Returning Home

[van80 1]

My husband and I will be divorced and I have decided to just return back home to Canada when my greencard expires. How many days do I have left here in the U.S with my expired card before I get barred or something? And will there be any sort of effect in my travels in the future to the U.S? And should I notify immigrations that everything should just be cancelled as I will be returning home? k

Please advise! Thanks!

[morocco4ever 63]

My husband and I will be divorced and I have decided to just return back home to Canada when my greencard expires. How many days do I have left here in the U.S with my expired card before I get barred or something? And will there be any sort of effect in my travels in the future to the U.S? And should I notify immigrations that everything should just be cancelled as I will be returning home? k

Please advise! Thanks!

I have no words of advice. I just wanted to say how sorry I am for your situation.

[raymaga 25]

I wish you happiness and success back in Canada!!!

[Bobby+Umit 161]

My husband and I will be divorced and I have decided to just return back home to Canada when my greencard expires. How many days do I have left here in the U.S with my expired card before I get barred or something? And will there be any sort of effect in my travels in the future to the U.S? And should I notify immigrations that everything should just be cancelled as I will be returning home? k

Please advise! Thanks!

You should leave prior to your green card expiring, to avoid any issues in the future. As long as you stayed in status of your visa/green card, you should have no issues.

I would notify immigration about your status - even just for peace of mind.

Sorry to hear about your divorce though, take care!

[camifree 2]

So sorry for your situation... I'm going through a very similar thing... I already returned to my country, actually. What I'm thinking is going back to the US before being banned (I think it's 8 months) and once I'm there, to file for a re-entry permission, which allows to stay out of the country for longer.

Otherwise, and I'm seriously considering it, I would just redeem my GC. I just would like to be able to get a tourist visa instead so I can go to visit my friends and stuff... but I'm not interested in living there anymore.

Good luck!

[pushbrk 13,044]

My husband and I will be divorced and I have decided to just return back home to Canada when my greencard expires. How many days do I have left here in the U.S with my expired card before I get barred or something? And will there be any sort of effect in my travels in the future to the U.S? And should I notify immigrations that everything should just be cancelled as I will be returning home? k

Please advise! Thanks!

It seems there is an official procedure for surrendering the green card by using an I-407 form but it is not longer available at the USCIS website and all references I find for it are more than two years old. I wouldn't risk it but a 180 day overstay is when you face a ban. Any overstay can cause you future problems at the border.

[Bobby+Umit 161]

My husband and I will be divorced and I have decided to just return back home to Canada when my greencard expires. How many days do I have left here in the U.S with my expired card before I get barred or something? And will there be any sort of effect in my travels in the future to the U.S? And should I notify immigrations that everything should just be cancelled as I will be returning home? k

Please advise! Thanks!

It seems there is an official procedure for surrendering the green card by using an I-407 form but it is not longer available at the USCIS website and all references I find for it are more than two years old. I wouldn't risk it but a 180 day overstay is when you face a ban. Any overstay can cause you future problems at the border.

I think she could just go to her local consulate and surrender it there and probably ask for a visitors visa at the same time

- that is weird USCIS doesn't have anything on this..

[diadromous mermaid 36]

Form I-407 is not accepted by mail. Probably need to go to the consulate to do it in person, and therefore, it is a DoS issues, and not USCIS.

My husband and I will be divorced and I have decided to just return back home to Canada when my greencard expires. How many days do I have left here in the U.S with my expired card before I get barred or something? And will there be any sort of effect in my travels in the future to the U.S? And should I notify immigrations that everything should just be cancelled as I will be returning home? k

Please advise! Thanks!

It seems there is an official procedure for surrendering the green card by using an I-407 form but it is not longer available at the USCIS website and all references I find for it are more than two years old. I wouldn't risk it but a 180 day overstay is when you face a ban. Any overstay can cause you future problems at the border.

[pushbrk 13,044]

Makes sense. They probably want to make sure you understand what you're doing.

Form I-407 is not accepted by mail. Probably need to go to the consulate to do it in person, and therefore, it is a DoS issues, and not USCIS.

My husband and I will be divorced and I have decided to just return back home to Canada when my greencard expires. How many days do I have left here in the U.S with my expired card before I get barred or something? And will there be any sort of effect in my travels in the future to the U.S? And should I notify immigrations that everything should just be cancelled as I will be returning home? k

Please advise! Thanks!

It seems there is an official procedure for surrendering the green card by using an I-407 form but it is not longer available at the USCIS website and all references I find for it are more than two years old. I wouldn't risk it but a 180 day overstay is when you face a ban. Any overstay can cause you future problems at the border.