How can I activate my green card again? Urgent!

[Okalian 41]

For the sake of clarity I am referring to status.

And that status is lost

[mimhnhut 0]

He has a Green Card, he can seek entry.

The officers at the POE do not have the authority to take it away.

The worst they can do is detain him pending an appearance in front of an IJ.

They may well suggest that he relinquishes it and flies home rather than detention. They may offer him a B entry, I have seen people eligible for VWP to be allowed to enter on that basis.

He relinquishes it (he may effective have done that) or an IJ takes it.

According to Welcome to the United States A Guide for New Immigrants

of USCIS.

My link

Maintaining Your Permanent

Resident Status

There are some things you must

do to maintain your permanent

resident status.These are also

important to remember if you

plan to apply for U.S. citizenship in

the future.

• Don’t leave the United States for

an extended period of time or

move to another country to live

there permanently.

• File federal, state, and, if applicable,local income tax returns.

• Register with the Selective

Service, if you are a male

between the ages of 18 and 26.

• Give your new address to DHS.

Keep Your Immigration Status

Permanent residents who leave the United States for

extended periods, or who cannot show their intent to

live permanently in the U.S., may lose their permanent

resident status. Many immigrants believe they can live

abroad as long as they return to the U.S. at least once a

year. This is incorrect. If you think you will be out of

the U.S. for more than 12 months, you should apply for a

re-entry permit before leaving the country.You should

file Form I-131, Application for a Travel Document.You

can get this form at http://www.uscis.gov or by calling

the USCIS Forms Line at 1-800-870-3676.You must pay

a fee to file Form I-131.

A re-entry permit is valid for up to two years.You may

show the re-entry permit, instead of a visa or your

Permanent Resident Card, at a port of entry. Having a

re-entry permit does not guarantee that you will be

admitted to the United States when you return, but it

can make it easier to show that you are returning from

a temporary visit abroad. Visit http://www.state.gov or

your nearest Department of State Consular Office overseas

for more information.

Edited October 19, 2010 by mimhnhut

[Boiler 45,559]

may

It is a very complicated area of law, you can lose it in a day you could keep it for 10 years.

I know enough to know this is way out of my area, and anybody else on here.

Staying outside so long has caused major problems, quite possibly terminal. Very dangerous to be definitive.

[SimranS 9]

Boiler is right on this one.

The CBP officers can take your plastic green card away but your status as PR can only be taken away by an immigration judge, if you refuse to sign abandonment papers.

Given the extreme nature of this case (7 year absence) it's almost guaranteed that the IJ would take his status away though. Proving his case would be extremely difficult.