Traveling with only I-551 stamp on passport

[algman 1]

Hello guys,

Did anyone travel oustide the US with only I-551 stamp on passport as a proof of legal residency?

USCIS took my expired extension letter and GC from me when I went to get my passport stamped for another 6 months.

 

Thank you

[Tracey&Greg 35]

As long as you have the stamp you should be fine. My hubby traveled to the UK and back with his stamp and had no issues. 

[Scazy 78]

I would recommend to print CBP manual with pages showing a stamp as acceptable form of documents just to have something to show airline agent if needed

[algman 1]

Thanks for your reply guys. I wish someone with a similar case would give us his or her story though

[Citychic1 14]

I have travelled on two different occasions with an expired green card and the stamp on my passport to Nigeria and I had no problem at all, to and fro. 

[algman 1]

3 minutes ago, Citychic1 said:

I have travelled on two different occasions with an expired green card and the stamp on my passport to Nigeria and I had no problem at all, to and fro. 

Thats good news. USCIS took my expired green card and the extension letter from me

[Citychic1 14]

8 minutes ago, algman said:

Thats good news. USCIS took my expired green card and the extension letter from me

During my time they didn't take my expired green card from me. I guess things have changed. This was in 2012 and 2014. The immigration officers just glanced at my expired green card and checked the stamp on my passport and that was it. They didn't even look at the extension letter. So you shouldn't have a problem at all. 

[yvy23 11]

I traveled back from the UK on December 5th with just the I-551 stamp.  I still had my expired green card and extension letter, but wasn't asked for either - the officer just verified my stamp by checking it against the system.  Was done and out in under 10 minutes...actually faster than when I used the expired green card with extension letter on my previous trip.

[LILI&FERRA 84]

Yes I have, and didn’t have any problemes, along as the stamp is valid! 

[Mollie09 1,543]

I traveled with only the stamp and had fewer issues than expired GC + letter.

[divorcedgayman 11]

13 hours ago, algman said:

Hello guys,

Did anyone travel oustide the US with only I-551 stamp on passport as a proof of legal residency?

USCIS took my expired extension letter and GC from me when I went to get my passport stamped for another 6 months.

 

Thank you

You will most likely be taken to the secondary screening so they can double check everything.

[merc0230 28]

We had a hard time getting out of Costa Rica with just the stamp. They wanted my wife to go to the Embassy and get a letter from the Embassy.

My wife then took over negotiations and they let her leave, but the mad, frustrated Gringo the answer was go to the Embassy when it opens.

[Scazy 78]

3 hours ago, merc0230 said:

We had a hard time getting out of Costa Rica with just the stamp. They wanted my wife to go to the Embassy and get a letter from the Embassy.

My wife then took over negotiations and they let her leave, but the mad, frustrated Gringo the answer was go to the Embassy when it opens.

Sorry to hear that. Costa Rica and Mexico is  known for giving a problems with extentions for some reason 

[Bellas16 0]

Horrible!  my husband has the stamp  and he wanted to go to costa rica at the airport they told him he cannot go to costa rica they will and that they would send him back ... cost rica doesn’t accept i551 stamp ... 

[kmk5870 0]

On 12/19/2017 at 6:40 PM, algman said:

Hello guys,

Did anyone travel oustide the US with only I-551 stamp on passport as a proof of legal residency?

USCIS took my expired extension letter and GC from me when I went to get my passport stamped for another 6 months.

 

Thank you

Wondering what you experienced? I am about to travel to CR in 2 weeks and have my passport stamped with 551 and have an expired GC.