trip abroad with expired green along with extension letter

[js030802 6]

Would like to gather information specifically for those who have experience going to the philippines and back travelling with expired green card and extension letter. are the airlines, specifically asiana airlines, well aware of the travel documents for conditional permanent residents with expired green card and extension letter? just wondering. green card expired 1/2018. applied for ROC october 2017. trip will be in august 2018.

[Dashinka 24,505]

No experience with Asiana Airlines, but since they do fly to the US regularly, I would think they have experience.  

 

Take a a look at this pinned thread, it may be helpful, particularly the first post with the CBP link that @Derwood provided.

 

 

Good Luck!

Edited May 27, 2018 by Bill & Katya

[Dashinka 24,505]

Apologies, apparently the link in the pinned thread is dead.  Here is a new link to the CBP carrier guide.

 

https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2017-Nov/carrier-information-guide-english.pdf

[geff44 30]

7 hours ago, js030802 said:

Would like to gather information specifically for those who have experience going to the philippines and back travelling with expired green card and extension letter. are the airlines, specifically asiana airlines, well aware of the travel documents for conditional permanent residents with expired green card and extension letter? just wondering. green card expired 1/2018. applied for ROC october 2017. trip will be in august 2018.

We went home to the Philippines last December 2017 via Cathay Pacific AIrlines without any issues using the extension letter. I am assuming that Asiana will be ok with it but check with the carrier just in case.  Bring  the original letter as well as the expired green card with you.  I don't know if it was a standard but when we came back home to the USA via San Francisco International Airport, my wife had to go for a second screening to verify her  immigration status in the US.

[j&ana 363]

My  wife will be  returning from the Philippines this Friday she is traveling on extension letter and expired Green card. so I will know more then, if she had anyhassle flying back to the states. I did fly with her there and the airline united just check the passports. So I think it is  more immigration to worry about then the airlines

[js030802 6]

13 hours ago, j&ana said:

My  wife will be  returning from the Philippines this Friday she is traveling on extension letter and expired Green card. so I will know more then, if she had anyhassle flying back to the states. I did fly with her there and the airline united just check the passports. So I think it is  more immigration to worry about then the airlines

thanks for the response. please do let me know of the process. appreciate it much.

[js030802 6]

14 hours ago, geff44 said:

We went home to the Philippines last December 2017 via Cathay Pacific AIrlines without any issues using the extension letter. I am assuming that Asiana will be ok with it but check with the carrier just in case.  Bring  the original letter as well as the expired green card with you.  I don't know if it was a standard but when we came back home to the USA via San Francisco International Airport, my wife had to go for a second screening to verify her  immigration status in the US.

thanks for the response. sounds like the airlines probably have a list of documents needed for permanent residents. did the philippine immigration officer knew of the travel documents for permanent resident travelling with expired green card? or did they have questions about it? thanks in advance.

[geff44 30]

8 hours ago, js030802 said:

thanks for the response. sounds like the airlines probably have a list of documents needed for permanent residents. did the philippine immigration officer knew of the travel documents for permanent resident travelling with expired green card? or did they have questions about it? thanks in advance.

The Philippine immigration officer never asked for the green card.  He just stamped my wife's passport and wrote the carrier's name as well as the arrival date. No other question was asked.

[js030802 6]

7 hours ago, geff44 said:

The Philippine immigration officer never asked for the green card.  He just stamped my wife's passport and wrote the carrier's name as well as the arrival date. No other question was asked.

thanks for the response. the questions I posted above regarding the philippine immigration officer was when your wife left the Philippines. when she left the Philippines to come back in the US and went through philippine immigration, what documents did the philippine immigration officer asked her? thanks in advance. 

[geff44 30]

3 hours ago, js030802 said:

thanks for the response. the questions I posted above regarding the philippine immigration officer was when your wife left the Philippines. when she left the Philippines to come back in the US and went through philippine immigration, what documents did the philippine immigration officer asked her? thanks in advance. 

The officer did not ask her anything nor look at her expired green card or the I 751 letter.  The officer just  stamped her Philippine passport for the departure date and wrote the Airline on the passport.

[Dashinka 24,505]

On ‎5‎/‎27‎/‎2018 at 12:08 PM, j&ana said:

My  wife will be  returning from the Philippines this Friday she is traveling on extension letter and expired Green card. so I will know more then, if she had anyhassle flying back to the states. I did fly with her there and the airline united just check the passports. So I think it is  more immigration to worry about then the airlines

Not exactly correct.  Airlines are responsible for not allowing people (including attendants and pilots) on airplanes that do not have the proper documentation to enter the country they are flying to.  So therefore when you were leaving to the US to fly to the Philippines they only needed to see your wife's passport.  When coming back, she will need to show the expired GC and extension letter to the airlines.  We run into this a lot when we fly to Russia through Beijing.  China allows 24-48 hour visa free transit for US and Russian citizens, but since we change airlines in Beijing, Delta (in the US) shows that we will be in China for an extended period of time.  We have to present our e-ticket for the future flight, and they need to enter it into their system before they will let us on the plane to Beijing.  It is annoying to be asked multiple times (sometimes from the same person) at the gate and while boarding for a Chinese visa and having to get out the e-ticket for the next flight that will take place 12 hrs after arrival.

 

My wife traveled several times on the extension letter and had no issues, but one time in Beijing, the airline check-in (Delta) asked to retain it.  Luckily she had extra copies with her, so she gave them a copy which they accepted.