Permanent Resident Card Expiring

[hearsay 1]

Hi,

I am sure this has been answered a lot, but please forgive me for asking again.

Our Permanent Residents Card's are set to expire on May 18. We of course will apply during the 90 days, however, we were thinking about taking a vacation in June out of the country. At that time, the cards will be expired.

What procedures are in place to obtain permission to re-enter the U.S. on an expired Permanent Resident Card?

Thanks.

[Cassie 8]

After you send in your application to remove conditions on your residency (Form I-751), you will receive a NOA letter that extends the validity of your green card for a year, to cover the time it may/may not take to process your application. Take your expired card, the extension letter, and your ID you normally take on an overseas trip, and you are good to go. Some people get the added insurance of getting the I-551 stamp in their passport (you will have to make an INFOPASS for this at your local district office), because some officials (customs or airlines or otherwise) are not familiar with the extension letter.

[YuAndDan 153]

The guides have much info:

You will receive a notice of receipt for the form stating that "Your alien card is extended one year - employment and travel authorized". Keep the receipt with your green card. If by some chance you are not approved within a year you will want to make an InfoPass appointment to go to your Local Office to request an I-551 stamp in your passport. This does happen as it sometimes it takes over a year to be approved. After your NOA extension expires, this is your only evidence of legal status which you are required to have, by law. This happens occasionally, that a case takes over a year, but it's rare. Local Offices will not give an I-551 stamp is you have another type of evidence of status (ie, expired Green Card + extension letter).

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;page=751guide

You use the NOA1 extension letter from I-751 to re-enter th country from a trip abroad.