Domestic travel prior AOS

[UnIqUe 4]

My I-94 was expired but my passport is valid. I have to travel domestic trip before AOS approved (if EAD approve, this card is enough for second ID?). I plan to take my passport, NOAs and marriage certificate. Is there any document needed besides those?

Thanks for any suggestions.

[TBoneTX 45,968]

You're very, very smart & prepared. Take a COPY (not the original) of your interview appointment letter or NOA (receipt notice for AOS) with you, just for safety. If your I-94 is expired, you do not want to give ANY Federal agent reason to question your status, anywhere you might be.

Before my wife got her green card, I had her carry a copy of her MOST RECENT paperwork with her, everywhere. This included the copy of our cover letter (+ copy of the $1,010 check) for AOS -- after we applied but before the receipt notice came. It goes without saying that you should also carry your marriage certificate with you everywhere, until you receive your green card.

Do not believe the cavalier VJ members who will say "don't worry -- you can travel domestically anywhere, without problems." You may not ENCOUNTER problems, but you want to be prepared in case you DO. Our government has unlimited time & resources to make our lives miserable. Avoid making yourself a potential victim -- carry your most recent paperwork and your marriage certificate with you everywhere, at all times.

[Myopia 93]

My I-94 was expired but my passport is valid. I have to travel domestic trip before AOS approved (if EAD approve, this card is enough for second ID?). I plan to take my passport, NOAs and marriage certificate. Is there any document needed besides those?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Ive traveled many times domestically and never had to show anything other than my photo ID. Theoretically any airport is a POE so you can be stopped by an Immigration agent and asked to produce your documents but It never happened to me and I flew from small airports to larger ones.

What you have is enough.

[UnIqUe 4]

You're very, very smart & prepared. Take a COPY (not the original) of your interview appointment letter or NOA (receipt notice for AOS) with you, just for safety. If your I-94 is expired, you do not want to give ANY Federal agent reason to question your status, anywhere you might be.

Before my wife got her green card, I had her carry a copy of her MOST RECENT paperwork with her, everywhere. This included the copy of our cover letter (+ copy of the $1,010 check) for AOS -- after we applied but before the receipt notice came. It goes without saying that you should also carry your marriage certificate with you everywhere, until you receive your green card.

Do not believe the cavalier VJ members who will say "don't worry -- you can travel domestically anywhere, without problems." You may not ENCOUNTER problems, but you want to be prepared in case you DO. Our government has unlimited time & resources to make our lives miserable. Avoid making yourself a potential victim -- carry your most recent paperwork and your marriage certificate with you everywhere, at all times.

Thanks for your advise and suggestions, TBone. Plus I will receive AP in few days because my AP have been approved. With AP and marriage certificate, ofcoz with passport, I think I won't have problems to travel domestically, right?

[TBoneTX 45,968]

AP is for international travel only. If your passport is valid, and if you'll use it for identification at the airport (if you're flying), and if the name on your passport matches the name on your airline ticket, you're fine. Again, keep copies of all of your most recent paperwork (whatever that is at the time) with you, purely for peace of mind in the unlikely event that a Federal agent demands it. (If you're driving within a 100-mile radius of either U.S. border, that likelihood increases exponentially.)

[UnIqUe 4]

Thanks again. TBone. I will take all paperworks with me.

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Thanks again. TBone. I will take all paperworks with me.

Wait...

Do you have the NOA from the AOS filing?

(since you state your about to get the AP, I am thinking most likely)

If you do - then your status is safe (since you are in the process of adjusting).

Carry that NOA with you along with your marriage certificate. That should get you through any ICE issues.

(Just looked at your timeline - you state you have the NOA for the 485 - your good to go with status issue)

Edited March 26, 2010 by Bobby+Umit

[UnIqUe 4]

Wait...

Do you have the NOA from the AOS filing?

(since you state your about to get the AP, I am thinking most likely)

If you do - then your status is safe (since you are in the process of adjusting).

Carry that NOA with you along with your marriage certificate. That should get you through any ICE issues.

(Just looked at your timeline - you state you have the NOA for the 485 - your good to go with status issue)

Yes, I got all NOAs. I'll take all these with me. Hope I will get EAD before my trip. EAD can be used as ID?

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Yes, I got all NOAs. I'll take all these with me. Hope I will get EAD before my trip. EAD can be used as ID?

You just need the NOA for the 485 (that's the status one).

EAD as an ID? Depends on who is requesting it, but I would stick with the passport.

[Nik+Heather 121]

If you have gotten a state drivers' license, you can use that as ID to travel domestically. You can bring your passport with you, but if you can get away with only showing the license, then there's no chance that anyone will accidentally see that your I-94 is expired and give you any hassles.

Edited March 30, 2010 by Nik+Heather

[UnIqUe 4]

If you have gotten a state drivers' license, you can use that as ID to travel domestically. You can bring your passport with you, but if you can get away with only showing the license, then there's no chance that anyone will accidentally see that your I-94 is expired and give you any hassles.

Unfortunately, I don't have DL because DMV don't want to issue me as my I-94 was almost expiring. I went there 1-1/2 months before I-94 expired. Thanks for advising. I appreciate it.