going home..

[actob99 156]

A little confused on this one.. After the Beneficiary has a Green card and a Permanent legal resident in the US, why is a re entry visa or any visa required? And if the GC, lets say is good for 10 years, why cant that person be gone for more than a year???

And a passport has to still have 6 months validity to enter the Phils but not sure if thats true for the filipino/a wit a GC. Because I can nter my own country with less then 6 months validity left on my passport..

[Hank_ 9,174]

A little confused on this one.. After the Beneficiary has a Green card and a Permanent legal resident in the US, why is a re entry visa or any visa required? And if the GC, lets say is good for 10 years, why cant that person be gone for more than a year???

And a passport has to still have 6 months validity to enter the Phils but not sure if thats true for the filipino/a wit a GC. Because I can nter my own country with less then 6 months validity left on my passport..

No visa is required for re-entry into the USA once the person has a valid green card.

I believe they consider the GC abandoned if gone for a year or more.

Edited June 1, 2012 by Hank_Amy

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Logically, if your visa had 3 days left on it, one "should" be able to return to the PI, but would not be able to travel back to the US until he/she had a new passport in hand.

Unfortunately, people interpret things differently, and the local tribal lore among some Filipinas is that one must return with at least 6 months remaining, because that is what was require in the first place to leave the PI. But as we have all learned in our own journeys, logic is NOT a prevalent trait among the people we are forced to deal with.

I was hoping someone had dealt with this recently, and could relate to his/her experience in the matter. Thanks to all!

[Hank_ 9,174]

Logically, if your visa had 3 days left on it, one "should" be able to return to the PI, but would not be able to travel back to the US until he/she had a new passport in hand.

Unfortunately, people interpret things differently, and the local tribal lore among some Filipinas is that one must return with at least 6 months remaining, because that is what was require in the first place to leave the PI. But as we have all learned in our own journeys, logic is NOT a prevalent trait among the people we are forced to deal with.

I was hoping someone had dealt with this recently, and could relate to his/her experience in the matter. Thanks to all!

HUH? Are you referring to the K-1 visa? Its dead the second you enter the USA, it is a single entry and kaput!

Edited June 1, 2012 by Hank_Amy

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

HUH? Are you referring to the K-1 visa? Its dead the second you enter the USA, it is a single entry and kaput!

Sorry, Hank, I said VISA, meant PASSPORT. My computer does not have auto-dummy-correct installed.

But I have since found out that it is a International Civil Aviation Board regulation that passports must be at least 6 months valid during the travel period, so a person must have at least 6 months remaining on the current to leave the US and return to the PI.

Got this info from emailing the San Francisco Philippine Embassy.

[Hank_ 9,174]

.... I need that feature on my computer as well!

I would bet that a person with a PI passport does not need to meet the 6 month requirement, only USC passports, for leaving the USA. Now entry is another story.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

.... I need that feature on my computer as well!

I would bet that a person with a PI passport does not need to meet the 6 month requirement, only USC passports, for leaving the USA. Now entry is another story.

Nope...

"The International Civil Aviation Board regulation requires that passports must be at least 6 months valid during the travel period."

So a person must have at least 6 months remaining on the current to leave the US and return to the PI, or any other country.

[Caryh 5,206]

Nope...

"The International Civil Aviation Board regulation requires that passports must be at least 6 months valid during the travel period."

So a person must have at least 6 months remaining on the current to leave the US and return to the PI, or any other country.

So you're basically saying I can leave my country with exactly 6 months left on my passport. Now lets say its a two month trip, I'm now stuck there and can no longer return to the country of my citizenship because there's now only 4 months left on my passport?

[Hank_ 9,174]

That is my thinking also, if you are returning to your home country (issued passport) and there were less than 6 months remaining they would not force you to stay in another country illegally because your passport is under 6 months... I really don't think so.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

So you're basically saying I can leave my country with exactly 6 months left on my passport. Now lets say its a two month trip, I'm now stuck there and can no longer return to the country of my citizenship because there's now only 4 months left on my passport?

That makes no sense to me, either. I'm sure it would never happen.

Now... can the airlines refuse to issue you a ticket in the first place if the passport has less than 6 months remaining? I guess so, based on the rule I posted above. But when I have traveled in SEA before, and booked online or over the phone (I was unable to book online from Korea to PI), all they asked was if I possessed a valid passport. No one ever asked me how many months it had remaining on it. So perhaps it's a rule that is rarely held to the standard.