I m green card holder still i want to go india,i want to know how meny taime i will stey in india?

Question

last 2 year i m at usa, now i want to go india so pli send me informetion, i have greencard

Answer 1

If you are not an Indian Citizen, you have to get Visa before travel to India.  

Please check the following link for more details:

http://goindia.about.com/od/tripplanning...

http://indiavisa.travisaoutsourcing.com/...

Answer 2

Well just go to indian embassy in USA and get the visa stamped for your self . You can stay in India for any length of time.

Answer 3

If you have a green card and are an indian national you dont need any visa to visit your homeland. You should stay less than 180 days so as to maintain your green card status. Also, further confirmation with a legal consultant is a must before making any plans. My answer should be taken as a prescreen only, not the final word on it.

Answer 4

my dad is in india... m i m here in usa

and v r greencard holders too

he got green card in november 2007

and he went to India in december 2007...

and he is not here

if u wanna stay in india for longer time thn u need to pay lik 100-200$ and get a paper and sign it tht u will b back in 2yrs...

thtz wat i am gonna do..... coz i am gonna go back to india... and thn to renew grenn card i will visit here ne time..

but will permanently live in india.....

go to social security offfice or ask any indian person to help u on this....

Answer 5

As a green card holder in the U.S. you may travel outside the U.S. for up to one year without needing to get a re-entry permit.  If you are gone more than one year, you need a re-entry permit.  If you are gone 2 years, you may lose your permanent residency.  See site below  it clearly states these rules for permanent residents.

Answer 6

As correctly stated by most of the previous post you can stay out of the country for up to 12 mths. Anything longer than that will require a reentry permit. The fact that you plan on actually living in India and not the US, will not raise too many red flags.

How do I know? Simple...

My mother has had her greencard since she was in her 20s and has never lived in the US....she is now in her 50s. She got her card back in the 70s through her mother (my grandmother)....She comes and goes every year and stays no more than 3 mths at a time...she does not a bank acct in the US..nor any type of property not even so much as a credit card....all she has is her SSN and her GC....to this day she still does that the IOs never give her any hassle..she has not been stopped and detained or questioned once (knock on wood)

Likewise I obtained my greencard when I was a baby through my grandmother (I guess things were different back in the early 80s, regarding who could sponsor a child)...Anyways I never lived in the US until 2001 when I stated college...I came and went with my mother every yr, once sometimes twice a yr but for no longer than 2mths back then because of school in my home country.

So it is not to say that they can't ask you why you are not living in the US and why you have been out so long, they can if they are so inclined...

But for the most part you should alright once you continue to make trips at least once a yr...

Just have a good excuse ready..sick relative...extenuating circumstances etc...

These are the conditions for maintaining Permanent Residence taken straight from USCIS website...as you can see it's one yr not 6 mths

Maintaining Permanent Residence

Maintaining Permanent Residence You may lose your permanent residence status if you commit an act that makes you removable from the United States under the law in section 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. If you commit such an act, you may be brought before the immigration courts to determine your right to remain a Permanent Resident.

You may be found to have abandoned your permanent resident status if you:

* Move to another country intending to live there permanently.

* Remain outside of the US for more than one year without obtaining a reentry permit or returning resident visa. However in determining whether your status has been abandoned any length of absence from the US may be considered, even if it is less than one year.

* Remain outside of the US for more than two years after issuance of a reentry permit without obtaining a returning resident visa. However in determining whether your status has been abandoned any length of absence from the US may be considered, even if it is less than one year.

* Fail to file income tax returns while living outside of the US for any period.

* Declare yourself a “nonimmigrant” on your tax returns.