Kyley84

No I didn't sign the I-407 at the PoE. We had been travelling the best part of 20 hours and I didn't want it to open a potential can of worms. I have a completed I-407 with me and plan to post it off while I am here.

I entered on my GC as recommended by this thread / the actual legal way to do it. He didn't ask about my ESTA application (perhaps he couldn't see it / or maybe he didn't care). He literally didn't ask a single question about I or my GC, only my daughters emergency passport.

A final update on this! My daughter got an emergency passport at our embassy appointment. The London embassy is brand new and we were in and out within an hour with an emergency passport in hand. It's valid for a year but once I return to the UK I basically post it off and they send back a full US passport for her. At the Port of Entry I was not asked a single question about my greencard. They asked why my daughter had an emergency passport. I explained the situation and the border patrol officer was totally fine with it. Basically straight through in 30 secs. So a lot of panic intially, thankfully a stress free entry but I learned a lot for sure. Cheers guys.

Hi all, Am i in a muddle. I received an I-551 in March 22 (3 years after having my conditional approved but the backlog was long), unfortunately i got divorced 4 months after and on 07/20/22 l returned back to the UK permanently so my daughter and I could be close to famly. I have a flight booked in 2 weeks to travel back to the US so my daughter can visit her mother, and it appears i have not got all my eggs in a row perhaps. My original plan was for my daughter and I to enter on an ESTA (my daughter has a UK and US passport, but her US passport is expired), but was reading my ESTA would likely not be approved.... Thankfully our ESTAs were approived today!! I still have some quesrtions however: I plan to abandon my greencard (I-407) at the port of entry (i've heard this is the quickest and cleanest solution rather than posting it off to the US, and consequently if the CBP has issues with GC i don't have it on my person to reliquish). Will i have to pay the fee for form I-193 ($585) if i have a valid UK passport and approved ESTA? If i will have to pay the fee is it better to keep quiet and try to simply get through on my UK Passport / ESTA and then mail I-407 once im in the country? Is there a risk /scneario of not being allowed in the US with an approved ESTA and a GC where i have been out the country 358 days, however with the plan to abandon there and then if required? Thank you!