TSA PreCheck during ROC (expired physical card, valid extension letter)

[pm5k 129]

Has anybody recently gone through this?  

[Crazy Cat 41,731]

My wife went through TSA Precheck.  No problems.

[Moe428 129]

Do you mean getting TSA precheck or going through an airport with TSA precheck?

 

Actually it doesn't matter, I have gone through both with expired card and unexpired extension letter.  It did take 3 months to get TSA precheck approved - not sure if it's related to expired GC and extension letter or not.

[pm5k 129]

I meant getting approval for precheck. A friend recently did this and had issues since the extension letter "isn't a green card"

[Crazy Cat 41,731]

12 hours ago, pm5k said:

Has anybody recently gone through this?  

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[OldUser 6,563]

6 hours ago, pm5k said:

I meant getting approval for precheck. A friend recently did this and had issues since the extension letter "isn't a green card"

Did your friend bring expired GC along with extension letter? 

[StarLord22 55]

It took 4 months but I got approved for TSA precheck with my expired gc and 18 months extension letter. You can get TSA precheck during ROC

[mam521 2,044]

10 hours ago, pm5k said:

I meant getting approval for precheck. A friend recently did this and had issues since the extension letter "isn't a green card"

For all intents and purposes according to USCIS, it is.  Hence why they issue it.  May have been a training issue with the reviewing officers.  

[OldUser 6,563]

1 hour ago, mam521 said:

For all intents and purposes according to USCIS, it is.  Hence why they issue it.  May have been a training issue with the reviewing officers.  

@pm5k didn't mention whether the friend presented expired GC along with valid extension letter. If only extension was shown, I can see why he was given trouble. 

[pm5k 129]

2 hours ago, OldUser said:

@pm5k didn't mention whether the friend presented expired GC along with valid extension letter. If only extension was shown, I can see why he was given trouble. 

Presented both.  Officer said "it isn't a green card so it doesn't do anything"

[OldUser 6,563]

21 minutes ago, pm5k said:

Presented both.  Officer said "it isn't a green card so it doesn't do anything"

 

3 hours ago, mam521 said:

May have been a training issue with the reviewing officers.  

 

[Sukie 1,454]

23 minutes ago, pm5k said:

Presented both.  Officer said "it isn't a green card so it doesn't do anything"

Officer is incorrect.  When we were in the expired-green-card-extension-letter phase, we always carried a copy of the "rules" with us.  Never needed it, but I would have whipped that outta my purse faster than lightning if anyone had given us a hassle.

 

Sukie in NY

[NorthByNorthwest 340]

I have NEXUS, so not the exact same case, but I just took the extension letter to the enrollment center since I have one close to home and the officer updated both the US and Canadian systems - no issues with either Nexus lanes, TSA Precheck or Global Entry after that. 

[Moe428 129]

1 hour ago, pm5k said:

Presented both.  Officer said "it isn't a green card so it doesn't do anything"

Bad training.  In my case, they called someone to verify the extension letter could be used to extend the expiration date.