[nachteilig]

Thanks for doing this. I have a green card and have been out of the country for a few years doing a PhD. I’ve been getting reentry permits during that time. Due to corona and having a baby I haven’t been able to return to the US to apply for a new reentry permit and it’s now expired.

How should I handle that, especially when crossing the border? Have they relaxed the rules due to corona?

[proberts]

Yes, USCIS, CBP, and the State Department have been much more lenient when it comes to long absences because of the pandemic. Your approach - whether you just show up and explain why you were absent for so long or apply for something called a returning resident visa at a US Consulate - will depend on a number of factors including whether you are now moving back to the US or just coming temporarily, how long you have been outside the US, and when your reentry permit expired, among others.