Travelling outside the US with extension letter

[ramib 0]

Hi all,

Me and my wife are planning to travel to Italy in August. Here 2 years green card expired in july and she recieved the letter that extends here GC for one year. My question is, can she travel outside the US with this letter or does she need to have her passport stamped??

Thanks

[YuAndDan 153]

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

The letter states "Travel-Authorized" and the local office wont stamp your passport, unless the extension letter is close to expiring, you travel by caring the expired card and extension letter.

[tammiandtom 0]

The letter is fine.