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Your conclusion may be wrong. Short trips do not in themselves fill the "residence" requirement but they do break the "gap" in physical presence.lifeart wrote:I don't think you can just return to the US with a gc after such a long absence. Short trips back to the US do not count towards preserving your residency rights. Did you apply for an I-131 before you left the US? That would have given you 2 years of legally permitted stay outside the US on your green card. As it is your green card is most likely being seen as invalid at this time. You must contact a very GOOD US immigration lawyer to help you.
The only alternative would be the returning resident visa SB-1 which is very difficult to obtain, for instance when you or a close relative of yours (without any other relatives beside you) got sick and you had stay abroad until healthy again (you or your relative). This scenario might get you an SB-1 if you can prove the above scenario.
In conclusion I think that you probably have lost the right to return to the US as a resident
The decision would be taken by an Immigration Judge, not an individual officer. Filing U.S. tax returns as a resident helps, plus real estate and whatever other ties to the U.S. exist. Also depends on the reasons for absence and future intentions.lifeart wrote:Even owning real-estate may not do the trick.
I still think that it is likely that a green card will be invalidated in this case