socaldude

Yup, sure did, went through the surrendering of my green card through the correct, official process including I-407 filing and submission of final tax return.

Great question - I was formally a US resident but was not able to maintain it and due to family/personal reasons relocated overseas where I am permanently based and originally from anyways. I enjoyed living the U.S. previously but equally happy where I am overseas, so I'll continue visiting within the recommended parameters. If my situation changes and I intend to re-immigrate in the future, I have no issues going about it the correct way. But I have very close family members Stateside, hence the need to want to visit them regularly. Believe me when I say that I have absolutely no intention of immigrating to the United States at this moment and the frequent visits on a tourist visa, is not my plan of living in the U.S. "part-time" - although for what it's worth I hope readers can appreciate the fact that I'm able to respect the rules and view this from the angle of CBP therefore do not intend to abuse that right. Thanks again everyone - gotta love a good conversation with constructive feedback - You guys are awesome, thanks for sharing your viewpoints.

Hi everyone, Topic author here - Just want to say a BIG Thank You to each and everyone of you who responded with some very great and valid points. Okay sounds good, then I will deviate from this plan as I truly have good intentions but I can certainly put myself into CBP shoes and see it from their angle that this plan may appear suspicious. I certainly want to the right thing and be a law-abiding person, so I'll just have to make less frequent trips. Thanks again, great discussion, much appreciated 😇

Hi all, I have a valid 10-year B1/B2 visa and have very close relatives in the United States that I would like visit on a frequent basis. By frequent basis I'm referring to every 3 months - staying for 3 months - going back overseas - then returning after 3 months to stay for another 3 months. Full disclosure/transparency - I have aging/elderly family members in the U.S. that I want to visit often and also help out my younger relatives looking after elderly folks, hence the reason for frequent visits. I don't intend to stay for full 6-months to raise any concerns with Immigration about abusing a visitor visa. Therefore, I'd like to know realistically can I aim to stay 3-months, have a 3-months gap overseas, then return for another 3-months to the U.S. I think explanation is very clear, but just be safe, let me further illustrate with an example below: January to March (visit my relatives in the U.S. on visitor visa 3-months stay) April to June (go back and stay overseas which is my primary residence, since I am not a U.S. citizen or resident) July to September (visit my relatives again in the U.S. on same visitor visa for 3-months stay) October to December (go back and stay overseas) Repeat the same following year Lastly, I am happy overseas and have no intention to immigrate to the United States, but just trying to be practical to view the situation from the "lens" of U.S. Customs/Immigration - will the frequent quarterly visits appear to them as if I'm trying to live in the United States on a tourist visa? Thank you in advance and I appreciate any replies to my questions.