Colombian citizen wife traveling back to Colombia with expired Visa?

[Mikesways 1]

Hi guys. I used to have a different account MANY years ago when my wife was going through the CR-1 process back in 2011. I remember how much the members on these forums helped us through the process. In fact, we made some life long friends that we met on this very website!

 But now I need more advice. My wife has her permanent resident greencard in the US. She's been here for almost 11 years. Her Colombian passport is expired but she wants to go see her mom and brothers in Colombia. The closest Colombian embassy to us is in Houston. She would have to fly there. To get a passport. BUT! I saw a comment on a thread here that someone said that because she is a Colombian citizen, she can enter Colombia with an expired passport, but she must get a new passport while in Colombia before she comes back to the USA. Does anyone have any experience with this? Or can someone point me in the right direction? I've tried doing google searches but most info I get is for dual-citizens and she is not. Thanks for the advice, amigos!

[Verrou 1,962]

i know few people can do that because they are back for good to their home country and didnt come back to the US

you should check with the airline too, if airline said no, that's gonna cause big issue

just my 2 cents, because i have to fly to NYC as well to renew the passport. 

 

have you check the consulate in Houston if she can renew it by sending the old passport by mail?

i know for my home country, even different consulate in US have different method. some have to go there in person, and some can just mail it ( different consulate)

 

i personally wont take a chance and use expired passport to fly ( even to my home country)

 

 

Edited August 1, 2022 by Misscloud

[nelmagriffin 148]

Greetings!

I am confused, as your title said with an expired visa, to avoid future hassles in dealing with the immigration. I highly recommend renewing her passport if it is the passport while in the USA.

[arken 4,197]

1 hour ago, Mikesways said:

but she must get a new passport while in Colombia before she comes back to the USA

While she may be able to go back her country of citizenship with expired passport, she will need a valid passport (travel document) to travel to another country like US. Note that GC is not a travel document, it is just an evidence of a US resident. So any airlines will ask for a valid passport or a valid travel document when someone travels to another country.

Edited August 1, 2022 by arken

[JeanneAdil 6,491]

Get her US citizenship

apply US passport

use that to travel to renew the Columbian one

 

and yes,  it would take time but at least this way there would be no travel issues to go and return

[Mikesways 1]

55 minutes ago, nelmagriffin said:

Greetings!

I am confused, as your title said with an expired visa, to avoid future hassles in dealing with the immigration. I highly recommend renewing her passport if it is the passport while in the USA.

Oh! My mistake. her visa isn't expired. Just her passport!

[Alex&Jen 20]

On 8/1/2022 at 8:26 AM, Mikesways said:

Hi guys. I used to have a different account MANY years ago when my wife was going through the CR-1 process back in 2011. I remember how much the members on these forums helped us through the process. In fact, we made some life long friends that we met on this very website!

 But now I need more advice. My wife has her permanent resident greencard in the US. She's been here for almost 11 years. Her Colombian passport is expired but she wants to go see her mom and brothers in Colombia. The closest Colombian embassy to us is in Houston. She would have to fly there. To get a passport. BUT! I saw a comment on a thread here that someone said that because she is a Colombian citizen, she can enter Colombia with an expired passport, but she must get a new passport while in Colombia before she comes back to the USA. Does anyone have any experience with this? Or can someone point me in the right direction? I've tried doing google searches but most info I get is for dual-citizens and she is not. Thanks for the advice, amigos!

I am in the same boat. Can you tell me how your wife handled this situation? My husband needs to get to Honduras to see his mom who is sick as soon as possible, but his passport is expired.  Thank you 

[Mikesways 1]

quoting Alex

25 minutes ago, Alex&Jen said:

I am in the same boat. Can you tell me how your wife handled this situation? My husband needs to get to Honduras to see his mom who is sick as soon as possible, but his passport is expired.  Thank you 

Hi Alex. So she ended up having to fly to Atlanta to go to the Colombian Embassy ( the closest one to Arkansas) and renewing her passport before she left. I would suggest that your wife find a Honduran embassy close and start her passport renewal now. It took about 2 weeks to get the new passport sent to her. Hope this helps. Good luck and God bless!

Edited February 9 by Mikesways
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