Travel w i551 stamp

[Messybrownhair 251]

Anyone have trouble traveling overseas with just the i551 stamp? I never got my extension letter and they took my expired GC from me when I asked for the stamp. I am also taking my 4 month old USC son with me. I have his us passport and his dad's orders, Poa and a notarized letter from him saying he knows we are traveling to Manila. Am I going to have increased chances for secondary inspection? It's my first time back since I got here

[hmh33 117]

You will be just fine.

[Dave&Roza 748]

Anyone have trouble traveling overseas with just the i551 stamp? I never got my extension letter and they took my expired GC from me when I asked for the stamp. I am also taking my 4 month old USC son with me. I have his us passport and his dad's orders, Poa and a notarized letter from him saying he knows we are traveling to Manila. Am I going to have increased chances for secondary inspection? It's my first time back since I got here

There was a thread here on VJ a while back where someone actually said they "lost" their extension letter so they could get the stamp because they did not think the expired GC with the extension letter would work in the country they were travelling to. The I-551 stamp is a GC within your passport and as long as it has not expired you can travel using it. The hardest thing about international travel is conviencing the airlines to allow you to board the aircraft back to the US. You must have a US passport, a GC, AP, or a valid visa for the US. Usually there are no problems, but when we travel on "expired" documents this throws the airline employees for a loop as they do not see this everyday. I know how you feel as we are going to be traveling in August and my wife's GC expires in 5 days. We are hoping that the new GC will arrive before we leave, but I doubt that will happen. So we will be traveling on teh expired GC and the extension letter. At least if they do not allow her to board she can stay in her country until the new GC is issued.

You will be fine.

Good luck,

Dave

[Darnell 8,478]

technically and legally, you'll be fine.

As Dave Mentions, you might have human issues at each airport, as 'just the stamp in passport' isn't seen everyday, and it's supposed to trump the expired green card already.