Thinking about a trip to the UK in October but re entry with my green card seems scary based on what I’ve been reading online.

I spend 12 days in US, 8 days in UK, rinse and repeat. As long as your stay abroad is not longer than 180 days and you maintain your U.S. residency (e.g. housing, car, job etc.) you will be fine.

Been to the UK and back 6 times so far this year. No issues at all, although I do have Global Entry so just whizz through without even getting my passport or green card out usually.

I applied for global entry early July but still pending review. I have read that it’s necessary to bring bank statements, utility bills and tax returns …Never had this worry before after43 years!

I've never heard that, but all of those things are electronic for me anyway so I could pull any of them up on my phone if really needed. I normally just get 'anything to declare?' and then waived on my way once I say no, that's it. There was one time when I had to get both my GC and my passport out, for some reason they were checking everybody's documents. It wasn't long after Trump came in to office, I don't know if that had anything to do with it or if they were just checking GE holders much more carefully that day for some reason. But that's only been one time, and I've probably travelled back from the UK 20 times on GE since I got it last year.

Then perhaps you should not be traveling if the thought of leaving and entering the US on your approved green card is scary. I don't mean to sound cruel but unless you obtained the status through fraud, then what are you afraid of?

I read and monitor this site daily and have not seen one report of any person being denied entry on a valid green card.

I said that reading accounts in the media gives one food for thought….also, many immigration attorney websites say not to travel unless absolutely necessary. As a 73 year old who has been married to an American for 43 years and lived and worked here for the same I am reassured by the previous posts and have booked my trip. However I might mention that I have two British expat neighbors who are afraid to travel out of the country and my husband’s doctor/sugeon whose wife is Hispanic has changed his plans to go to Costa Rica andmis going to Hawaii instead.

I don't blame them, it's definitely a different environment for immigrants right now, no matter their background.

Why not apply for citizenship to give you more security if you have held your GC for so long?

Thanks for your replies….
I am planning to return to the UK permanently early next year but would like to attend my Nephew’s wedding in October. I have never really felt as if this is my home and perhaps I will find the UK doesn’t feel like home either!

That is known as "the curse of the expat".

I always feel like a fish out of water here in NC. I am happy enough here, and there is almost no chance I would return to the UK, but receiving comments, albeit invariably positive ones, about my accent on a(n average) weekly basis (a few weeks ago I got three comments in less than an hour!) , doesn't help me feel like I have fitted in here even after 22 years, but whenever I return to the UK it feels less and less like a place I would ever want to live - it certainly isn't the place I left.

I am reminded of a something my mother said, many years ago, when I was still a child, a few years after the family moved to Gloucester (from Sheffield, my mother had lived there for about 11 years, moving from Hull before that) - she said "You can never go back [to a place]" - meaning not only did you leave it physically, but the place and the people who live there moved on after you left, and while you can physically go back to the place, it is never going to be the place you remember.

I have always been a little homesick and have a strong attachment to the landscapes in the north so am hoping I will adjust quickly.

It would be worth getting your US citizenship just in case you don’t though - it would be awful if you moved and then decided you’d made a mistake too far down the line to be able to move back.

Good luck to you.

its all nonsense scaremongering. my family travel regularly in and out with our green cards. If you are not a criminal then you will be fine.

That was true prior to 2025. This year the attitude of USCIS towards visa holders has clearly changed, or even if you're a permanent resident/ GC holder.

Unless you are living under a rock, you'd know that.

OP was asking about green card holders. Green card holders are not visa holders. No-one is disputing that it is more difficult to gain a visa (or a green card), but that is a different question to what is being asked. You can correct me if im wrong, but I do not believe there have been any legal changes regarding travel for green card holders, I do believe however that there is more enforcement of existing rules re criminal activity or abandonment of permanent residence.