Mother in law abandoned green card

[Kanja 202]

Hi all! 
 

Hope everyone is well. Quick question :

 

my cousins mother in law (women in her 70s) abandoned her green card. It expired about 5 years ago and she has been out of the country for about a decade. She said she had plans to come back, but she didn’t. She was unwell for some time, Ebola hit, Covid hit, I don’t think she has a reason that can excuse ten years though.
 

my cousin wants to know what would be best option to have her mother in law come back

- have her husband who is a us citizen file for her

- have mother in law apply for a tourist visa

- apply for sb1 (returning resident) visa 

 

thanks for thoughts! 

 

 

[appleblossom 2,816]

When you say the husband is a USC, is that the mother-in-law's husband, or your cousin's husband? It's not clear and makes a big difference. 

 

And it's not clear if she wants to just visit or move back permanently?

[Kanja 202]

41 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

When you say the husband is a USC, is that the mother-in-law's husband, or your cousin's husband? It's not clear and makes a big difference. 

 

And it's not clear if she wants to just visit or move back permanently?

Sorry that was very unclear. Cousins husband is a usc (cousins husband is son of mother in law), gosh this is sounding like a riddle now! 
 

She wants to move back but wants to be able to travel back and forth to Sierra Leone, but has committed to spending more time in the states. 

[appleblossom 2,816]

4 minutes ago, Kanja said:

Sorry that was very unclear. Cousins husband is a usc (cousins husband is son of mother in law), gosh this is sounding like a riddle now! 
 

She wants to move back but wants to be able to travel back and forth to Sierra Leone, but has committed to spending more time in the states. 

 

OK, so your cousin is a USC and it's his mother that we're talking about? 

 

If she wants to move back then a visitor visa doesn't help, seems her son should petition her but she'll have to renounce her PR status first. And just make sure that she's aware that she can visit Sierra Leone occasionally, but must make the US her permanent home to avoid this happening again. 

Edited December 17 by appleblossom

[Kanja 202]

4 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

OK, so your cousin is a USC and it's his mother that we're talking about? 

 

If she wants to move back then a visitor visa doesn't help, seems her son should petition her but she'll have to renounce her PR status first. And just make sure that she's aware that she can visit Sierra Leone occasionally, but must make the US her permanent home to avoid this happening again. 

Thank you! 

[Dashinka 24,649]

If she never filed the I407, file the I90 and come back, stay for five years and naturalize.