Do you need green card to depart US?

[payxibka 10,047]

I was not asked for my GC when travelling overseas or to Canada, but I was asked for it upon my return trip from overseas. It probably has a lot do with with which country your passport is issued from. If it's a country where a visa is normally required, the GC will suffice in place of the visa, depending upon which country you are travelling to. (i.e. Canada will allow the GC to trump a visa for certain nations.)

No AP will not work if the person has already been approved for AOS, Once approval is given the AP is void and you need either a Greencard or a I-551 stamp in your passport.

The AP will work if the AOS has been approved. There are quite a number of us who were out of the country when their GC arrived. All we did was use the AP to return to the US and all went well.

Moving to the Working & Travelling Prior to GC forum.

Since we are mostly talking about airline personnel , it may simply be a differences in processes between carriers.

[Krikit 1,165]

Since we are mostly talking about airline personnel , it may simply be a differences in processes between carriers.

True. In my case I was asked by security personnel to produce it. The airline carrier personnel did not request it.

[payxibka 10,047]

Since we are mostly talking about airline personnel , it may simply be a differences in processes between carriers.

True. In my case I was asked by security personnel to produce it. The airline carrier personnel did not request it.

Interesting, as that is none of the TSA's business...