Permanent Resident - e-passport

[Timpat 0]

Hello,

Has anyone traveled recently with an older British Passport and their Green Card?

I understand it is now required to have an e-passport for tourists but is this the case if you are a permanent resident?

My UK passport expires in August and I plan to travel to the UK 28th June - 11th July then renew it once I am back.

Any issues?

Thanks!

Tim

[ryna 132]

Hello,

Has anyone traveled recently with an older British Passport and their Green Card?

I understand it is now required to have an e-passport for tourists but is this the case if you are a permanent resident?

My UK passport expires in August and I plan to travel to the UK 28th June - 11th July then renew it once I am back.

Any issues?

Thanks!

Tim

To return to the U.S.?

Technically, with a GC, a passport isn't even needed. (Strange that USCs are required to show a passport to enter their own country and LPRs are not, but those are the rules.)

They will, of course look at it and probably stamp it even, but it will not be a problem.

[aaron2020 11,651]

To return to the U.S.?

Technically, with a GC, a passport isn't even needed. (Strange that USCs are required to show a passport to enter their own country and LPRs are not, but those are the rules.)

They will, of course look at it and probably stamp it even, but it will not be a problem.

CBP needs proof that the person in front of them is legally allowed to be admitted into the US.

A USC needs a US passport to who he/she is legally allowed to enter the US.

An LPR needs a green card. A foreign passport doesn't show the right to enter the US.

[ryna 132]

CBP needs proof that the person in front of them is legally allowed to be admitted into the US.

A USC needs a US passport to who he/she is legally allowed to enter the US.

An LPR needs a green card. A foreign passport doesn't show the right to enter the US.

Yes, but the strange part is that a USC needs very specific proof, i.e. a U.S. passport. A U.S. birth certificate & state photo ID proves US citizenship everywhere else but at the border and was perfectly valid until about 10 years ago. Heck, I remember when just a verbal "Are you a U.S. citizen? Yes" worked when crossing back from Canada by car.

[TBoneTX 45,328]

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[NikLR 13,227]

Well crossing from canada never used to need a passport to fly either but it does now.

In fact driving still only requires a edl and can be done with a BC.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

To return to the U.S.?

Technically, with a GC, a passport isn't even needed. (Strange that USCs are required to show a passport to enter their own country and LPRs are not, but those are the rules.)

They will, of course look at it and probably stamp it even, but it will not be a problem.

CBP needs proof that the person in front of them is legally allowed to be admitted into the US.

A USC needs a US passport to who he/she is legally allowed to enter the US.

An LPR needs a green card. A foreign passport doesn't show the right to enter the US.

Both a green card and a US passport are US government issued photo IDs. (I'm sure the US places more faith in its GCs than the sometimes easily faked passports of other countries.) But it makes perfect sense when looked at from that perspective. Edited June 4, 2016 by SusieQQQ