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Traveling After Receiving Green Card

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AndyMisiu Proficient

AndyMisiu   0

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Hello! long time no see :)

My wife has her greencard and everything is going great. We are living in Baltimore, she is working and things couldn't be better.

However, Ania is planning her first trip back to her home country and we have a few questions. Ania has her Greencard which is in her married name. She also has an advanced parole which is in her married name also. She does not have a US passport and her Polish passport in in her maiden name.

What do we need to do?

Is it ok to travel on this? or do we need to get an us passport?

06/30/06- sent I-129F petition to VSC.

07/11/06- NOA1 (received in mail)

07/19/06- RFE received in mail, IMBRA

07/28/06- e-mail, IMBRA RFE received at VSC

09/11/06- called VSC, told I'm with an adjudicating officer

09/25/06- called VSC, told to file expedited service, outside 60 days of RFE received date

09/26/06- sent expedited service request to VSC via fax and snail mail

09/26/06- Senators and Congressman making inquiries into my petition

09/29/06- expedited service request approved by VSC director

10/04/06- e-mail NOA2 approved!!!!!!

10/05/06- NVC received

10/06/06- NVC forwarded to Poland Embassy

10/16/06- Packet #3 received

10/17/06- Packet #3 sent to US Embassy Warsaw

10/30/06- Packet #4 received

10/30/06- Interview scheduled for November 22nd!!!

11/30/06- Visa in hand, via DHL!!!!

12/05/06- Ania and I arrive together in the USA

02/11/07- Ania applied for Social Security Card

02/17/07- Ania and I were MARRIED!!!!!!

07/24/07- Social Security Card in hand- after some minor issues and a little procrastination :)

10/14/07- I-485, I-765, and permission to travel mailed to USCIS

10/17/07- Received NOA1

12/17/07- I-485 shipped to California Service Center for faster service

12/17/07- I-765 approved new card should be mailed within 30 days, Advanced parole approved

02/28/08- AOS APPROVED!!!! PERMANENT RESIDENT CARD RECEIVED!!!!! (card received couple weeks after approval)

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payxibka Grand Master

payxibka   10,045

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AP is meaningless since you have the greencard

Carry a copy of the document that legally changed her name (marriage certificate?)

Book all tix in the name that she will use as her ID for the airlines/TSA ID checkers... most likely her passport name.

She does not have a US passport because she is not yet a US citizen

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YMMV

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elmcitymaven Grand Master

elmcitymaven   9,712

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Two choices: 1) get a new Polish passport with her new married name. You will encounter no name issues at the border if everything matches up. 2) book the ticket in the name on her old, valid Polish passport. At the border, present the passport, green card and a copy of your marriage certificate. Anecdotal evidence on VJ says this should work, but it is always at the discretion of the officer.

Your wife cannot get a US passport as she is not a US citizen. She also no longer needs the AP as she is now a permanent resident. Hope this helps. :)

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Any tickets MUST be booked in her legal name as it appears in her passport. If her passport and green card have 2 different names, she should carry with her a photocopy of your marriage certificate.

divorced - April 2010 moved back to Ontario May 2010 and surrendered green card

PLEASE DO NOT PRIVATE MESSAGE ME OR EMAIL ME. I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT CURRENT US IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES!!!!!

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Just to clarify - in option 2 above you book the ticket in her maiden name. So as far as the airline is concerned there is no complication. The only time she needs to show her marriage cert with her green card to the US immigration authorities on the way back in to the US.

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