LPR POE :: Advice Please

[mikem1034 0]

Hi,

I took two long trips out of the US - two 7 month trips (on the second trip I came back to the US for a month) - and then returned home to the US for 8 months. I left the US for the holidays from late November and will go back home to the US mid February.

To be safe, I have documentation of my ties to the US such as:

- Credit cards

- US address

- 2 bank accounts

- (Resident) tax returns

- Drivers licence

I ask because last time I had a rough time with secondary inspection. I think my greencard was flagged. This time I will have been out for 99 days, just over 3 months but want to have all those documents with me just in case.

Do you think this is enough to satisfy the CBP officer or do you think I will run into problems at the POE (Pre-clearance) and have to go to secondary inspection or worse?

Thanks in advance!

Edited January 14, 2013 by mikem1034

[Kazulie 132]

you're probably going to have issues.

You need to LIVE in the US. Not just visit it.

Good luck.

[jkelly07 120]

if you plan to be absent from the united states longer then one year it is advisable to first apply for a reentry permit form 1-131 to travel.advance parole,or show some evidence as to why you stayed outof the u.s so long due to circumstances beyond their control, i think there is a form ds-117 that you file at the embassy there but it takes time to process,

[mikem1034 0]

Thanks for the replies. I was thinking that because this trip has been around 100 days that I would probably be okay with the evidence above. I think secondary questioning is inevitable but I'm just hoping that it won't go further than that.

If I do have problems and they think I have given up LPR status, given that I go through pre-clearance, do they try to make me sign form I-407 or let me go through and tell me to go to a hearing?

ALso, if my greencard was "flagged" on the last trip, does that stay there forever?

[jkelly07 120]

hi. sorry i don't know the answer to that question, if you want to get a expert on this post ask for RYAN H he knows every thing.

[TBoneTX 45,969]

if my greencard was "flagged" on the last trip, does that stay there forever?

For as long as you have your green card, it does. If you surmount your absences and eventually gain citizenship, you start afresh.

[mikem1034 0]

For as long as you have your green card, it does. If you surmount your absences and eventually gain citizenship, you start afresh.

Thanks TBoneTX, thats good to know. Then given the fact that my card appears to be "flagged", despite being out a lot less than 180 days, will I be automatically sent to secondary questioning?

Edited January 16, 2013 by mikem1034