Can I go on a cruice once I have the Green Card??

[K.AndreaC.Z. 0]

Hey everybody!!! hope u all are doing good, i have another question... my husband and I apply for the AOS so now we are waitting we already have the fingerprints and the case being move to California, so we was wondering while we are waiting can we go on a cruice that goes around mexico??? once I have that green card I need to apply for advance parole to go on a cruice??? or just need the green card to travel??? anybody know how this owrks??? i know we should apply to the advance parole if I want to go out of US. but didnt.... so we was wondering that this is just a cruice so maybe id ont need anything, but we are planning this cruice for march next year so maybe for that time i have that green card so maybe that is enough to go on a cruice o visit myc ountry for 5 days???? hope anybody can help me!!!! have a good weekend!!!!!

[Dr_LHA 3]

Yes, you can go on a cruise to Mexico and get back into the USA afterwards once you have you your Green card!

[Jasman0717 9]

Yes, enjoy yourself. That Alaskan cruise is really great!

[SHOCKJOCK35 0]

Hey,You can do just about anything a U.S. Citizen can do. My wife just got back from Lima,Perú. she was there for 2 weeks. ciao for now

Hey everybody!!! hope u all are doing good, i have another question... my husband and I apply for the AOS so now we are waitting we already have the fingerprints and the case being move to California, so we was wondering while we are waiting can we go on a cruice that goes around mexico??? once I have that green card I need to apply for advance parole to go on a cruice??? or just need the green card to travel??? anybody know how this owrks??? i know we should apply to the advance parole if I want to go out of US. but didnt.... so we was wondering that this is just a cruice so maybe id ont need anything, but we are planning this cruice for march next year so maybe for that time i have that green card so maybe that is enough to go on a cruice o visit myc ountry for 5 days???? hope anybody can help me!!!! have a good weekend!!!!!

[akatagirl 0]

I am not an expert on green cards and traveling outside of the USA but I think it would be a good idea if you check the country's requirements for entry just to be safe..also check with the reservation agents of the cruise lines in which you both are planning on attending next year.....I know for the bahamas a green card holder is totally acceptable but for other countries like Europe, you will need to apply for a visitor's visa because the explanation I was given, was that it totally depends on the type of passport you have since some countries do not recognize a United States green card as a valid reason to enter there country lawfully such as the UK.

[Rob & Jin 0]

Hey everybody!!! hope u all are doing good, i have another question... my husband and I apply for the AOS so now we are waitting we already have the fingerprints and the case being move to California, so we was wondering while we are waiting can we go on a cruice that goes around mexico??? once I have that green card I need to apply for advance parole to go on a cruice??? or just need the green card to travel??? anybody know how this owrks??? i know we should apply to the advance parole if I want to go out of US. but didnt.... so we was wondering that this is just a cruice so maybe id ont need anything, but we are planning this cruice for march next year so maybe for that time i have that green card so maybe that is enough to go on a cruice o visit myc ountry for 5 days???? hope anybody can help me!!!! have a good weekend!!!!!

nope you cant unless you get permission first, green card first

[Dr_LHA 3]

I am not an expert on green cards and traveling outside of the USA but I think it would be a good idea if you check the country's requirements for entry just to be safe..also check with the reservation agents of the cruise lines in which you both are planning on attending next year.....I know for the bahamas a green card holder is totally acceptable but for other countries like Europe, you will need to apply for a visitor's visa because the explanation I was given, was that it totally depends on the type of passport you have since some countries do not recognize a United States green card as a valid reason to enter there country lawfully such as the UK.

Yes, the Green Card does not make an individual country's visa requirements go away. This is a great site for determining if you need a visa to travel abroad:

http://www.delta.com/planning_reservations...rt_information/

[Yodrak 7]

Just returned from a Caribbean cruise with a stop in Mexico (and 3 other countries), and had all these same questions prior. My experience:

- On the dock, before initial boarding, went through a document inspection. They checked passports, Rodjanaa's expired conditional Green Card, and the Receipt Notice for her I-751 stating 1-year extension of status. Was given a shipboard ID card, looked exactly like a credit card (which purpose it also served while onboard).

- First thing after stepping aboard was to 'swipe' the card at a security machine that took and stored a facial photo.

- Neither Rodjanaa nor my friend's wife, who was an alien visiting the USA as tourist (B2 visa) needed anything but their shipboard ID card to get off the ship and enter any of the 4 countries or to exit the countries and get back on the ship. Same as me and my USC friend. I don't know if we passed through any immigration points where we could possibly have been inspected at the docks, but if we did we were not inspected.

- 'Swiped' the shipboard ID card at the security machine getting off the ship and again getting back on. At re-boarding the machine operator compared our faces to the stored photo that came up on the monitor.

- Went through an airport-type security check after the ID card check - walk through a detector, carried items sent through a scanning machine.

- Swipped the shipboard ID card one last time getting off the ship after docking back in the USA.

- Dockside went through an Immigration checkpoint, where they kept the Customs declaration. There was no Customs checkpoint. The newbie CBP officer had a bit of a problem with Rodjanaa, because her greencard has my surname while her passport has her maiden name, and she was registered for the cruise in her maiden name to match her passport. An experienced CBP officer who was looking over the newbie's shoulder taught him to change her name in the cruise record to mine, which linked her cruise record to the immigration records. After verifying her immigraton status he changed the name back again.

Travel agents and cruise line agents are unlikely to tell you what visa or documentation requirements are - they don't want to be hit with the responsibility for being wrong. They'll simply remind you that you need to check the requirements.

Yodrak

I am not an expert on green cards and traveling outside of the USA but I think it would be a good idea if you check the country's requirements for entry just to be safe..also check with the reservation agents of the cruise lines in which you both are planning on attending next year.....

Yes, the Green Card does not make an individual country's visa requirements go away. This is a great site for determining if you need a visa to travel abroad:

http://www.delta.com/planning_reservations...rt_information/

Edited August 10, 2007 by Yodrak