Your opinions please

[Gemma12nel 1]

My green card will expire on 3rd November 2007, I will be filing 90 days prior to remove the condidtions. I have just got off the phoe from the help line of USCIS, the lady infomed me that I can still travel on my expired green card as long as I have the letter that USCIS send to me when I file to remove my condtions. Is this correct? I will be returning back to the UK in Novemeber and would be worried if I can't get back.

Also how long is it before I can apply for citizenship? would it be this November or next November?

Thanks

[YuAndDan 153]

YES that is correct the NOA1 letter for I-751 states that LPR work and travel preveleges extended for 1 year.

This is asked so often this is in the FAQ and lifting conditions Guides.

FAQ:

7.9) ..How will I be notified by USCIS (INS)? What is my status before I get a new green card?

A..When the USCIS (INS) accepts your petition, they will send a filing receipt. Nigel reported (Feb 2000) this receipt was an I-797C Notice of Action which stated "Your alien card is extended one year - employment and travel authorized." Keep the receipt with your green card.

http://www.visajourney.com/faq/k1k2visa-re...itions.html#7.9

You will receive a notice of receipt for the form stating that "Your alien card is extended one year - employment and travel authorized". Keep the receipt with your green card. If by some chance you are not approved within a year you will want to make an InfoPass appointment to go to your Local Office to request an I-551 stamp in your passport. This does happen as it sometimes it takes over a year to be approved. After your NOA extension expires, this is your only evidence of legal status which you are required to have, by law. This happens occasionally, that a case takes over a year, but it's rare. Local Offices will not give an I-551 stamp is you have another type of evidence of status (ie, expired Green Card + extension letter).

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;page=751guide

Edited June 18, 2007 by YuAndDan