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    Default Abandonment of Green Card and Subsequent Travel

    Hello,

    My French ex-wife has been living in France for the last three years after having lived in the US as a permanent resident. She received a green card in 2004. We assumed her green card was simply forfeited (and that's fine) due to the fact that she has been out of the US for that long. We have no desire to renew the green card. But she has a vacation trip scheduled to come visit me with our daughter for one month this summer. Will we have any problems when she tries to enter the country? How can they tell that she even ever had a green card? She had to renew her passport a few years ago, so there isn't even any indication she ever had one in her passport.

    Thanks in advance.

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    Default Re: Abandonment of Green Card and Subsequent Travel

    Believe it or not, immigration authorities keep immigration records and can look them up.

    If she wants to formally abandon her permanent residency, she can file Form I-407.

    She's planning to enter via the Visa Waiver Program?

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    Default Re: Abandonment of Green Card and Subsequent Travel

    Thanks for the info. She was planning just to come over with her passport, since French citizens don't need a visa if they are spending less than 3 months in the US, and she'd only be in the US for 1 month.

    So she has to file form I-407 if she wants to avoid any hassles? Do you think they'd bother looking this up if there is nothing in her passport that says she used to have a green card?

    I guess she'll just have to go to Paris and file that form. It's just seriously annoying, since the embassy only takes appointments to abandon the green card on Fridays, and we were hoping that the fact that she clearly forfeited it would be clear enough. But we don't want to get stopped at the airport--I'm worried about what they'd do there. Would they allow her into the country? If there's any question at all of there being a problem, she'll just have to go file the form.

    We actually had no idea that we had to file anything. I heard about it a few weeks ago, but didn't realize it was mandatory.

    Thanks for your answer.

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