Traveling outside the US on a (conditional) green card

[RealPi 0]

Hi all

First I must apologize because this is not at all about lifting conditions on my conditional card. However, it is the only topic area I found that is related to conditional green cards; and this is about traveling.

This is the first time I will be traveling outside the US after I received my green card.

Some details first. (Please correct me if this seems wrong to you). I have my (conditional) permanent residence card (which I will need to renew in Aug 2010, about 3 months before it expires). I will be traveling on vacation in Europe for one week in April 2009. My foreign passport is still valid till the end of 2011. Hence, I do not need to file for an I-131 since I am only going for one week (after you receive your green card, you only need an I-131 if you intend to stay abroad for more than 1 year).

However, here is my question: On my way out of the US, do I hand in the I-94 form (the one I still have attached on my passport from the date I entered the US as a K-1er, the one whose photocopies were used in I-485 etc), as I would have normally done when exiting the US had I been e.g. on a tourist visa (B1/B2)? I know that for a tourist to the US, forgetting to return your I-94 before you leave the US to return to your original destination abroad may delay your re-entry to the US. What happens in this case (i.e. for permanent residents)? And if I do need to hand my old I-94 at the airport desk just before boarding the plane to exit the US for my vacation, do I still fill in a new I-94 on my way back to the US (to be shown to the officer at the PoE together with my passport and green card)?

So I need to know two things, basically: do I need to give away my old I-94, yes or no? And do I need to fill a new I-94 on the plane, yes or no ? (I know that everyone has to fill in the green customs form, of course).

Any help would be truly appreciated!

Real Pi

[cookiee 0]

you don't need I-94 anymore.. nobody is going to ask you about I-94.. you just need to show your green card to airport desk

you don't need to give away your old I-94

[RealPi 0]

you don't need I-94 anymore.. nobody is going to ask you about I-94.. you just need to show your green card to airport desk

you don't need to give away your old I-94

Thanks cookie for the fast reply!

So, since I asked this, would you, or anyone else, have any idea if the entry "Date entered the US" on an AR-11 form (for change of address) refers to the date mentioned on this particular ("old") I-94 (i.e. the date you entered the US as a K1-er)? Or does it refer to the last time you entered the US (after going away on a trip for example)?