I-797 Notice of action traveling question.

[Stasia) 0]

Hello everybody! I’m in process of removing conditions on residence and I need some help figuring out if I’m allowed to travel to other countries with this notice? The notice says “during this extension, you are authorized to work and travel”. I fly with KLM all the time and I heard that some air companies don’t take this notice instead of green card. I didn’t find any information about that on their website. If anybody have experience flying abroad with I-797 notice and expired green card please share. 

[Georgia16 2,858]

It's not instead of the GC you have to show it with the expired GC.

 

I have traveled with KLM with expired GC and extension letter and had no issues. 

[Thegirl 225]

I just came back into the country today with my expired card and letter. There's an entire thread with years of posts about this. You need to travel with the expired card, notice/extension and your passport. 

[Cryssiekins 976]

Your greencard on its own (combined with a passport) is sufficient for travel until the date printed on the card lapses.  

 

Once the greencard date is passed, you will need the extension letter AND the expired physical card.
 

Ie.  If the card is valid until 01/01/2020, as of 01/02/2020, you will need the card AND the extension letter.  
 

The extension letter is valid for 18 months (with the physical card), at which point you should have the renewed 10 year card OR you will need a stamp in your passport.

 

This is literally typed on the letter, and in many threads here.  

[Crazy Cat 42,062]

1 hour ago, Stasia) said:

Hello everybody! I’m in process of removing conditions on residence and I need some help figuring out if I’m allowed to travel to other countries with this notice? The notice says “during this extension, you are authorized to work and travel”. I fly with KLM all the time and I heard that some air companies don’t take this notice instead of green card. I didn’t find any information about that on their website. If anybody have experience flying abroad with I-797 notice and expired green card please share. 

The extension letter extends the expiration date of your conditional green card for 18 months.  Both the green card and the extension letter are used together........My wife just completed a trip to Asia, and she experienced no problems using her expired green card and extension letter.....thus, you are allowed to work and travel since your green card expiration date has been extended by 18 months.

[Pitaya 2,577]

5 hours ago, Stasia) said:

Hello everybody! I’m in process of removing conditions on residence and I need some help figuring out if I’m allowed to travel to other countries with this notice? The notice says “during this extension, you are authorized to work and travel”. I fly with KLM all the time and I heard that some air companies don’t take this notice instead of green card. I didn’t find any information about that on their website. If anybody have experience flying abroad with I-797 notice and expired green card please share. 

Congratulations !! You are the at least the third person that has asked the same or similar question about traveling with the extension letter thus far today. 👍 This topic is extremely popular, as a matter of fact it is so popular that there is a current 45-page pinned on-going thread, with almost 700 responses, easily found at the top of this ROC forum entitled, "Traveling on Extension Letter?" 

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Good luck on your immigration journey, and Happy Holidays!! 

 

Edited December 21, 2019 by Pitaya

[Stasia) 0]

Thank you everybody for your answers, I didn’t know this topic is so popular! 😀