Visa-Exempt Travel to other Countries with Expired Green Card?

[Pantshot 1]

My wife has an expired green card with a I-797 (NOA) giving a 2-year extension of green card validity for work and travel (issued by USCIS due to I-751 processing delays).

 

There are quite a few countries that will allow visa-exempt travel if you hold lawful permanent residence in the US or if you hold a valid US visa (Mexico, for example). However, in many cases the countries will not accept the paper I-797 as "proof of valid permanent residence," (since the physical residence permit [green card] shows an expired date) so she has to go through the standard visa application processes.

 

My question: She also has a US visitor visa (B1/B2) in her passport from when we were dating that is not expired. Is this visitor visa still considered "valid" for use/entry into other (non-US) countries? The State Department website on visitor visas says "Unless canceled or revoked, a visa is valid until its expiration date."

 

If it's relevant, she got a K-1 visa, moved to the US, filed for AOS, got a conditional GC, then filed for Removal of Conditions. I don't think that the Visitor Visa is formally canceled or revoked as part of any of these processes.

 

I know she can't travel into the US on the visitor visa (she'd use her green card + I-797), but I think the US visitor visa is still valid from the perspective of other countries? Hoping someone else has had some experience with this...

[Mike E 11,739]

The party seems to be ending for extension letters to Mexico.

 

I am 100 percent confident Canada accepts extension letters. 99 percent DR does. After that do your research on a specific country. 
 

https://www.visatraveler.com/blog/visa-free-countries-for-us-green-card-holders/

 

 

https://www.visatraveler.com/blog/travel-20-countries-visa-free-with-us-visa/

[Pantshot 1]

Thanks for the links but it's not quite what I'm looking for.

 

Can my wife use her old US visitor visa to travel? Is it still considered valid by other countries and/or by the US?

[OldUser 6,608]

7 minutes ago, Pantshot said:

Thanks for the links but it's not quite what I'm looking for.

 

Can my wife use her old US visitor visa to travel? Is it still considered valid by other countries and/or by the US?

You asked about Green Card, and @Mike E replied about Green Card.

 

Expired visa doesn't give access to any countries. I doubt even an active US visa gives access anywhere other than USA.

[Lemonslice 4,831]

3 minutes ago, OldUser said:

You asked about Green Card, and @Mike E replied about Green Card.

 

Expired visa doesn't give access to any countries. I doubt even an active US visa gives access anywhere other than USA.

I know of at least one exception to the bolded part: 
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/transit/without-visa/china-transit-eligibility.html

[Pantshot 1]

2 minutes ago, OldUser said:

You asked about Green Card, and @Mike E replied about Green Card.

 

Expired visa doesn't give access to any countries. I doubt even an active US visa gives access anywhere other than USA.

There are quite a few countries that offer visa-free travel if you have a valid US visitor visa: Here are a bunch of examples.

 

My question: She also has a US visitor visa (B1/B2) in her passport from when we were dating that is not expired. Is this visitor visa still considered "valid" for use/entry into other (non-US) countries?

[Mike E 11,739]

10 minutes ago, OldUser said:

I doubt even an active US visa gives access anywhere other than USA.

 

 

On 9/11/2023 at 7:34 AM, Mike E said:

 

https://www.visatraveler.com/blog/travel-20-countries-visa-free-with-us-visa/

 

[OldUser 6,608]

Thank you, learning something new every day!

[Mike E 11,739]

50 minutes ago, Pantshot said:

My question: She also has a US visitor visa (B1/B2) in her passport from when we were dating that is not expired. Is this visitor visa still considered "valid" for use/entry into other (non-US) countries?

Some foreign immigration departments take a keen interest in U.S. immigration policy, some to the point where the local U.S. consulate holds periodic training classes. For example the U.S. embassy teaches the Pakistan immigration department to deny exit to LPRs who have been outside the U.S. for more than 180 days.

 

Thus, if a foreign immigration officer  became aware that you are an LPR, the officer might conclude the B visa is not valid. This could happen on entry, or exit, and IMHO the latter will be the worse outcome.

 

In addition, IME as a former GC holder, airlines sometimes asked me for my GC before leaving the US. The airline might conclude your B visa is not valid.

 

Finally, the U.S. shares immigration records with some countries. 

 

In the second link I gave you, most countries that accept B visas require valid B visas. Do you consider your B visa valid.

 

It appears Taiwan is an exception. So if she  is a citizen of one of the following countries,

 

Cambodia

India 

Indonesia

Laos

Myanmar

Vietnam

 

enjoy your trip to Taiwan. 
 

Otherwise my advice is to enjoy your ski trip to Canada.