Reentry issue for Green Card Holders

[Boiler 45,445]

Just now, manyfudge said:

What do you mean by that? 

 

As in for that kid who has an NTA soon to leave and re-enter through JFK?

 

Well when it got to the point an NTA was going to be issued agree to leave and enter somewhere else? Maybe a Land Border, just thinking what the Plan B should have been.

 

I was just bouncing it around my few brain cells.

[Saadiah 0]

22 minutes ago, manyfudge said:

It's not true that there is NO human interaction.  You download the MPC app, and go through and there is minimal interaction with CBP.  Certainly better

than waiting hours in line, being tired and being asked questions by an officer in a booth.  Sometimes the officer just stands at the end of the MPC line and scans,

and waves you through.  

 

Depending on your financial resources, this is what I would do.

1) You buy parents round trip to Qatar - remember that you are NOT using the return portion - so you can make it a 1 week trip or whatever.

2) Book them a refundable hotel reservation in Qatar - remember they are going on vacation.

3) Once they are on that plane to Qatar - have them text you when on plane, you buy them the 1 way ticket to JFK.  Don't risk any other airport.  

4) YOU (I presume you are a US citizen) fly to Qatar to meet them there.

5) YOU return with them to JFK.  You download the MPC too.  And when you walk through the MPC line, you carefully put their passports inside YOUR US passport.

 

Good luck.

 

 

 

Pretty stressful and definitely needs a lot of resources. 

[manyfudge 285]

1 minute ago, Saadiah said:

Pretty stressful and definitely needs a lot of resources. 

You can add up the cost of re-doing GC.

 

1) 2 X i-130 + i824.

2) 2 medical exams

3) 2 year wait + cost of your family flying to Pakistan to visit

4) 2 x DS-260 fees.

 

It's a wash.  Personally, I would just book them the Qatar trip and 2 1-ways to JFK.

Cheapest hotel in Doha.

 

I just priced it.

$530 x 2 roundtrip to Doha

 

You can only play around with Qatar airways website to change the return portion destination.  Maybe

save you some.

$926 x 2 oneway Doha to JFK

 

[manyfudge 285]

15 minutes ago, Boiler said:

NTA was going to be issued agree to leave and enter somew

 

He came on here and was advised repeatedly to fly to SFO or JFK.

And no visa free entry for him to Canada or Mexico probably - so not sure where he could have gone. 

 

 

 

[Boiler 45,445]

1 minute ago, manyfudge said:

 

He came on here and was advised repeatedly to fly to SFO or JFK.

And no visa free entry for him to Canada or Mexico probably - so not sure where he could have gone. 

Perhaps this is someone else because I do not recollect such details, anyway Houston didn't work, not sure how we can be sure it was a one off or a Houston specific situation. 

[Saadiah 0]

2 minutes ago, manyfudge said:

You can add up the cost of re-doing GC.

 

1) 2 X i-130 + i824.

2) 2 medical exams

3) 2 year wait + cost of your family flying to Pakistan to visit

4) 2 x DS-260 fees.

 

It's a wash.  Personally, I would just book them the Qatar trip and 2 1-ways to JFK.

Cheapest hotel in Doha.

 

I just priced it.

$530 x 2 roundtrip to Doha

 

You can only play around with Qatar airways website to change the return portion destination.  Maybe

save you some.

$926 x 2 oneway Doha to JFK

 

I understand but the fear of failure stresses me and if I have to fly back with them from Qatar it puts more stress on me (in case they are denied the entry). It would not be easy for me to hide my stress and fear at the airport. 

[manyfudge 285]

Just now, Saadiah said:

understand but the fear of failure stresses me and if I have to fly back with them from Qatar it puts more stress on me (in case they are denied the entry). It would not be easy for me to hide my stress and fear at the airport. 

In that case, let them stay in Pakistan.

 

Much lower COL and I assume they have lots of domestic help and family around.

 

[Mike E 11,739]

6 minutes ago, Saadiah said:

in case they are denied the entry

Legally impossible.

 

It seems like I have to repeat this in every one of these threads. Sigh.

 

 I’ve contributed all I can, and I don’t wish to argue or bicker, so I won’t post more in this thread. 

[manyfudge 285]

28 minutes ago, Boiler said:

se I do not recollect such de

It was reddit, not VJ and he was advised to fly to SFO or JFK.

 

 

3 minutes ago, Old_Glory said:

You can lead a horse to water….

Yes, and maybe @Saadiah's parents should stay in Pakistan.  Much more pleasant to live there in retirement.

 

[Saadiah 0]

45 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Legally impossible.

 

It seems like I have to repeat this in every one of these threads. Sigh.

 

 I’ve contributed all I can, and I don’t wish to argue or bicker, so I won’t post more in this thread. 

Sorry if I am unable to understand it easily. Actually long ago I have heard a couple of people put back on plane when they spent more than a year overseas. It might be obsolete or a rare case. But I appreciate your help l. Thank you so much. 

[Saadiah 0]

26 minutes ago, manyfudge said:

It was reddit, not VJ and he was advised to fly to SFO or JFK.

 

 

Yes, and maybe @Saadiah's parents should stay in Pakistan.  Much more pleasant to live there in retirement.

 

It's just my fear of the unseen. 

[Saadiah 0]

1 hour ago, manyfudge said:

You can add up the cost of re-doing GC.

 

1) 2 X i-130 + i824.

2) 2 medical exams

3) 2 year wait + cost of your family flying to Pakistan to visit

4) 2 x DS-260 fees.

 

It's a wash.  Personally, I would just book them the Qatar trip and 2 1-ways to JFK.

Cheapest hotel in Doha.

 

I just priced it.

$530 x 2 roundtrip to Doha

 

You can only play around with Qatar airways website to change the return portion destination.  Maybe

save you some.

$926 x 2 oneway Doha to JFK

 

I am curious to know how long is the wait time after I-130 gets approved as for my dad this is the case right now. I am not sure if anyone answered me, it not being an option with active GC. 

[manyfudge 285]

5 minutes ago, Saadiah said:

I am curious to know how long is the wait time after I-130 gets approved as for my dad this is the case right now. I am not sure if anyone answered me, it not being an option with active GC. 

You have other obstacles.

Presumably your mom wants to come at the same time, and hers is not filed.

 

Even if both were approved, Islamabad takes a long time.  I would not bank on anything under 2 years.

[Dashinka 24,480]

40 minutes ago, manyfudge said:

You have other obstacles.

Presumably your mom wants to come at the same time, and hers is not filed.

 

Even if both were approved, Islamabad takes a long time.  I would not bank on anything under 2 years.

Will the I130(s) even be processed if they have not returned their current GCs via I407(s)?

[manyfudge 285]

7 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

I130(s) even be processed if they have not returned their current GCs via I407(s)?

Maybe.  Who knows?

 

Sounds like parents will be more comfortable in Pakistan.