re-entry with noa1 & expired GC when new 10yr GC is waiting in US

[Caps 0]

I am currently visiting family outside of the country and my I-751 was approved which is great. However, am I ok to still enter on my expired GC and the NOA1 even though my new 10 yr GC is sitting in my mailbox for me? I will return about 10 days after the card will have arrived n my mail box at home.

Will I be ok returning and should I imediately tell the border agent about my sitiuation or wait to be asked?

Thanks

[Dave&Roza 748]

I am currently visiting family outside of the country and my I-751 was approved which is great. However, am I ok to still enter on my expired GC and the NOA1 even though my new 10 yr GC is sitting in my mailbox for me? I will return about 10 days after the card will have arrived n my mail box at home.

Will I be ok returning and should I imediately tell the border agent about my sitiuation or wait to be asked?

Thanks

Most people have had more trouble being allowed on the airplane with an expired GC and the original extension letter or AP--Frontier was one. Once you get to the US the CBP person will scann in your old GC and up will pop that you have a new GC. You may get asked about this and all you have to say is that it arrived while you were outside the US so you are using the expired GC and extension letter. Having the new GC does not make the extension letter invalid.

I would check with the airline that they know about the extension letter and expired GC--most major air carriers that fly to the US do, but some employees may not be properly trained. In the Frontier case reported here on VJ, the airline employee would not accept the plastic AP card because it used to be paper. It all boils down to training. There is this pilot that likes to take pictures of TSA agents in the public area and they want him to delete the photos. He politely refuses and asks them why. They state it is against TSA policy which it is not. So he asks them why he knows more about their own policies then they do and they work for the TSA. Too many times we are confronted with ill-trained employees (the SSA comes to mind) and allow them to bully us. Do not let that happen to you. The expired GC and extension letter are valid proof that you are a LPR of the US and as such should be allowed to board the airplane.

Good luck,

Dave

[Caps 0]

Thanks for your prompt answer. I figured I would be ok, but just wanted to make sure.

[bigdog 376]

Someone can send you your new green card via USPS ems registered in 5 days for about $90.