Returning to US with Expired GC, CBP Officer didn't ask to see 12 mos. ext letter

[ch3john 308]

My wife, two boys and I returned to the US today from Mexico. My wife traveled with an expired green card and 12 month extension letter. We all have Global Entry and our boys always get the "X" because their fingerprints don't register. We we went the CBP officer, he seemed a little annoyed that their fingerprints didn't register and took forever to clear them. He then scanned my passport with no issues. I can't recall if he scanned my wifes GC or not but he didn't even mention the card was expired and didn't ask for the 12 month extension letter. He just gave us our passports back and sent us on our way. 

 

Now I'm wondering if he entered her info correctly and shows that she actually returned to the US. 

 

When we returned from another overseas trip in July, the CBP officer asked to see her letter, took her picture, fingerprints, etc. None of that happened on our return today. 

 

Again, my fear is he didn't process her properly and doesn't show that she returned. Think this is a possibility and anyway to check? 

[TNJ17 1,329]

All of this information is in their system. When he scanned her card the letter probably showed up and he didn’t need to verify anything. They know what they’re doing and wouldn’t clear someone with an expired greencard without knowing for sure. 

[usmsbow 802]

48 minutes ago, ch3john said:

My wife, two boys and I returned to the US today from Mexico. My wife traveled with an expired green card and 12 month extension letter. We all have Global Entry and our boys always get the "X" because their fingerprints don't register. We we went the CBP officer, he seemed a little annoyed that their fingerprints didn't register and took forever to clear them. He then scanned my passport with no issues. I can't recall if he scanned my wifes GC or not but he didn't even mention the card was expired and didn't ask for the 12 month extension letter. He just gave us our passports back and sent us on our way. 

 

Now I'm wondering if he entered her info correctly and shows that she actually returned to the US. 

 

When we returned from another overseas trip in July, the CBP officer asked to see her letter, took her picture, fingerprints, etc. None of that happened on our return today. 

 

Again, my fear is he didn't process her properly and doesn't show that she returned. Think this is a possibility and anyway to check? 

 

CBP & DHS know she returned to the US via the flight manifest. They get all the passenger data that way. 

 

You can also look up her records here:

 

https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/#/home

 

I just checked my wife's, and her recent trip home was there. You will just need to enter your wife's name, DOB, and passport #. 

 

 

 

 

 

[ch3john 308]

19 hours ago, usmsbow said:

 

CBP & DHS know she returned to the US via the flight manifest. They get all the passenger data that way. 

 

You can also look up her records here:

 

https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/#/home

 

I just checked my wife's, and her recent trip home was there. You will just need to enter your wife's name, DOB, and passport #. 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the info. I just checked the link and it shows her departure but not her return yet. Maybe it takes a day or two to update. I'll check again in a few days.

Thanks again

[br9k 23]

Instead of the "most recent I94" try the "travel history" page. I found that "most recent I94" page returns "result not found" while travel history shows all exits and entries. 

[ch3john 308]

I checked the travel history. Here's what's interesting, we took in cruise in May and same thing happened when we returned. CBP didn't mention that her GC was expired and didn't ask for the 12 month extension letter. On the travel history page, it shows the departure but not the arrival. We took a trip to Asia between that trip and this last one and the history page shows both the departure and arrival. 

I find it odd that the two times they didn't ask for the letter, neither are showing the arrival.