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Comment by bapak

4 days ago

The green card isn't citizenship, you lose it if you don't live in the US. It's not like they don't know when you enter or exit the country.

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chickenzzzzu  4 days ago

6 months is a very long time.

  • buckle8017  4 days ago

    There is no magic amount of time.

    If you get a green card and leave the us for any amount of time, on return the border agent makes a determination on the spot if you intended to live abroad.

    Less than six months is simply less suspicious than more.

    • chickenzzzzu  4 days ago

      And what are you supposed to do if they make a determination against you, return to your passport holding country and hire a lawyer?

      If the answer is yes, well then it is yet more proof that the US immigration system operates basically extrajudicially just like the IRS and ATF, and only occassionally do the courts pull them back in after much hardship for the plantiff.

      Words and policies are supposed to have meaning, and I doubt we'll get any charts or graphs on border refusals per amount of time spent abroad for GC holders.

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