Staying outside US more than a yearas GC

[saqfin 0]

Hello,

 

First of all i am sorry if i am posting in wrong thread. My question is one of my friend (Green Card holder) married with UK citizen and now she is living with her husband there. She is outside US since 14 months. She didn't take any permission or apply any form for overstaying outside of US. 

 

Now if she wanted to come back US what will be the process? Or how can she find out that her GC is still valid before making plans to travel to US?

 

Any help will be really appreciated.

 

thanks

Zaki

[NikLR 13,227]

She can try to enter.  However she should have applied for either citizenship or a reentry permit before deciding to stay away from the USA for so long.  

[geowrian 22,337]

She should have been notified if her LPR status was revoked. No idea if she would have received that, though...I don't know if her current mailing address on file is somewhere she is still receiving mail. However, I believe they are more likely to deny entry at POE on the basis that she abandoned her permanent residency (which it sounds like she technically did).

 

Agreed - she should have requested a re-entry permit if she intended to return.

[saqfin 0]

Thanks for the reply. She didn't receive any mail as her mother still lives in US and she has the same address. I agree she should have requested re-entry permit.

 

Is their anyway if she can find out if GC is still valid before making plans to travel back to US? Or simply just buy a ticket and see if she can be allowed at POE?

 

Zaki

[geowrian 22,337]

15 minutes ago, zaki said:

Thanks for the reply. She didn't receive any mail as her mother still lives in US and she has the same address. I agree she should have requested re-entry permit.

 

Is their anyway if she can find out if GC is still valid before making plans to travel back to US? Or simply just buy a ticket and see if she can be allowed at POE?

 

Zaki

Nothing I can think of off-hand. The closest is checking her work eligibility via self-check:

https://myeverify.uscis.gov/

 

That said, I don't know if that would confirm her status is still valid (i.e. a positive test). It would only confirm a negative test (i.e.if it comes back invalid, then I would assume her status is no longer valid).

Edited January 18, 2017 by geowrian

[KierenHby 899]

Sounds like she abandoned the US as her home by living in the UK. She has stronger ties to the UK. 

What's the purpose and intended duration of her US trip?