Does Travel document required foreign passport?

[khmer@nike 0]

my wife green card about a year ago.  we need to travel, i want to make sure that the document we need is " travel document"?

how long is the processing time ? anyone know?  thanks

[Rocio0010 5,579]

Did she ever apply for her reemoval of conditions? (AKA i751)

[Mike E 11,739]

Please complete your timeline 
 

She needs a valid  I-551.  Not a travel document. Those are for stateless and asylees. 
 

Look at her green card. There are two dates:

* “resident since”

* expiration 

 

Compare these two dates:

 

* 2 years apart: she needs to file I-751 along with a reason for why she filed late.  She will get back a letter that extends her green card by two years from the expiry  date.  
 

^ 10 or more years apart: she needs to file I-90. She will get back a letter that extends her green card one year from the expiry date.  
 

If these extension letters extend her green card to a date that is before her planned return to the USA then she needs to  call USCIS, say “info pass” and request an I-551 stamp.  She will not get a stamp until she files I-551 or I-90 as appropriate (unless she has a pending N-400 and was pending 6 or more months before her green card expired).  
 

If she needed to file I-751 and leaves the USA without filing I-751, then there is a good chance she will be stranded and unable to enter the USA. It is not likely the embassy will help her.  

Edited June 15, 2022 by Mike E

[Chancy 6,241]

*** Moved from K1 Process & Procedures to Working & Traveling During US Immigration -- topic is about travel with expired GC ***

 

[khmer@nike 0]

On 6/15/2022 at 2:30 AM, Rocio0010 said:

Did she ever apply for her reemoval of conditions? (AKA i751)

yes we have applied for I-751.  we need to travel outside of united state.  i'm thinking there is some sort of document that can carry to replacing passport/green card ?

[Rocio0010 5,579]

6 minutes ago, khmer@nike said:

yes we have applied for I-751.  we need to travel outside of united state.  i'm thinking there is some sort of document that can carry to replacing passport/green card ?

Yes, the extension letter she received when she submitted the i751. Make sure the date is still valid.

[khmer@nike 0]

1 minute ago, Rocio0010 said:

Yes, the extension letter she received when she submitted the i751. Make sure the date is still valid.

can we use the extension document to travel?

[Rocio0010 5,579]

3 minutes ago, khmer@nike said:

can we use the extension document to travel?

Yes. As long as it’s not expired. That’s why I said “check the dates”. You also need to take the expired green card and the passport.

It’s really unclear what your situation is because you haven’t completed your timeline…

[khmer@nike 0]

We need to travel to Cambodia sometime in Jan 2023.  My wife green card has expired and we already reapplied for the extension.  We also thinking to apply for Travel Document (green passport) but don't know for sure if we need to have our Cambodian passport to go along with it ? I believed that the U.S travel document is for Re-entry into U.S but not work as a U.S passport to go to other country.  Can someone verify?  Thanks

[PaulaCJohnny 713]

9 minutes ago, khmer@nike said:

We need to travel to Cambodia sometime in Jan 2023.  My wife green card has expired and we already reapplied for the extension.  We also thinking to apply for Travel Document (green passport) but don't know for sure if we need to have our Cambodian passport to go along with it ? I believed that the U.S travel document is for Re-entry into U.S but not work as a U.S passport to go to other country.  Can someone verify?  Thanks

What is a Greencard Passport? This document don’t exist. You need your passport for travel internationally, ALWAYS, doesn’t matter if you are or not a legal resident in another country.

[khmer@nike 0]

I'm reference to I-131 form for travel document.  it's green U.S Travel document

[arken 4,197]

How long is she planning to stay in Cambodia? No point in applying for a Rentry Permit (what you are referring to as the travel document) if going out for just a few months. She will be back to the US before it is even issued. 

[Crazy Cat 41,837]

 

1 hour ago, khmer@nike said:

I'm reference to I-131 form for travel document.  it's green U.S Travel document

I'd love to see a source for that statement. 

[khmer@nike 0]

11 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

 

I'd love to see a source for that statement. 

Picture below is what i'm reference to.  my question was if my wife need cambodian passport that goes along with the green travel document in picture below?  sorry for the confusion

 

[Crazy Cat 41,837]

12 minutes ago, khmer@nike said:

Picture below is what i'm reference to.  my question was if my wife need cambodian passport that goes along with the green travel document in picture below?  sorry for the confusion

 

Thanks.  I have never heard it called that.  It isn't what I think of as a travel document or passport.