Traveling on Extension Letter?

[dtown1985 18]

Hi guys just wanted to give update on my trip. This was my second time using my 18 month extension letter. Port of Entry was Dallas Airport. This time, there was no secondary inspection-It was super fast, only took my right hand finger prints, i don't even think he even took my picture, no questions or anything. I think it just depends port of entry and officer you get. I flew from Mexico to Dallas.

[nikkimujj 5]

On 3/12/2019 at 2:34 PM, rooji said:

Hello,

 

I wanted to know if anyone recently traveled to Pakistan on Qatar airlines recently with expired GC and extension letter? Did they have any trouble especially if their name is common Muslim name? Me and husband are traveling in about 2 months with our new born baby and I need to know if I will run in any problem. We are traveling from DC airport.

 

Thanks

rooj

Hi rooj,

 

Can you please share your experience of travelling to Pakistan on Qatar airlines? We are planning to travel on the 18 month extension letter. Which airport did you fly into Pakistan? And did the airline staff and FIA seem familiar with the expired green card+extension letter combo? Thanks so much.

[rooji 25]

9 hours ago, nikkimujj said:

Hi rooj,

 

Can you please share your experience of travelling to Pakistan on Qatar airlines? We are planning to travel on the 18 month extension letter. Which airport did you fly into Pakistan? And did the airline staff and FIA seem familiar with the expired green card+extension letter combo? Thanks so much.

 

Hi

 

Sorry for not updating. We traveled from DC (iad) to Lahore airport. From DC no issue whatsoever and same goes to the airport in Lahore. It is on individual person or officer who may have an issue but we didn't. Also me and my husband were traveling with our baby and my mother in law so no issue. It was all smooth and simple. The airline staff were familiar with it but it is the airport security staff in Pakistan who are somewhat familiar to the combo but it  was not much. Anyways everything was good. 

 

Urooj

[nikkimujj 5]

10 hours ago, rooji said:

 

Hi

 

Sorry for not updating. We traveled from DC (iad) to Lahore airport. From DC no issue whatsoever and same goes to the airport in Lahore. It is on individual person or officer who may have an issue but we didn't. Also me and my husband were traveling with our baby and my mother in law so no issue. It was all smooth and simple. The airline staff were familiar with it but it is the airport security staff in Pakistan who are somewhat familiar to the combo but it  was not much. Anyways everything was good. 

 

Urooj

Thank you, Urooj. This is so helpful. I didn't quite understand what you meant about the airport security staff. Did you mean the staff who put the exit stamps in passport weren't very familiar with the combo? Or is it the security at airport entrance?  

[Motley 38]

I'm sure this has been asked before but here is my situation.

 

My wife who is from the Philippines and I plan on traveling to the Philippines in December. She has her 18 month extension letter and we do the bio-metrics appointment next week. We were thinking about possibly flying out of the Toronto airport because it is cheaper. Will we have any issues if we try to do so? Should we avoid it just to be safe and fly out of an American airport?

[Thegirl 225]

12 hours ago, Motley said:

I'm sure this has been asked before but here is my situation.

 

My wife who is from the Philippines and I plan on traveling to the Philippines in December. She has her 18 month extension letter and we do the bio-metrics appointment next week. We were thinking about possibly flying out of the Toronto airport because it is cheaper. Will we have any issues if we try to do so? Should we avoid it just to be safe and fly out of an American airport?

It shouldn't be a problem. Would be the same as is you had flown to Canada on your way to somewhere else. As long as you enter Canada legally it's not an issue. 

[Ksenia_O 696]

On 7/24/2019 at 6:46 AM, Motley said:

I'm sure this has been asked before but here is my situation.

 

My wife who is from the Philippines and I plan on traveling to the Philippines in December. She has her 18 month extension letter and we do the bio-metrics appointment next week. We were thinking about possibly flying out of the Toronto airport because it is cheaper. Will we have any issues if we try to do so? Should we avoid it just to be safe and fly out of an American airport?

She might need an eTA if you will be flying to,   or transiting through, a Canadian airport.  Takes 5 minutes to apply (on-line), cost 7 Canadian dollars and given for 5 years.

 

More info you can find here

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1053&top=16

 

 

P.S. I flew  through Toronto, with eTA and a combo of an Extension letter+ expired green card - great experience! Loved it and yes, it's way chipper. 

Edited July 25, 2019 by Ksenia_O

[dreamtor 1]

Is I-551 stamp necessary if I'm staying outside of the US for only 6 weeks. I have the expired CG and 18 months extension letter and I'm traveling to Morocco. Anyone from Morocco has done this before?

[njblync 0]

I am traveling with my husband next week. He has an expired green card with a 12 months extension letter. I just tried to access the link that was posted in this stream and it says this page no longer found. Any suggestions how I can access the document? did someone safe it as a PDF and can repost? 

[Ksenia_O 696]

9 minutes ago, njblync said:

I am traveling with my husband next week. He has an expired green card with a 12 months extension letter. I just tried to access the link that was posted in this stream and it says this page no longer found. Any suggestions how I can access the document? did someone safe it as a PDF and can repost? 

Here is an updated one

https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2019-Mar/2019 Carrier Information Guide - ENGLISH.pdf

[WOODHIKER 30]

I wanted to post my travel experience since I found reading this forum topic helpful for when I was travelled on my recent trip. 

 

I travelled from Paris to LA on 7/29 on Delta, but the flight was operated by Air France.  When I got to the airport to check in I gave the AF agent my expired GC and extension letter.  I was worried for a second when I first gave her the extension letter because she said had not seen a letter like this before, but she was more concerned about determining how long my GC was extended for so that she could enter the date into the system.  When I showed her the sentence in the extension letter indicating that I had an 18 month extension she laughed and then started counting out 18 months on her fingers so that she could enter the extension date into the system.  Then she gave me a look and asked me why didn't the government just give me a new GC instead of the extension letter.  I told her it takes a long time to approve the application, so that is why I was given the extension letter.  She shook her head and laughed as if she couldn't understand why the process should take so long.  Then she gave me my boarding pass and I was on my way.   When I arrived in LAX I could not use the automatic customs process machines since my GC was expired and I had to go directly to speak with the CBP agent.  I gave the agent my expired GC and extension letter and other than the standard questions of where I travelled from and for how long there were no additional questions and no secondary screening.  The whole process was very painless.  

Edited July 31, 2019 by WOODHIKER

[Filetofish 2]

On 4/26/2017 at 2:49 PM, mindthegap said:

Yes....impressed that it also shows pictures of the stamps that baffle people who haven't seen them before.

Document saved and bookmarked 

What about traveling with just the ext letter and no physical green card (long story) and no stamp?

[Ksenia_O 696]

21 minutes ago, Filetofish said:

What about traveling with just the ext letter and no physical green card (long story) and no stamp?

You've just created the whole thread and got ALL possible answers...

 

Once again - an Extension Letter works only along with a green card. TO-GE-THER.  Without the card the Letter is useless and meaningless. 

 

In your case - I-551 stamp in your passport  is the only way for you to leave any country for the US. 

 

 

 

Edited July 31, 2019 by Ksenia_O

[Thegirl 225]

On 7/29/2019 at 10:53 PM, dreamtor said:

Is I-551 stamp necessary if I'm staying outside of the US for only 6 weeks. I have the expired CG and 18 months extension letter and I'm traveling to Morocco. Anyone from Morocco has done this before?

No you are good with just the letter and the expired green card. Matter of fact they won't give you a stamp of you already have a letter that has not yet expired. 

[mindthegap 2,590]

19 hours ago, Filetofish said:

What about traveling with just the ext letter and no physical green card (long story) and no stamp?

no bueno.

 

Both together must you have, or stamp must you get.