Traveling abroad as a permanent resident card holder

[bonjur_mimi 0]

Hi everybody,

Can I travel abroad with just a green card or do I need advance parole document? I got my green card 1.5 years ago.

Thanks in advance

[amykathleen2005 441]

All you need is a green card. Does it have restrictions that you have to remove?

[Tero 105]

Hi everybody,

Can I travel abroad with just a green card or do I need advance parole document? I got my green card 1.5 years ago.

Thanks in advance

Provided there are no conditions on your resident status, you must have your green card in order to return to the country, but also need your international passport (from whatever country) to travel abroad.

Edited February 2, 2011 by Tero

[TBoneTX 46,129]

To cover all bases, also carry a copy of your marriage certificate with you. You may never need it, but you never know.

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

As a green card holder you're able to travel to CERTAIN countries without a visa requirement. Dont know where you're travelling but if you're travelling to the "home country" of Kyrgyzstan and you hold the passport then of course the requirement is the passport of that country + green card.

[w8inglongtime 29]

To cover all bases, also carry a copy of your marriage certificate with you. You may never need it, but you never know.

Why would a marriage certificate ever come into play while travelling with a greencard? Greencard trumps a marriage certificate anyday at the borders. If you have a valid greencard but a CBP officer is giving you a hard time entering the U.S, I doubt pulling a marriage certificate will shake that officer. A passport and greencard is all the OP needs to travel outside the u.s. The only other paperwork the OP will need will be a re-entry permit if the Op plans on staying for more than 6 month to a year.

[Tero 105]

Why would a marriage certificate ever come into play while travelling with a greencard? Greencard trumps a marriage certificate anyday at the borders. If you have a valid greencard but a CBP officer is giving you a hard time entering the U.S, I doubt pulling a marriage certificate will shake that officer. A passport and greencard is all the OP needs to travel outside the u.s. The only other paperwork the OP will need will be a re-entry permit if the Op plans on staying for more than 6 month to a year.

Correct!

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

Why would a marriage certificate ever come into play while travelling with a greencard? Greencard trumps a marriage certificate anyday at the borders. If you have a valid greencard but a CBP officer is giving you a hard time entering the U.S, I doubt pulling a marriage certificate will shake that officer. A passport and greencard is all the OP needs to travel outside the u.s. The only other paperwork the OP will need will be a re-entry permit if the Op plans on staying for more than 6 month to a year.

Well i guess in-case something went wrong and is needed but the marriage cert. is not necessary. You have some of these Canadian couples who decide they want to "visit" Canada and to their surprise got stock as the immigration office denied the Canadian Citizen entry. They think "marriage without filing an I130 gives them any right/status and they are forced to go file right away or stay away

Edited February 6, 2011 by RICARDO4EVA2

[damulag 26]

Why would a marriage certificate ever come into play while travelling with a greencard? Greencard trumps a marriage certificate anyday at the borders. If you have a valid greencard but a CBP officer is giving you a hard time entering the U.S, I doubt pulling a marriage certificate will shake that officer. A passport and greencard is all the OP needs to travel outside the u.s. The only other paperwork the OP will need will be a re-entry permit if the Op plans on staying for more than 6 month to a year.

I the person traveling has a non US passport in their maiden name and the green card in the married name and is entering a country that would normally require a visa for the nationality of the passport holder but not for a green card holder then they might need to produce documentation that the person on the passport is the same person as the green card.

My wife was asked for her marriage certificate when we left the Philippines with a passport in maiden name and green card in married name, different departure tax.