Child (21+) of US citizens

[appleblossom 5,237]

12 minutes ago, crazyGRchico said:

I applied for re-entry but they said my ties were not strong enough and had to start all over again. 😒

 

Oh. Then it sounds like that's your answer and you need to start from scratch. And you didn't apply for the re-entry permit before you left the US? Covid wouldn't have been a valid reason for not returning, green card holders could still enter the US then, and you should have been filing taxes.

 

As @OldUser has asked above, how did you enter the US last year?

Edited October 25 by appleblossom

[Boiler 48,152]

A B or the VWP, a B normally needs a I 407

[Crazy Cat 45,672]

14 hours ago, crazyGRchico said:

I applied for re-entry but they said my ties were not strong enough and had to start all over again

Then, it's over.  Start from scratch.   If you had the expired 10 year Green Card, you could have boarded a plane and traveled to the border to make your case.  It is a long shot, but you could file an I-90 in an attempt to renew and replace your Green Card......a long shot.

Edited Sunday at 12:16 PM by Crazy Cat

[crazyGRchico 0]

19 hours ago, appleblossom said:

 

Oh. Then it sounds like that's your answer and you need to start from scratch. And you didn't apply for the re-entry permit before you left the US? Covid wouldn't have been a valid reason for not returning, green card holders could still enter the US then, and you should have been filing taxes.

 

As @OldUser has asked above, how did you enter the US last year?

I was here as a tourist under ESTA for a few days

[crazyGRchico 0]

5 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

Then, it's over.  Start from scratch.   If you had the expired 10 year Green Card, you could have boarded a plane and traveled to the border to make your case.  It is a long shot, but you could file an I-90 in an attempt to renew and replace your Green Card......a long shot.

Do you know anyone that has attempted this before?

[Crazy Cat 45,672]

8 minutes ago, crazyGRchico said:

Do you know anyone that has attempted this before?

It has been reported.....but I think under the last administration.  You risk only the fee, and you could face questioning at the border if USCIS issues a new Green card.  It would be easier if you still had the expired card.

13 minutes ago, crazyGRchico said:

I was here as a tourist under ESTA for a few days

You qualified for ESTA?????

[appleblossom 5,237]

1 hour ago, crazyGRchico said:

I was here as a tourist under ESTA for a few days

 

That was unfortunately not a good decision. You've basically admitted that you don't consider yourself a permanent resident of the US anymore and are just a tourist. 

[OldUser 10,824]

28 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

That was unfortunately not a good decision. You've basically admitted that you don't consider yourself a permanent resident of the US anymore and are just a tourist. 

Right, another reason to start from scratch.

 

OP, make sure both parents petition you. Considering long wait, this helps if one of the parents passes away meanwhile. Hopefully both parents are alive and healthy by the time you will be processed, but you never know 

Edited Sunday at 07:34 PM by OldUser

[appleblossom 5,237]

18 minutes ago, OldUser said:

Right, another reason to start from scratch.

 

OP, make sure both parents petition you. Considering long wait, this helps if one of the parents passes away meanwhile. Hopefully both parents are alive and healthy by the time you will be processed, but you never know 

 

Good suggestion. OP could also try for a SB-1, I think the chances are slim to none, but you never know. The problem is that applying for anything else (1-90, SB-1) is just likely to delay the inevitable of having to file the I-130. With a decade plus wait ahead of him/her, s/he may not want to waste time on things that aren't likely to be successful. 

Edited Sunday at 07:51 PM by appleblossom

[OldUser 10,824]

17 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

Good suggestion. OP could also try for a SB-1, I think the chances are slim to none, but you never know. 

OP was denied reentry permit, I don't see how SB-1 would be approved. OP has close to no ties to the US to the point they were given ESTA. I hope correct info was put in ESTA application, I'm sure it asks whether anybody ever sponsored them for visa etc.

Edited Sunday at 08:08 PM by OldUser

[appleblossom 5,237]

1 minute ago, OldUser said:

OP was denies reentry permit, I don't see how SB-1 would be approved. 

 

I don't see how it would either, I think all it will do is waste time and money personally. But it's an option to try if the OP wanted to.

[Crazy Cat 45,672]

11 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

I don't see how it would either, I think all it will do is waste time and money personally. But it's an option to try if the OP wanted to.

I think it would be a waste of time and the fee.

[crazyGRchico 0]

6 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

It has been reported.....but I think under the last administration.  You risk only the fee, and you could face questioning at the border if USCIS issues a new Green card.  It would be easier if you still had the expired card.

You qualified for ESTA?????

Yes I did. My parents told me to do it this way as I had lost my green card