Possible denial at POE?

[immigrant]

Hey Ron -

My father passed away recently. I have had a green card for 1.5 years now and have lived in the US except for brief 1-2 day trips to Canada or Mexico.

My father had a business overseas and I plan the following:
1) Take the business over
2) Initially manage it myself until it is stable enough so that I can hire a manager with the business.

Long term I would like part of the operations to occur in the US. As a result I plan to establish initially some parts of the business in the US already. But that will be like 4-5% of the revenue of the parent company initially.

I plan the following:
1) Get a reentry permit since I will be gone for 2 years. I will explain my situation on the application
2) I plan to maintain ties to the US by having the US company, having all my savings in the US, driver licence, credit cards.
3) I plan to file taxes in the US
4) I will be shipping my car overseas but I will drive on US plates (so there will be no import of the car overseas). After finishing my trip I will ship the car back. This will also imply I am a tourist in my home country.
5) I will store furniture with my friend
6) I will have an address with my friend and I will maintain a mailbox on top of that
7) I will have a cell phone - I will need it because I will be coming back to the US

Given all of this - have you seen a single case where a person got denied entry to the US with a valid reentry permit? Assume that I am a normal person with no criminal background etc.

The issue I see in all of this is that after 2 years when I want to get back INS will allege that since I was running the company abroad for a while - I might as well keep on running it forever. So I am the one who subjectively sets the end date. INS might think I should have done it say in 2 weeks and I used all of my 2 years the maximum allowed by reentry permit and that is abusing the law. Given the fact that the climate for immigrants is getting worse every month - should I be worried if I go abroad for 2 years?

[Ron Gotcher]

Your plan is sound. Make sure you get the re-entry permit and you should not have any problems at all with what you propose to do.