Passport about to expire with no green card

[cgcrooks 64]

Hello everyone! My wife and I really need help.

 

We filed for her AoS this week, and I was hoping to go to SFO to renew her passport. The dilemma is, we are not able to get any form of identification before she gets her green card, and she also needs her green card to renew her Philippine passport! How are we able to get through TSA, if the timelines for filing at the Chicago Lockbox is 8-24 months? :(

 

Can we request for an extension on a Philippine passport? If yes, when should we do that?

[Just Paul 4,595]

6 minutes ago, cgcrooks said:

Hello everyone! My wife and I really need help.

 

We filed for her AoS this week, and I was hoping to go to SFO to renew her passport. The dilemma is, we are not able to get any form of identification before she gets her green card, and she also needs her green card to renew her Philippine passport! How are we able to get through TSA, if the timelines for filing at the Chicago Lockbox is 8-24 months?

 

Can we request for an extension on a Philippine passport? If yes, when should we do that?

Did she file for AP or EAD?  Otherwise you are going to wait a long time for a GC.

 

You shouldn't need the GC to renew the Filipino passport.   Once you report the marriage you can request a new passport.

 

[payxibka 10,045]

14 minutes ago, cgcrooks said:

Hello everyone! My wife and I really need help.

 

We filed for her AoS this week, and I was hoping to go to SFO to renew her passport. The dilemma is, we are not able to get any form of identification before she gets her green card, and she also needs her green card to renew her Philippine passport! How are we able to get through TSA, if the timelines for filing at the Chicago Lockbox is 8-24 months?

 

Can we request for an extension on a Philippine passport? If yes, when should we do that?

Reread the renewal instructions.   My wife renewed her passport awhile ago and she still doesn't have her green card 

[payxibka 10,045]

20 minutes ago, Paul & Mary said:

 

You shouldn't need the GC to renew the Filipino passport.   Once you report the marriage you can request a new passport.

 

ROM required only if you want to change the name, otherwise a renewal in the existing name is possible 

Edited January 11, 2020 by payxibka

[Just Paul 4,595]

20 minutes ago, cgcrooks said:

Hello everyone! My wife and I really need help.

 

We filed for her AoS this week, and I was hoping to go to SFO to renew her passport. The dilemma is, we are not able to get any form of identification before she gets her green card, and she also needs her green card to renew her Philippine passport! How are we able to get through TSA, if the timelines for filing at the Chicago Lockbox is 8-24 months?

 

Can we request for an extension on a Philippine passport? If yes, when should we do that?

She can use her passport as ID for TSA.  Too bad she didn't get a Driver's License or State ID card prior to marriage.

 

[payxibka 10,045]

20 minutes ago, Paul & Mary said:

She can use her passport as ID for TSA.  Too bad she didn't get a Driver's License or State ID card prior to marriage.

 

If they just filed for AOS then how long has the filipina been here for the passport to already expiring ?

[Just Paul 4,595]

4 minutes ago, payxibka said:

If they just filed for AOS then how long has the filipina been here for the passport to already expiring ?

Hmmm,  if there was only a way to know.   Like a timeline function?    

 

But fortunately Filipino passport holders can enter the US with less than 6 months remaining.   I met someone last month that only had two weeks left when she entered.

[payxibka 10,045]

4 minutes ago, Paul & Mary said:

Hmmm,  if there was only a way to know.   Like a timeline function?    

 

But fortunately Filipino passport holders can enter the US with less than 6 months remaining.   I met someone last month that only had two weeks left when she entered.

Not isolated to Filipinos, anyone can do this,  the authorized stay is limited to the lesser of normal authorization or passport expiry, whichever occurs first.

[cgcrooks 64]

Please see core requirements for an adult Philippines passport renewal.

 

Item number 4. Either present a green card OR a copy of a VALID (meaning unexpired) US visa. Of course, her visa has already expired. We're past the 90-day period.

 

Thanks to everyone that is helping, and for the snarky comments, please find a different thread to post on. I honestly don't have time for snarky.

 

Thanks very much.

[cgcrooks 64]

1 hour ago, Paul & Mary said:

She can use her passport as ID for TSA.  Too bad she didn't get a Driver's License or State ID card prior to marriage.

 

DMV will not issue State ids to a non-resident.

[cgcrooks 64]

1 hour ago, Paul & Mary said:

Did she file for AP or EAD?  Otherwise you are going to wait a long time for a GC.

 

You shouldn't need the GC to renew the Filipino passport.   Once you report the marriage you can request a new passport.

 

Yes, she filed for an EAD with her AoS. We won't need the ROM, she's going to retain her last name.

[payxibka 10,045]

4 minutes ago, cgcrooks said:

Please see core requirements for an adult Philippines passport renewal.

 

Item number 4. Either present a green card OR a copy of a VALID (meaning unexpired) US visa. Of course, her visa has already expired. We're past the 90-day period.

 

Thanks to everyone that is helping, and for the snarky comments, please find a different thread to post on. I honestly don't have time for snarky.

 

Thanks very much.

From someone who has already done it after the  i94 was expired, a copy of the k1 is all you need.  

[cgcrooks 64]

37 minutes ago, payxibka said:

If they just filed for AOS then how long has the filipina been here for the passport to already expiring ?

What difference does the answer to your question make? 😑 The goal is to help, not criticize. Thanks for your comment.

[cgcrooks 64]

8 minutes ago, payxibka said:

From someone who has already done it after the  i94 was expired, a copy of the k1 is all you need.  

Thank you sooo much!

[payxibka 10,045]

3 minutes ago, cgcrooks said:

Thank you sooo much!

Really?  Based on your prior comment, I think I made a mistake