Traveling on Extension Letter?

[Ksenia_O 696]

14 hours ago, saadsabir1230 said:

Hey, planning to travel with Lufthansa with Exp GC and Letter , how was your experience with them ? pls thnks.

Lufthansa is well aware what the "combo" of an expired green card+an Ext. letter stands for. You should be good.

 

have a safe trip!

Edited March 14, 2019 by Ksenia_O

[dtown1985 18]

Will be Traveling from Paris to Atlanta Port of Entry via Delta Airlines-anyone know if Delta is aware of Combo Expired GC with 18 month extension letter?

[torres10 34]

11 minutes ago, dtown1985 said:

Will be Traveling from Paris to Atlanta Port of Entry via Delta Airlines-anyone know if Delta is aware of Combo Expired GC with 18 month extension letter?

I had the same flight itinerary with Delta last summer (in July) , I had no issues with an expired GC and extension. Delta is aware 100% of the combo.

 

Have a safe trip!

 

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

23 hours ago, Cougarfalcon83 said:

Has anyone travelled to India on the extension letter? Any issues while coming back at India and in the US?

 

With India it'####### or miss depending on personnel. We traveled with the i551 stamp, the airline/immi folks we encountered were unfamiliar with the stamp but the check-in supervisor asked if we had the extension letter; luckily we did and handed it over for them to review. No issues thereafter in Delhi. 

 

I suggest asking for a Supervisor if the initial agents express bewilderment; someone at the airports should be familiar. 

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

**hit or miss

[saadsabir1230 1]

On 3/14/2019 at 11:42 AM, Ksenia_O said:

Lufthansa is well aware what the "combo" of an expired green card+an Ext. letter stands for. You should be good.

 

have a safe trip!

have you flied with them with your combo ? if so how was it? thank u ! 

[Ksenia_O 696]

11 hours ago, saadsabir1230 said:

have you flied with them with your combo ? if so how was it? thank u ! 

Yes, I have. With both - with a "combo"  of an expired green card + an Ext.letter and later,  - just with I-551 stamp in my passport. Not an issue, at all. 

you should be fine

 

[kazero17 26]

34 minutes ago, Ksenia_O said:

Yes, I have. With both - with a "combo"  of an expired green card + an Ext.letter and later,  - just with I-551 stamp in my passport. Not an issue, at all. 

you should be fine

 

Do i need the I-551 stamp in my passpor to travel overseas or just the combo of GC and Extention letter??? If yes how can i get it ? 

Thanks all.

[Ksenia_O 696]

Just now, kazero17 said:

Do i need the I-551 stamp in my passpor to travel overseas or just the combo of GC and Extention letter??? If yes how can i get it ? 

Thanks all.

You would need the stamp only if your "combo" is about to be expired. 

 

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

1 hour ago, kazero17 said:

Do i need the I-551 stamp in my passpor to travel overseas or just the combo of GC and Extention letter??? If yes how can i get it ? 

Thanks all.

You will only need the stamp if the combo card is about to expire.

[TheKingmaker 153]

Anybody been to Puerto Rico on an extension letter? 

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

Puerto Rico is part of the US. They're unlikely to check immigration status on the flight back to the mainland.

 

But if they do, the gc+extn letter combo should be fine. 

[pearla 11]

Does anyone have experience with boarding Turkish Airlines using the extension letter?

[dtown1985 18]

anyone have any experience at Atlanta Port of Entry with expired GC and Extension letter? what line should i go in?

[TabeaK 517]

23 hours ago, dtown1985 said:

anyone have any experience at Atlanta Port of Entry with expired GC and Extension letter? what line should i go in?

Go to the Permanent Resident/Citizen line. Tell the attendant that you have a GC & Extension letter and need to see an officer.

 

On another not, I recently came back from Belize using my expired GC & extension letter - this time at the airport check-in (flew with United), they neither wanted to see the GC nor the letter. Odd. But I had no issues checking in, boarding or crossing the border in the US.

 

I have thankfully received my 10year GC, so will no longer have to deal with the letter at all.

 

In the 15 or so months I had the extension letter I had serveral international trips, Germany x2, Indonesia, Qatar, Belize & Ecuador - no real issues with the extension letter. I had to explain what the letter was at the airport check-in once or twice but no one gave me any real hassle. Immigration on the US side was always smooth. Hand over GC & letter, scan fingerprints, go - never more than 2mins with the CBP officer.

 

Don't be afraid of traveling with the extension letter.