Hello VJ community,
I hope I posted in the right forum.
My mother has a 10 year GC, she lives with us and helps take care of our children.
She needs to get Eye surgery but since she doesnt qualify for health insurance here, and has to handle some personal affairs back home, so early next year we are planning for her to be away for about 8 to 9 months.
We were told that the time limit now for a permanent resident to be outside of the US without having to request a visa has now changed from 6 months to a year is it true? I searched online on the USCIS and didn't find any recent update.
All I could find thru Google is that if you spent less 1 year and 1 day outside of the US you can travel back to the US without a travel permit/visa request but of course it will be at the discretion of the immigration officer.
Anybody heard anything about this recent change or have a recent experience about this please?
Your help will be appreciated
Thank you