return green card to get tourist visa?

Randall Twehous: just return the Green card using form I-407and she then return to a normal visa userits not an usual situation...lots of older people return home due to the medical cost

Dorinda Metzer: Your mom can "exchange" her Green Card for a visitor's visa, a B2. Not formally exchange, but in principle. She'll go to the U.S. consulate in her home country and surrender her Green Card via form I-407. At the SAME time she will submit her B2 visa application. The rationale behind this is relatively simple: People are mostly refused immigrant visas based on the assumption of immigrant intent. When now a permanent resident, who is authorized to live in the US returns her Green Card, it's clear that she does not have immigrant intent any longer. But she may want to visit family and friends once in a while. If this is done properly, she should get a B2 without problems....Show more

Nikita Schroepfer: Your mother need to apply for a Reentry Permit (Immigration Fo! rm I-131)Re-entry PermitA re-entry permit allows a permanent resident or conditional resident to apply for admission to the U.S. upon returning from abroad during the permit’s validity, without having to obtain a returning resident visa from a U.S. Embassy or consulate. Permanent or conditional residents should apply for a re-entry permit if they will be outside the United States for one year or more...Show more

Neville Dautremont: She should surrender the Green Card via I-407 and submit a new visitor visa application.

Jacinta Moitoso: Return Green Card

Jeremy Donohue: If you are the parents and reside in the US, it may be difficult to convince a consular officer that she would only be returning for a visit . However, filing the I-407 is evidence that she does not intend to permanently reside in the US and should help her visa application.