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Hi everyone, I just wanted to say thanks all for the replies . An update is that we got the boarding foil from the consulate in Japan a couple weeks ago. By then it was so close to our flight that we had to push the flight back. We are leaving tomorrow to go back to the US to SEA airport. I hope since this stressful part went well that there will be no troubles entering too 🙏 I will post an update after we arrive and hopefully can enter without issues. Thanks everyone for the earlier replies and sorry for not updating earlier it’s been quite a stressful situation! If you have any more advice for entering please let me know! Just reading the replies helps to not feel so anxious. Thank you!

Oh wow we did not know USPS doesn't forward the USCIS mail, that could be a big problem 😭. Now I hope that with all the backlog that they have at the moment in the past few months nothing new happened to our case...

@Boiler that’s true, they definitely wouldn’t. We thought it would be ok because there was no charges at all, but we can now see it still might be a problem : ( @Sam Burns Unfortunately we don’t know anyone in WA that can help us look for it so I have to go look myself. I really wish I had made the online account now!

@Mike E Thanks for the response!! One thing I did before leaving was forward all mail to my grandmother's house. I've been checking each day to make sure nothing has come from USCIS (the post office emails pictures of all forwarded mail daily). Nothing has come yet, although I do understand it is a small possibility that for some reason that mail wasn't forwarded or the case has very recently changed. I think it might be good to do similar to what you suggested, while they are in the CA hotel for a few days, I could come across, get the 797 and receipt number on it to create an account, make sure nothing has changed yet, and then go back over to CA with the 797, and try to return to the US by the land border. But still very worried about if the boarding foil is denied how bad that would affect us in the future, maybe its better to cancel the boarding foil for now (and unfortunately take the money loss there). And also if they would possibly deny entry over the CA border if we have the 797 and expired green card with us because of the past incident

@Mike E no unfortunately not, and I don’t know the receipt number for the removal of conditions either

Thank you for the replies! @Sparkle Sparkle if there is a chance to be denied the boarding foil, could it be negatively viewed when trying for the GC interview for 10 years GC? @OldUser yes at the consulate they asked about the arrest. She didn’t understand at first and replied no, but with clarification she explained what happened. There was nowhere on the boarding foil form to list about the arrest. However in the application to remove conditions on the GC we filed earlier this year we explained about it (maybe that’s not relevant now though). I dont have a copy of the 797, but I do believe it’s in the safe in WA and we just forgot to bring it. There’s a small chance that it is actually lost, though I won’t find out until I actually go there and open the safe.

Hello, My wife and I have a very stressful situation at the moment and we are worried she won't be able to re-enter the US. Me (US citizen) and my wife (Japanese, LPR) are currently in Japan with our 1 year old daughter. My wife is a Japanese citizen with a 2-year GC. Her GC expired March 2023, but we received the 24 month extension notice. Then we decided to come to Japan for 5 months to see her father (we came because he is sick with cancer and we wanted him to meet his granddaughter, we don't know when he will pass away). We arrived in Japan in May 2023, and we are supposed to return in 2 weeks. Now before going back we realized that I forgot to bring the 797 form, so she can't go back to the US. We went to apply for a Boarding foil in the consulate yesterday, but at the consulate they were very negative on her chances to get it. The reason is that in September 2021 we had a domestic dispute that she was taken to jail for 1 day for. She was released after 1 day and no charges were pressed and there was no court date, the prosecutor decided not to press any charges. Unfortunately where we live (WA) when there is suspicion of domestic dispute/violence, one party must be taken to jail, and the officers determined it was my wife who should be taken. This whole situation had really stressed us out and scared us, but the attorney told us not to worry about the 10-year GC interview because there were no charges filed at all, and we've never had any other issues in the past (or since). Now fast-forward 2 years later and this situation has reared itself again because of me forgetting to bring the 797! We're so scared on what to do now... One option we have is that we can fly to Vancouver, CA, where my wife and daughter will stay in a hotel. Then I can rent a car and drive over to our storage in Washington, find the 797, and bring it back to her and then try to cross by land. The big question we have though is, what if the Boarding Foil is denied? Will they see at the CA border that she has a denied boarding foil and stop her from entering? Also will that affect her chance to get a 10-year Green Card next year? Can we cancel the boarding foil process before its finished? Another question we have is, what if I go back to WA to our storage and I can't find the 797? Maybe it was lost or thrown out on accident (we only think its in the storage, but not sure). In this case would it be possible to apply for another boarding foil in CA if we did cancel the process here in Japan? Sorry for so many long and difficult questions. I know I need to consult with a lawyer, but the earliest consulting time I could find is 3 days from now and we are worried sick right now : ( We are so scared of her losing GC status, or her needing to stay in Japan and restart the whole process again. We have a 1 year old daughter and to be away from them both for a year or more would tear us apart. Please help with any advice, I'm so scared of what will happen now because of these mistakes :(