buddy80

Hi-
I search through the forum and I didn't come accross any question. I am
a green card holder and I am planning to go back to my original country for a month.

Question: I am wondering whether I need to get a US visa stamp in my passport at the US embassy in my home country in order to re-renter the US.

I think all that I need is my passport and my green card. Correct?

I understand that if I plan to stay over 6 months then, I will need additional documents b4 I leave the US. Correct.

Thanks for your response.

Buddy80

James Box

Correct. All you need is your foreign passport and your green card.

CarlM

Passport and Greencard - and on the way back, just complete the Customs Declaration, no I-94 needed. An you can come thru Immigration on the US Citizens and Residents sides too!

buddy80

Thanks for your response and information. Very helpful.

Buddy80

buddy80

Thanks for the information. It was very helpful.

Merci.

Buddy80

Rete

If you plan to be outside of the US for a year or more you need to have applied for a re-entry permit via form I-131.

Folinskyinla

Hi:

The I-551 card is a "reentry permit" provided the holder has been out of the US less than one year.

Even if the holder has been out MORE than a year, the I-551 is still a valid BOARDING document, but is not a valid entry document.

Other than the above general rules, this is a particularly complicated area of the law. And there is a big debate going on what the effect of the 1996 amendments are.

Folinskyinla

Hi:

Although you what you recommend is a damn good recommendation, it is not necessarily true. As I say, the area of law is particularly complicated.

Amanda

Folinskyinla wrote:
    > > If you plan to be outside of the US for a year or more you need to
    > > have applied for a re-entry permit via form I-131.
    > Hi:
    > Although you what you recommend is a damn good recommendation, it is not
    > necessarily true. As I say, the area of law is particularly
    > complicated.

What's the latest then?


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