Green card abandonment question

[mnguyen0105]

Hi,
My parents are currently holding the US green cards and living in Vietnam using 2 years of reentry permit. They find the living their is less challenging than starting over at the US. Of course, they really want to come here some other day to visit me, their only son, and celebrate my college graduation with me. I'm trying to find the better way to make that happen than keep submitting the reentry permit form. They absolutely dont mind abandoning their green cards but they're afraid of losing their priorities to obtain a US traveling visas. I read your site about form I-407 but there was nothing guarantees the ability of getting a US traveling visas and how long they'll last. I really appreciate your time helping me out. Please respond to me as soon as possible and hope you guys don't mind my wordy writings.
Once again thank you.

[kow]

From what I've been told and read, once you've applied if you don't finish the process after applying in any way you get the x-days to leave and can't re-inter even on tourist visa..

I'm also interested in the actual answer to your question though. I hope I'm wrong.

[Yiming]

Abandoning green card

I have my green cards once 10+years ago, I left US, went back to my home country without a teen try permit. Does that mean my green card is automatically abandoned? Do I still need to process the abandonment while I apply for a normal travel visa to visit US for travel/meeting Or something?

[rayb]

If ou let your Green Card expire, you can apply for any other type of visa to reenter the US.

-Ray B

I have my green cards once 10+years ago, I left US, went back to my home country without a teen try permit. Does that mean my green card is automatically abandoned? Do I still need to process the abandonment while I apply for a normal travel visa to visit US for travel/meeting Or something?

[Allopez]

I have my green cards once 10+years ago, I left US, went back to my home country without a teen try permit. Does that mean my green card is automatically abandoned? Do I still need to process the abandonment while I apply for a normal travel visa to visit US for travel/meeting Or something?

If you properly abandon using i407 , there is no issue getting a simple visitor visa. In fact, you can do that at the same time. When you abandon GC overseas , you need to do so in front of the U.S. consul. That is the same consul who can approve your visitor visa right there and then. (To be safe, you can also verify the visa eligibility with the consul BEFORE signing the i407)