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I'm considering reapplying for a green card in years to come after relinquishing my LPR status.
I will seek personalized legal advice to understand my options and chances of success but still, i whould like to ask - Has anyone ever done this??
Can I ever do the process again?
I have a marriage based green card and I heard that you can waive it and get a visa, and it's not a bad option. 

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21 minutes ago, 02brand said:

I'm considering reapplying for a green card in years to come after relinquishing my LPR status.
I will seek personalized legal advice to understand my options and chances of success but still, i whould like to ask - Has anyone ever done this??
Can I ever do the process again?
I have a marriage based green card and I heard that you can waive it and get a visa, and it's not a bad option. 

You can reapply as long as you have a basis to be petitioned. 

One of our frequent posters has petitioned his wife a total of 3 times as she relinquished her green card every time they lived overseas. 

 

And it is generally true if you relinquish the green card you should be able to apply for the tourist visa. 

A few people have done this. 

This poster in particular- received a tourist visa after relinquishing his GC- still married to his partner. 

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33 minutes ago, 02brand said:

I have a marriage based green card and I heard that you can waive it and get a visa, and it's not a bad option.

Has anything changed since you asked this a few months ago?

 

 

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53 minutes ago, 02brand said:

I'm considering reapplying for a green card in years to come after relinquishing my LPR status.
I will seek personalized legal advice to understand my options and chances of success but still, i whould like to ask - Has anyone ever done this??
Can I ever do the process again?
I have a marriage based green card and I heard that you can waive it and get a visa, and it's not a bad option. 

So you entered the US activated your LPR status and left?  You can file the I407 if you wish, and be free to apply for any visa in the future you are eligible for.  On the other hand, you can do nothing and gamble.

 

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If you are still married or remarried to a US Citizen, you can start all over with a spouse visa process.  Is that what you meant?  Having had a green card once before, is not a basis to apply for an immigrant visa.  You need a basis from which to be petitioned.

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Having had a green card once before, is not a basis to apply for an immigrant visa.  You need a basis from which to be petitioned.

The basis I guess it will be the same - i'm married to an American citizen and my two children are American.

I will have to ask her father for the financial documents again, dont like that option but 🤷‍♀️

 

Would it be "easier" to start an "Immigrant Visa" process in the future or a or a Lawful Permanent Resident Card?

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1 hour ago, 02brand said:

The basis I guess it will be the same - i'm married to an American citizen and my two children are American.

I will have to ask her father for the financial documents again, dont like that option but 🤷‍♀️

 

Would it be "easier" to start an "Immigrant Visa" process in the future or a or a Lawful Permanent Resident Card?

As long as you remain married to your spouse she can petition if. If you divorce your children can petition you once they turn 21. 

Your only option is immigrant visa process so when you arrive in the US you'll receive the permanent resident card. 

Getting the lawful resident card immediately would mean you are adjusting. Visiting the US with the intention of adjusting is visa fraud. 

You decided not to stay in the US because you were unable to obtain jobs from abroad.

Adjusting would mean you do not have the right to work or leave the country until you receive EAD/AP. 

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