Cuban Citizen/US Green Card holder traveling to Cuba

[TatiyPablo 32]

Hello,

 

My husband came to the US on a K1 from Cuba last fall. We got married and went through the AoS process and he received his US green card in March of this year.

 

He wants to travel to Cuba to visit family, but we feel nervous about him traveling under this current administration and its increasingly nightmarish immigration policy and disrespect for immigrants, even those that maintain permanent residency. Is it safe for Cuban citizens that are US  permanent residents to travel to Cuba and return to the states without hassle under Trump? Have any Cubans or partners of Cubans done so in the past year?

 

thanks! 

[Boiler 43,632]

Taking any unnecesary risk under Trump does seem ill advised, could they not visit him?

[TatiyPablo 32]

Unfortunately not, we would have to apply for visas for them to come here and we don’t know how long that process would take/if they would get approved.

 

We are just looking to do a family visit, and normally this would be fine for a green card holder, but everything seems to be up in the air these days :\

[Liam2021 561]

I never think that will be a problem if he visit his home country Cuba and then come back to the states. He's legal immigration.

[Chris in Florida 2]

On 7/6/2018 at 7:00 PM, TatiyPablo said:

Hello,

 

My husband came to the US on a K1 from Cuba last fall. We got married and went through the AoS process and he received his US green card in March of this year.

 

He wants to travel to Cuba to visit family, but we feel nervous about him traveling under this current administration and its increasingly nightmarish immigration policy and disrespect for immigrants, even those that maintain permanent residency. Is it safe for Cuban citizens that are US  permanent residents to travel to Cuba and return to the states without hassle under Trump? Have any Cubans or partners of Cubans done so in the past year?

 

thanks! 

If he has his green card, he should then be able to travel freely to Cuba or other countries. The only caveat might be if he wanted to stay for an extended period of time (say 6 months or more). Also, I'd recommend making sure all of his documents are in good order and there are no blemishes on the docs themselves. I could foresee some rogue border agent using a torn or damaged green card as an excuse to deny re-entry.

[602 0]

My husband is an Australian Citizen and US Green Card holder. He had to fly to Australia 10 days ago and he came back into the US yesterday. He had absolutely no problems getting through customs at LAX airport. My husband said they asked him for his passport, permanent residency card and how long he was in Australia...He got right through with no problems at all. Hope that helps.