Permanent Residency Stamp and Expiring Passport

[ahebl 0]

So, my wife's portuguese passport expires June 27. Our AOS interview is June 3rd. When we walk out of the interview with the permanent residency stamp in her passport, she plans to travel to Portugal immediately for the remainder of June. While in Portugal, she will get a new passport.

Will the stamp in the old passport be usable to get back into the US when she comes in July, even though the passport it is in will have expired? I.e., can she use her new passport in combination with the old passport + stamp to get back in?

If not, and her green card arrives, and I am already back in the US, can I mail it to her and have her successfully be able to use it to come back?

Another question:

If we don't get approved immediately on June 3rd, she still plans to travel back to Portugal immediately thereafter. She has AP. Will her failure to get approved immediately have any effect on the validity of her AP?

Thanks!!

[ahebl 0]

This page SEEMS to answer the question, but I was wondering if anyone can confirm or deny.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qi...04051519AACN46E

[JaEnglishGirl 34]

The page seems to say what I would have said.

Can she not apply for a new passport at the Portuguese Embassy here?

[RaTBoX 1]

You are allowed to have your I-551 stamp in an expired passport and enter the country with a new passport, providing you still have the expired one with you to show to CPB.

You could mail the GC overseas to her, but I'd be worried aboutit being late or never turning up. If it gets lost, there is a fee to replace it.

Not getting approved imediately won't have any impact on her using AP to travel.

Edited April 25, 2008 by RaTBoX