Applying to remove conditions and want to travel

[SandI2011 0]

Hi Everyone,

My conditional permanent resident card expires on 6/27/14. I will be sending my i751 form shortly. I was wondering if I will be able to travel in Sept 2014? Do they extend the card until we get the 10 year card?

Please advise.

Thanks!

[sandy18 0]

If you start your process now, you will get the NOA and biometrics appointment before your trip, the letter they send you gives you a 1 year extension on your green card while they process the 10 year one, which will allow you to travel and work with no problems

[SandI2011 0]

Awesome! Thanks :-)

[Dave&Roza 748]

Hi Everyone,

My conditional permanent resident card expires on 6/27/14. I will be sending my i751 form shortly. I was wondering if I will be able to travel in Sept 2014? Do they extend the card until we get the 10 year card?

Please advise.

Thanks!

If you start your process now, you will get the NOA and biometrics appointment before your trip, the letter they send you gives you a 1 year extension on your green card while they process the 10 year one, which will allow you to travel and work with no problems

I would check with the airlines you plan to use as there has been some problems with them accepting the extension letter. Make certain you take the original extension letter. You will not have problems with CBP, but some airlines have causes other VJ members to have issues when using the extension letter and the airline employee is poorly trained. Just wanted to make you aware that there is usually no problems, but there have been issues with Frontier in Mexico and a couple of other airlines.

Good luck,

Dave

[SandI2011 0]

Dave, don't you need the green card just to enter the states? Are you talking about when you book the flight?

Edited March 30, 2014 by SandI2011

[SandI2011 0]

I would check with the airlines you plan to use as there has been some problems with them accepting the extension letter. Make certain you take the original extension letter. You will not have problems with CBP, but some airlines have causes other VJ members to have issues when using the extension letter and the airline employee is poorly trained. Just wanted to make you aware that there is usually no problems, but there have been issues with Frontier in Mexico and a couple of other airlines.

Good luck,

Dave

Dave, don't you need the green card just to enter the states? Are you talking about when you book the flight?

[Dave&Roza 748]

Dave, don't you need the green card just to enter the states? Are you talking about when you book the flight?

There are two steps to gaining re-entry to the US. The first is the ability to get on the airplane to come to the US. The second is to be inspected by the CBP. The airlines want to see your GC before they will allow you to board the airplane. If your GC is expired and you show your extension letter, you should be fine. I am just trying to warn you that there have been horror stories of ill trained airline employees who would not let a person with an expired GC and the original extension letter on the airplane. If you cannot get on the airplane you are not coming back to the US. So in reality the airlines have more power over your destiny then most people realize. After all, the CBP has a computer and can look up your file and see you have filed for ROC and your GC has been extended for 1 year. When my wife travelled last year she had to show her passport and her GC when we were returning to the US. Once on the original flight out of Almaty and again in Amsterdam. There are a couple of stories here on VJ where the GC holder was allowed on the first leg, but denied on the second leg that was to the US.

If you use a major international carrier you should be fine, but I would still check. I know Lufthansa and KLM accept the extension letter as I checked because we were going to travel whether her 10 year GC arrived or not. It arrived before we left so there were no problems.

Dave

[gyselle 4]

I just came back from being away 7 weeks. My original GC has expired and I'm on the 1 year extension and waiting for my 10 year green card.

You need the original 1 year extension letter and at the airport (SFO). I had to go into a seperate office after immigration so that they can double check that the extension is real.

Other than that. no issues.