Green Card arrived while traveling abroad. Urgent advice needed.

[NMK94 4]

Hi,

My wife is overseas, and her green card (without conditions) arrived. She has her expired 2 year conditional green card, plus the 1 year extension letter.

To sum up, she received her 2 year GC, we applied to have conditions removed, we got the 1 year extension letter, she is traveling (short trip to see her parents), but then the new green card came (faster than we expected).

So, should I send her the new green card via Fedex/UPS etc, or can she explain the situation at the airport when she arrives to customs? (I will be at the terminal with the new green card.)

It's actually urgent, because she's set to fly back on Sunday, so I'd have to send her the GC today for her to get it in time!

Please, any help is appreciated on what to do here.

Thanks!

[Unlockable 7,314]

If she has the expired GC and the valid extension letter then she should be fine returning to the US.

I wouldn't risk the new GC getting lost in transit.

[teeak 224]

Nope, don't risk sending it via FedEx. Her extension letter is still valid I presume so she should be fine. If any questions are asked, she can explain that her I751 was approved while she was abroad and they'll see in their systems that she is a permanent resident nonetheless.

[subwayguy 100]

Hi,

My wife is overseas, and her green card (without conditions) arrived. She has her expired 2 year conditional green card, plus the 1 year extension letter.

To sum up, she received her 2 year GC, we applied to have conditions removed, we got the 1 year extension letter, she is traveling (short trip to see her parents), but then the new green card came (faster than we expected).

So, should I send her the new green card via Fedex/UPS etc, or can she explain the situation at the airport when she arrives to customs? (I will be at the terminal with the new green card.)

It's actually urgent, because she's set to fly back on Sunday, so I'd have to send her the GC today for her to get it in time!

Please, any help is appreciated on what to do here.

Thanks!

It is good. I've personally done something similar.

I travelled with Advanced Parole and my green card was approved whilst I was in Europe.

They probably will send your wife to secondary and confirm her permanent residency.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

Hi,

My wife is overseas, and her green card (without conditions) arrived. She has her expired 2 year conditional green card, plus the 1 year extension letter.

To sum up, she received her 2 year GC, we applied to have conditions removed, we got the 1 year extension letter, she is traveling (short trip to see her parents), but then the new green card came (faster than we expected).

So, should I send her the new green card via Fedex/UPS etc, or can she explain the situation at the airport when she arrives to customs? (I will be at the terminal with the new green card.)

It's actually urgent, because she's set to fly back on Sunday, so I'd have to send her the GC today for her to get it in time!

Please, any help is appreciated on what to do here.

Thanks!

I agree with the other people that posted as well. Do not risk the green card by using any forum of mail. She is fine to fly and travel back to the USA using the extension letter. So just use the letter coming in to the country and if she is asked about it just say that the new card arrived while traveling.

[NMK94 4]

Thank you all for your replies! After posting this I thought "why don't I call USCIS and see what they say".

Their response was the same: there should be no issue with the expired GC + extension letter.

Thanks again to everyone for your help!