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Taking a domestic flight with Green Card and Drivers license only?

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Rick&Maeve   8

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My wife and I are going on a vacation during the holidays. She arrived through the k1 visa whose current status is legal permanent resident eligible for removal of conditions on Green Card next year. We bought the plane ticket in her married name. She is planning on boarding and traveling with driver's license and green card only. Will this be enough documentation or does she need to bring her passport with maiden name? Also should I bring copies of marriage certificates and USCIS notices? We'll be traveling to southern New Mexico to visit my father for the holidays, an area close to the border. This will be our first flight together in US so I was wondering if we're going with all the correct identification.

K1 Visa AOS

10/21/13: I-129F Sent 07/12/14: Married

11/01/13: I-129F NOA1 (Texas Service Center) 08/20/14: (I-485, I-765, I-131) Mailed Out

02/19/14: I-129F NOA2 (110 days) 08/26/14: NOA's received (Nebraska Service Center)

03/04/14: NVC Received 09/17/14: Bio Appointment

03/07/14: NVC Left 11/14/14: EAD & AP Approved (86 days)

03/13/14: Consulate Received 11/18/14: EAD & AP approval letter received

04/09/14: Packet 4 Received 11/20/14: EAD Card Received!

04/24/14: Interview Date - APPROVED (174 days) 12/11/14: Potential Interview Letter received

05/18/15: Card Ordered To Be Produced

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JFH Grand Master

JFH   12,189

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No problem at all. She only needs one form of photo ID to travel domestically so the drivers license would be enough but she should also carry her GC with her anyway wherever she's going.

Enjoy your trip!

Timeline in brief:

Married: September 27, 2014

I-130 filed: February 5, 2016

NOA1: February 8, 2016 Nebraska

NOA2: July 21, 2016

Interview: December 6, 2016 London

POE: December 19, 2016 Las Vegas

N-400 filed: September 30, 2019

Interview: March 22, 2021 Seattle

Oath: March 22, 2021 COVID-style same-day oath

 

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Rick&Maeve   8

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Thank you. Sounds like we're all set.

K1 Visa AOS

10/21/13: I-129F Sent 07/12/14: Married

11/01/13: I-129F NOA1 (Texas Service Center) 08/20/14: (I-485, I-765, I-131) Mailed Out

02/19/14: I-129F NOA2 (110 days) 08/26/14: NOA's received (Nebraska Service Center)

03/04/14: NVC Received 09/17/14: Bio Appointment

03/07/14: NVC Left 11/14/14: EAD & AP Approved (86 days)

03/13/14: Consulate Received 11/18/14: EAD & AP approval letter received

04/09/14: Packet 4 Received 11/20/14: EAD Card Received!

04/24/14: Interview Date - APPROVED (174 days) 12/11/14: Potential Interview Letter received

05/18/15: Card Ordered To Be Produced

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DJ6372   111

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Your good with DL, its all I carry.

I admit my first internal flight I carried my passport just in case, but didn't need it

Have flown numerous times on my DL, never had a problem.

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IcezMan_IcezLady   582

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Just make sure the name on those IDs match the name you used in buying the ticket. if not, carry the marriage certificate just in case.

(L)(L)(L)(L)(L)(L)(L)

CR- 1

Interview :  11/15/2016

Result: AP  (form 221 (g))

Correspondence with Embassy: Tons of emails, Facebook posts, tweets, Congressman inquiry

Complaint letter with OIG : 12/29/2016

Case dispatched to diplomatic pouch : 01/11/2017

Case dispatched from diplomatic mail service to NVC : 01/23/2017

Case arrived at NVC: 01/26/2017

NVC sent case to USCIS : 02/09/2017 (system update)

Case receive by USCIS (text & email notification): 03/07/2017

 

Reaffirm Petition Timeline for folks in GHANA.. Please update your information..Thank you!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k0NXnbJdyEIRR1_Dr4t3yXmsM0tBbq-tZsj0-o3cMV0/edit?usp=sharing

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Be sure to have the green card available to give to CBP if (when) you encounter checkpoints in New Mexico.


The agents will be thick there.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Rick&Maeve   8

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Be sure to have the green card available to give to CBP if (when) you encounter checkpoints in New Mexico.

The agents will be thick there.

I'm anticipating check points since we plan on visiting White Sands National Park and Carlsbad Caverns which are basically right on the border. She always has green card on her anyway but we have never been through any checkpoints before so we will be ready to provide everything possibly needed. If the weather permits we may just skip going south and go to the Grand Canyon instead and avoid the hastle.

K1 Visa AOS

10/21/13: I-129F Sent 07/12/14: Married

11/01/13: I-129F NOA1 (Texas Service Center) 08/20/14: (I-485, I-765, I-131) Mailed Out

02/19/14: I-129F NOA2 (110 days) 08/26/14: NOA's received (Nebraska Service Center)

03/04/14: NVC Received 09/17/14: Bio Appointment

03/07/14: NVC Left 11/14/14: EAD & AP Approved (86 days)

03/13/14: Consulate Received 11/18/14: EAD & AP approval letter received

04/09/14: Packet 4 Received 11/20/14: EAD Card Received!

04/24/14: Interview Date - APPROVED (174 days) 12/11/14: Potential Interview Letter received

05/18/15: Card Ordered To Be Produced

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Pitaya   2,576

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I'm anticipating check points since we plan on visiting White Sands National Park and Carlsbad Caverns which are basically right on the border. She always has green card on her anyway but we have never been through any checkpoints before so we will be ready to provide everything possibly needed. If the weather permits we may just skip going south and go to the Grand Canyon instead and avoid the hastle.

Ahhhh, don't let the prospect of a CBP checkpoint deter your travel plans. :protest: You just have to be prepared as others have indicated, and you sound prepared. Dealing with these DHS shenanigans is nothing if you have your ducks in a row, you two have earned it after dealing with all of the immigration nonsense. You are a USC and she is now a LPR.

When my wife (LPR) and I (USC) car travel, we always bring her valid passport, her GC, a copy of our marriage certificate, and my passport card, and our WA State DLs. No muss, no fuss.

Enjoy your trip.

Completed: K1/K2 (271 days) - AOS/EAD/AP (134 days) - ROC (279 days)

"Si vis amari, ama" - Seneca

 

 

 

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