Travelling outside the U.S.A on a soon to be expired 10 yr Green card

[Miss Ruby 3]

Hello! I have a quick question. I am a permanant resident with a 10 year green card which will expire  Feb 2025.I am wanting to visit Australia for a month this year(2024) around Aug-Sept,just wondering if green cards are like passports and you shouldnt travel with them with less than 6 months before they expire? If I travelled to Australia in Aug-Sept I would be renewing the green card as soon as I  returned to the U.S.A. Thanks for any help!

[Crazy Cat 41,985]

36 minutes ago, Miss Ruby said:

just wondering if green cards are like passports and you shouldnt travel with them with less than 6 months before they expire?

Not applicable.  You can enter the US on a Green Card until the day of expiration.....you can even board a plane back to the US with an expired 10 year card.

[Crazy Cat 41,985]

39 minutes ago, Miss Ruby said:

just wondering if green cards are like passports and you shouldnt travel with them with less than 6 months before they expire?

Not applicable.  You can enter the US on a Green Card until the day of expiration.....you can even board a plane back to the US with an expired 10 year card.

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[JeanneAdil 6,583]

The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) Section 264(e) states that every "alien" aged eighteen and over must carry their green card or alien registration receipt card "at all times" and have it in their personal possession.Mar 8, 2024

[Miss Ruby 3]

1 hour ago, JeanneAdil said:

The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) Section 264(e) states that every "alien" aged eighteen and over must carry their green card or alien registration receipt card "at all times" and have it in their personal possession.Mar 8, 2024

I'm not sure what this has to do with my question regarding travelling on a soon to be expired Green Card

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[Miss Ruby 3]

1 hour ago, Crazy Cat said:

Not applicable.  You can enter the US on a Green Card until the day of expiration.....you can even board a plane back to the US with an expired 10 year card.

Thank You!

[JKLSemicolon 414]

1 hour ago, Miss Ruby said:

I'm not sure what this has to do with my question regarding travelling on a soon to be expired Green Card

Perhaps it was due to a very literal interpretation or too quick of a reading of the “shouldn’t travel with them” part of the sentence below:

 

3 hours ago, Miss Ruby said:

just wondering if green cards are like passports and you shouldnt travel with them with less than 6 months before they expire?

In any case, your plan sounds fine.
 

Some actionable advice for anyone else reading this thread could be to keep in mind that 1)form I-90 can be filed as early as 6 months before the GC expiration, 2) USCIS is sending 24-month GC extensions with the receipt notice but the original card must be present (so best to wait to send it in until asked through an RFE), and 3) as @Crazy Cat mentioned, an unexpired GC is not strictly necessary for travel back to the US but it’s a lot less stressful to have something (GC, GC + extension letter, I-551 stamp) that hasn’t expired.

[mam521 2,113]

17 hours ago, JKLSemicolon said:

Perhaps it was due to a very literal interpretation or too quick of a reading of the “shouldn’t travel with them” part of the sentence below:

 

In any case, your plan sounds fine.
 

Some actionable advice for anyone else reading this thread could be to keep in mind that 1)form I-90 can be filed as early as 6 months before the GC expiration, 2) USCIS is sending 24-month GC extensions with the receipt notice but the original card must be present (so best to wait to send it in until asked through an RFE), and 3) as @Crazy Cat mentioned, an unexpired GC is not strictly necessary for travel back to the US but it’s a lot less stressful to have something (GC, GC + extension letter, I-551 stamp) that hasn’t expired.

One other thing to add, if you do file the I-90, make sure you're available if biometrics are requested.