Just want to be prepared for anything - what if Simon looses his green card while we are in England? What would we need to do to ensure he can get back home in the US?

Yep - I'm a worry wart.

~Liza

You would contact the US embassy in London and they will help you get a travel document so he can return.... then when you got home you would need to file form I-90 and pay the fees to get a new one.....

Kez

I worried about this too, so took a photocopy front and back just in case and left one here and took one with me. Not sure if it'd stand for much but I figured at least I'd have the numbers on it!

I used to take large church groups over to the UK.

We used to ask everyone to scan their documents and email them to us and to themselves. This way if something got lost we could easily print up a color copy as evidence.

Excellent advice! Thank you!

~Liza

~Liza,

Having a photocopy as cheeky^Wolf suggests is a good idea, so is Kez' suggestion to visit the US consulate if circumstances allow.

In the absence of either, the immigration office at the POE will know that he is a LPR and he will be allowed into the USA - as long as the airline will let him board the plane so he can get to the POE. It's the airline that might be your problem.

Yodrak

Why would the airline be a problem? He needs his green card to get back into America. I believe they are flying to England so he will need his passport to fly not his green card?

If you hold a one way or return ticket to the USA, the airline will ask for proof that you are allowed to remain in the USA. Usually at this point you would show them your Green Card or Visa. I have been asked this at Heathrow, Madrid Barajas and Milan Malpensa airport, it might vary depending on what airline you choose or the airport though.

Well Thank you for that information I did not know that. I have not been back to the UK since moving here!

Definitely make copies

The airlines foot the bill to return to country of origin if they turn someone away at POE who travelled in on a one way ticket and they didn't properly check.

Interesting, I didn't know that. That'll be why they check then!

That's cool. All you have to do then is buy a fully-refundable return ticket, return it
when you get to your destination, and then have the airline foot the bill

Yeah, so you can spend 15 hours on plane without really going anywhere

I saw an episode of Airport when I lived in the UK. An American tourist had lost his passport BUT he had a photocopy with him. UK immigration took the photocopy, verified it with the US passport people via the number on the photocopy and he was allowed into the UK.

So, yes, photocopying=good.

Annie was asked for her AP when we checked in at Heathrow. Once they realized it was real, we went right through.