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What are sufficient grounds for denial of renewal (or revocation) of a Green Card?

I heard that selling one's primary home, closing bank accounts, or not being
physically present in the U.S. for a certain amount of time can be percieved by the
I.N.S to mean that one doesn't intend to reside permanently in the U.S.

Are there specific rules used by the I.N.S?

Derek

If you are going to be absent the US for more than one year, but less than two, you
can request a travel document (using form I-131) that indicates an intention to
return. If you stay outside the US beyond 1 year without this form, or beyond 2 years
with this form, you are not resident in the US, thus not a permanent resident of the
US, and your permanent residency in the US can be revoked.

It's their country, their rules.

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Derek

from a reasonably reliable source, to wit:

One year is the maximum continuous absence that is allowed before the card becomes
invalid as a travel document. The basic rule is that if you go abroad with the
intention of making another country your home, you lose your U.S. residence
immediately.

Ron Gotcher Gotcher, Richmond & Associates, LLP Attorneys at Law 15300 Ventura
Boulevard., Suite 507 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403

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