Visa visa wuestion for ex green card holder

[rayahmed1992]

Hello friends,

Have some specific questions regarding visit visa for my mother who had a green card but went home and has mot returned for almost 6 years. Wondering if anyone had a situation like this before.

OK, so I am a US citizen and filed for my mother’s permanent residence and my mother received her green card back in 2015. She stayed here is US till Feb 2017 and then left. She has not returned since because she was more comfortable back home. But last year she decided she wanted to visit me and we filed for a visit visa for her. She has her interview at the embassy in November. I am sure since it has been so long since she went out of US, her green card would be considered automatically abandoned even though she did not file a abandonment form with the embassy. Also, we explained this in her B1/B2 visa app that she had the GC but did not stay in US and now just wants to visit for a few months.

So my question is. should there be any issue for her at the interview to get her B1/B2 visa approved because she abandoned her green card a few years ago? Also, she would have her previous documents with her when she appears for the interview if needed. So has anyone gone through or know of a similar situation? Thank you!

[Jessicaalban]

An "immigrant visa" allows a person to become a permanent resident immediately upon U.S. entry. Such a person will receive a green card soon thereafter, and can stay in the U.S. for life (unless the person does something to become deportable). www.myallsaversconnect.com

[Libra_14]

Should there be any issue for her at the interview to get her B1/B2 visa approved because she abandoned her green card a few years ago?
Also, she would have her previous documents with her when she appears for the interview if needed. So has anyone gone through or know of a similar situation?

Haven't gone through exact same situation, but in general the onus is on your mother is to prove that her intention to visit USA is purely temporary & not a short path to enter into USA as tourist & switch back to GC (sponsored by you). As long as she can prove that, she won't have any problem getting her B2 visa.

Note that for tourist visa, until the applicant proves otherwise, he/she is treated as prospective immigrant & will be denied.