What Visa do I need

[Queenie1216 0]

Hi....this is my status....

Married to a US Citizen. June 2016

1. Last  Dec. 2016 we planned to go to US to see family of my husband for 2 weeks only while our daughter will be off from school. We are torn to get a spousal ( immigrant visa )or a tourist visa (non-immigrant), Of course we choose what was our real intention...to just visit..We applied and got denied since im an American Citizen spouse i could not establish that i will return to Philippines even if i told them so. They told me to get a spousal Visa and thats the only approprate visa for me.

2. 2017 Applied for a CR1 conditional permanent visa and got approved. My daughters petition is on the process. Stayed for 1 month  and had to get back to Philippines for her Visa interview in the Embassy . Now the 3 of us went back to the US .  After another month being here husband got retired. He's getting a month retirement what he used to earn in a week. He got depressed and it was tough for us. We end up planning of moving to the Philippines for good.

3. Now my question as an LPR holder what will  I do so we could get back in the US when we had to see family again, transact business in our US banks or our SSN.? I know eventually i will loose my LPR status. Please help. 

4. Should I voluntarily surrender my LPR card to let them know that I am in good faith. In case i will be getting another visa in the future? Or just eventually let it expired and will have a bad record of fraud for coming to US on immigrant visa and not keeping my residency. Just trying to have all these circumstances laid out and straight.

5. And after an option of getting a Tourist or Visitors Visa with multiple Entry ? With my husband carrying a Permanent resident visa card in the Philippines (I applied I-card for him after we got married in the Philippines.) With Utility bills in both our names in the Philippines. Would that be enough for us to let US embassy to consider that we have no intention on staying in the US and will be back in the Philippines.

[falmaind 13]

Hi I don't have exact answer but can relate experience of a family friend. They had their LPR status GC. they were travelling a lot back and forth between home country and US and I knew they weren't sure if they wanted to maintain their LPR. At certain point an immigration officer warned them that if they leave US again (within next x number of months) they'd lose their GC. They did leave between that time period and on return, Their  GC was  taken and they were issued 10 year multiple entry visitor visa.

Edited January 26, 2018 by falmaind

[MiraW 58]

My friend gave up her green card (2 year) and moved back to her home country with her husband (USC), she was also issued a 10 year B1/B2 visa.

 

if you voluntarily give up your green card I think it’s standard for them to issue you a tourist visa. 

[Queenie1216 0]

1 minute ago, falmaind said:

Hi I don't have exact answer but can relate experience of a family friend. They had their LPR status GC. they were travelling a lot back and forth between home country and US and I knew they weren't sure if they wanted to maintain their LPR. At certain point an immigration officer warned them that if they leave (within x number of months) they'd lose their GC. They did leave between that time period and on return they cancelled their GC and issued them 10 year multiple entry visitor visa.

I know they got more strict on this  travelling often and they calculate the no. of days in the US and the last thing i want is to be holded by CBP for entering under a  suspicious visa entry. I hope you could ask details to your friend. How they had the tourist visa acquired to the airport? or applied at the US embassy. Thank you. It gives me a little hope on our case. Bless you.

[Queenie1216 0]

Your reply is such a big help. Thank you so much.

[Boiler 45,693]

When you move back you file the I 407 to surrender your GC.