370]

I think if she has this old GC she can re-enter with it. She should never apply for naturalization, though. The false claim to US citizenship could come out.