How to retain GC for parents

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kuchchbhee

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Does anyone have comments to share on how parents GC can be retained if parents really want to spend considerable time in India?

I remember that INS requires certain percentage of time every year to be lived in US to maintain GC and/or to become eligible for citizenship. Are those requirements common to all GC hodlers or can it be more flexible for parents?

Thanks for any information...
 
They require for ANY GC holder to PERMANENTLY RESIDE in the USA.

They must spend MORE time in the USA, living here, each year than anywhere else...

if they are not ready to live in the USA, why did you apply for the GC? a visitor visa would have sufficed.
 
eventually they will live in US with me...

PraetorianXI said:
if they are not ready to live in the USA, why did you apply for the GC? a visitor visa would have sufficed.
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...I would like them to have slow transition between living in India to US. Rather than changing their lifestyle overnight, i would like them to experience a gradual change and adapt to US.

I am sure there will be certain exemptions in the requirements for retaining GC...
 
There are no official exemptions like that, but they sometimes aren't as strict for older people. But, this is at the discretion of the IO.
 
kuchchbhee said:
...I would like them to have slow transition between living in India to US. Rather than changing their lifestyle overnight, i would like them to experience a gradual change and adapt to US.

I am sure there will be certain exemptions in the requirements for retaining GC...
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When you hear of the exemptions, post them here :rolleyes:
 
When your parents are here for a few months, they can apply for a re-entry permit. That will help. It may work a couple of times (maybe 4-5 years in total), but then I don't know.
 
spending a few months here and a few months there does not help anybody adapt to the new lifestyle and culture. It's a mistake thinking that. Who is going to hire them for a couple of months at a time? looking for a new job every time they come back? or they don't work in the US? do they work in India? well, that's a no-no.
 
I would think they don't work in the US and was just using the GC to visit US in an "easy" way in the future. I sais this is because it's very hard to get a vistor visa once you have an immediate relative lives in the states and is a USC.
 
some clarification

All, thanks for writing... my parents are ~70. They do not work but live among very old neighborhood with strong emotional bonds. There is no way i can ask them to pack bags, sell property and move to US. I would like them to spend few months with me every year till they are ready to make the final move. They have 10 year tourist VISA which can suffice their current visit plans of few months per year. However, i would like them to get citizenship status in 5 to 7 years. There are couple of reasons for that. Hence, i need to make sure their GC stays valid to clear the path for naturalization.

Any helpful comments are appreciated.
 
kuchchbhee said:
There is no way i can ask them to pack bags, sell property and move to US. I would like them to spend few months with me every year till they are ready to make the final move. They have 10 year tourist VISA which can suffice their current visit plans of few months per year. However, i would like them to get citizenship status in 5 to 7 years. There are couple of reasons for that. Hence, i need to make sure their GC stays valid to clear the path for naturalization.
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There is a saying in english - "Having your cake and eating it too".

If you want your parents to have a GC and become citizens, they need to reside in the US. End of story.
 
TheRealCanadian said:
There is a saying in english - "Having your cake and eating it too".

If you want your parents to have a GC and become citizens, they need to reside in the US. End of story.
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Thanks, I think I get it now.

by the way, that saying had nothing to do with this thread. cheers
 
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