Parents GC renewal after being out of US for 10 years

[s11 14]

22 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

So there are no tourist visa appointments in Russia right now anyway but before covid the wait time at Moscow for a tourist visa slot was 300 days. I don’t think it was quite as long at the other consulates. That’s a long time to wait to see what the outcome is - before you even get to a 6 month trial period if approved, and then another year or so after that for a i130 -> visa process. 
how old are these parents? Still working?

Don’t know the exact age but they are eligible for Medicare. I think his father is about to retire in a year or two, so they have started to explore the options. 
 

[s11 14]

27 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Permanent Residents of the US are taxed on their world wide income, have them been filing and paying taxes?

 

Sounds like they need to formally abandon their PR status and seek a B. not sure what impact the tax situation will have, something to discuss with their CPA.

I can’t say with full confidence, but he did say they filed taxes for a while. I’ll let him know about this requirement, maybe they have already done it otherwise do they need to file it now for the years they were LPR?  or till the time they were visiting US and maintained their status? 
 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

52 minutes ago, s11 said:

Don’t know the exact age but they are eligible for Medicare. I think his father is about to retire in a year or two, so they have started to explore the options. 
 

Um, I seriously doubt they are eligible for Medicare from what you’ve said. They need 40 quarters (10 years) of contributions to be eligible and to have lived in the US for the prior 5 years. There is part of Medicare that they can pay for (I think this still needs 5 years residence but not sure) but they will need private insurance to be properly covered. I do hope they weren’t planning on Medicare for health coverage. Your friend will need to show he can pay their healthcare costs to successfully sponsor them.

 

https://www.medicare.gov/eligibilitypremiumcalc/#eligibility
 

 

Edited August 23, 2020 by SusieQQQ

[Boiler 45,993]

After 5 years of residency they can buy into Medicare, currently I think $460 ish per person for the basic plus all the add ons.

[Boiler 45,993]

1 hour ago, s11 said:

I can’t say with full confidence, but he did say they filed taxes for a while. I’ll let him know about this requirement, maybe they have already done it otherwise do they need to file it now for the years they were LPR?  or till the time they were visiting US and maintained their status? 
 

If they were LPR's they would be visiting elsewhere not the US, you do not visit where you permanently reside.

 

 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

27 minutes ago, Boiler said:

After 5 years of residency they can buy into Medicare, currently I think $460 ish per person for the basic plus all the add ons.

Seems that’s part A and you have to buy part B too if you buy that, so more like $600, still leaves big gaps that they’ll need other coverage for. They can buy part B as a standalone but that leaves them uncovered for hospital stays, which is where the big costs come in. https://www.aarp.org/health/medicare-insurance/info-04-2011/medicare-eligibility.html 
But they’ll get none of this for 5 years right? So no matter what, kid is going to have to show private coverage. 

 

1 hour ago, s11 said:

I can’t say with full confidence, but he did say they filed taxes for a while. I’ll let him know about this requirement, maybe they have already done it otherwise do they need to file it now for the years they were LPR?  or till the time they were visiting US and maintained their status? 
 

I wouldn’t bother. They’ve abandoned residence long ago, paying back taxes now is not going to do anything to fix that. 

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

It also may be helpful to have your friend join instead of relying on third party information.

[SalishSea 18,117]

OP, your friend really needs to read and research this.  Just from what you've said, there is a real knowledge gap going on here (Medicare eligibility, for example).  

 

I would be shocked if they got tourist visas.  They have clear immigrant intent, and personally I don't buy the plan to "come for 6 months and see if they like it" story, and I doubt a CO would either.

[s11 14]

Yeah I agree. Thanks a lot for your help! I have sent them the link and asked them to join and ask question. 
 

anyway thanks again everyone for the input!