How long can I visit my parents after I got the 2year GC?

[Moon1982 0]

Hi,

I have been staying in China for 4months, visiting my parents with my baby. I got my 2-year GC in May 2010.

What is the longest time that I can stay here? Will it be a problem in Removing Conditions on Residency that I stay here for 6 months?

Thank you so much!

[simel1110 4]

absences of more than six months but less than one year shall disrupt the applicant's continuity of residence unless the applicant can establish that he or she did not abandon his or her residence during such period

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=0c353a4107083210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=0c353a4107083210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

Abandoning Permanent Resident Status

You may be found to have abandoned your permanent resident status if you:

Move to another country intending to live there permanently

Remain outside of the United States for more than 1 year without obtaining a reentry permit or returning resident visa. However, in determining whether your status has been abandoned, any length of absence from the United States may be considered, even if less than 1 year

Remain outside of the United States for more than 2 years after issuance of a reentry permit without obtaining a returning resident visa. However, in determining whether your status has been abandoned any length of absence from the United States may be considered, even if less than 1 year

Fail to file income tax returns while living outside of the United States for any period

Declare yourself a “nonimmigrant” on your tax returns

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=3f443a4107083210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=3f443a4107083210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

[milimelo 4,481]

Moving to Working and Traveling forum - not ROC related.

[HeatDeath 430]

GC holders are expected to spend at least 50% of their time in the US. When you return to the US, CBP will ask you how long you have been away. If you have been out less than 6 months, they will basically wave you through, with very few questions asked. If you have been gone more than 6 months but less than a year, the officer will ask questions to confirm that you have maintained your primary residence in the US. If you have been gone more than a year, they will not let you back in unless you have a reentry permit.

If you can arrange to return before the 6 month mark, that would be best. Either way, once you come back, you should spend at least that long in the US before leaving again, to prevent CBP from forming the suspicion that you are really living abroad and merely visiting the US periodically. They can take away your GC if they decide that that is what's happening.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

. . . once you come back, you should spend at least that long in the US before leaving again, to prevent CBP from forming the suspicion that you are really living abroad and merely visiting the US periodically. They can take away your GC if they decide that that is what's happening.

Once you come back, having enjoyed a longer vacation than 99% of all people who have to work for a living could ever dream to have, you should plan on staying in the US for the rest of your residency. The "at least half of the time" is a slippery slope, a very slippery one. One good vacation a year is no problem, but if your absence from the US extends what even a multi-millionaire would consider a vacation, you have a problem if this becomes a more-than-one-time thing.