Reentry permit: time outside US after biometrics approaching a year

[ordjnb 40]

Hi, 

 

I have a parent who applied for a recently permit and left after getting their fingerprints taken November of last year. Briefly visited March of this year and left again. 6 month mark would be next month. Hypothetically, would they lose their green card if they don’t enter the US for over a year without having a reentry permit approved yet?

[Leeman15251 35]

I think if they have the receipt number for the reentry permit they would be fine. Did they say they wanted to permit sent to an embassy abroad or a US address?

 

My spouse left the US around a month after applying for a reentry permit and was gone for more than a year before it was approved. It was almost two years away before visiting again. They send the permit to the US embassy where we were staying. He didn’t have any issues using the permit to visit after being gone for so long.

 

 

[ordjnb 40]

Thank you that’s an excellent datapoint. Yes, it’s set to go to an embassy