US Immigration from India

Hi everyone, looking for some insight or experience regarding my parents' situation.

Background: My parents visited the US for 6 months/year for the last 3 years on B1/B2.

GC Timeline: We applied for their Green Cards in June 2025 after deciding they will move here permanently; they were approved in August 2025.

Travel: They went back to India in October 2025 (2 months after getting GC) to wrap up personal business. They returned to the US in December 2025 (stayed 2.5 months).

The Issue: Upon entry in Dec 2025, the CBP officer advised them to get a Reentry Permit because they are "spending too much time outside the US."

Questions:

Why would they be warned for a 2.5-month trip? Is it because of their previous history as visitors, or the fact they left so soon after getting the GC?

They have a 2-week trip to Ireland planned for Sept 2026. They won't travel internationally at all between now and then.

Should they apply for a Reentry Permit just for this 2-week trip? Or was the officer just looking at their overall "footprint" from the last few years?

Has anyone else s parents received this warning for relatively short trips? Thanks in advance!

Hello,

I live in Chicago and have an India passport that will expire April 2026.

I am getting my passport re-issued through Tatkal services.

When I go to https://mportal.passportindia.gov.in website and completed all details and printed their application form.

On that form I see instructions "Paste your unsigned recent color photo 35 X 45 MM". The space on that form is also 35 x 45mm.

I was not able to find anyone (Walgreens or UPS) who takes photos of this 35 x 45mm size in USA.

If I look at Checklist from VFS, it says to paste regular 2inch X 2inch photo on Government application form (this conflicts with instructions from previous website).

SO I am very confused!

Anyone had a similar experience recently trying to re-issue new passport?

Anything you could do to guide me would be much appreciated.

Hi folks,

I applied for my GC renewal in Nov, 2023 (expiring in May 2024), I got a I-797 NoA stating that I have 24 months extension from the date of my GC expiry. Now that 24 months will be over in three months and my case is still processing (27 months later). In 2024 USCIS started giving 36 months extension letter to renewal applicants. Has anybody gotten the 36 month extension letter after getting the 24 month letter?

Thanks for your ideas and suggestions.

Hello All, I am Us Citizen since 2021. My parents live in India and I would like to apply for their Green Card. Can anyone please tell me the steps? Is the Visa called IR-5? How long it is taking currently and the documents needed?

Any guidance would be appreciated!!

Hello!

We submitted our new I-693 for AOS on January 5th, and after that, we didn't see any movement in our case.
I wanted to know how long these RFE reviews and approvals usually take.
Appreciate it if you can provide any inputs!