Travelling outside of US with an expired passport

[TYF 8]

Hi, 

 

I am wondering if any of you have traveled outside to US with an expired passport ( but with valid green card)? i wanna travel back to Hong Kong to renew my passport but don't know whether i can EXIT the US with my expired passport and got onto the plane. Thank you. 

[Allaboutwaiting 2,503]

You cannot travel abroad with an expired passport. You can renew it while being in the US.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

33 minutes ago, TYF said:

Hi, 

 

I am wondering if any of you have traveled outside to US with an expired passport ( but with valid green card)? i wanna travel back to Hong Kong to renew my passport but don't know whether i can EXIT the US with my expired passport and got onto the plane. Thank you. 

Not unless you get a valid travel document from HK to travel back to HK. 

[Neo1 42]

Yes, in 2017 I traveled to my native country on an expired passport, I renewed my passport while there, then fly back to the US. 

[TYF 8]

1 minute ago, Neo1 said:

Yes, in 2017 I traveled to my native country on an expired passport, I renewed my passport while there, then fly back to the US. 

did they check your green card / passport? i can enter with my home country - HK with HK ID but i dont know whether i can leave the US with an expired passport or not. thank you 

3 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

Not unless you get a valid travel document from HK to travel back to HK. 

I am still a HK citizen and have valid doc to enter to HK but i don't know whether i can exit the US or not (like get on the plane)

[Neo1 42]

They checked my documents at both airports,  I can't  see why the US would prevent you from leaving, but this could be country specific, so you might want to contact your consulate. You will not be allowed back in without a valid passport. 

[geowrian 22,338]

In theory, if you can get there, then you're fine. The US doesn't really care.

The main issue is having an airline board you...typically they will not board somebody with an expired document. It's too much liability for them as they are held responsible.

The second issue is the risk of being stuck abroad and needing some sort of emergency passport service, such as if a layover flight gets cancelled, or the plane gets diverted. (Edit: Or just if they refuse to board you)

The third issue is the DOS advises not to travel internationally right now.

 

Is there any reason you can't renew the passport within the US? A quick search implies you can do so fine...so going to HK to renew it doesn't make much sense to me.

Edited June 5, 2020 by geowrian

[TYF 8]

2 minutes ago, geowrian said:

In theory, if you can get there, then you're fine. The US doesn't really care.

The main issue is having an airline board you...typically they will not board somebody with an expired document. It's too much liability for them as they are held responsible.

The second issue is the risk of being stuck abroad and needing some sort of emergency passport service, such as if a layover flight gets cancelled, or the plane gets diverted. (Edit: Or just if they refuse to board you)

The third issue is the DOS advises not to travel internationally right now.

 

Is there any reason you can't renew the passport within the US? A quick search implies you can do so fine...so going to HK to renew it doesn't make much sense to me.

thank you anyways. i just wanna check and see is there any way to renew not from here but directly in my home country.