Travelling with an expired (2 year) Permanent Resident Card

[zuke 0]

My wife has a 2 year permanent resident card which expired on 9/14/08, we filed I751 application to remove conditional residency & she went to have her biometrics taken. We are still awaiting for a new card or interview.

However we recived a letter: I-797 notice of action prior to her biometrics which states: Your conditional resident status is extended for a period of one year. During the one year extension you are authorized employment and travel.

Does this mean she can leave the country? We wanted to go to the Dominican Republic to see her family, however after some discussion we are afraid she will not be able to come back. Immigration officers in the D.R. are difficult to deal with & we are debating on what to do. We bought the tickets already, figuring it wouldn't be problem.

[johndecka 0]

My wife has a 2 year permanent resident card which expired on 9/14/08, we filed I751 application to remove conditional residency & she went to have her biometrics taken. We are still awaiting for a new card or interview.

However we recived a letter: I-797 notice of action prior to her biometrics which states: Your conditional resident status is extended for a period of one year. During the one year extension you are authorized employment and travel.

Does this mean she can leave the country? YES she Can.

[Cuchita 1]

Yeap! she can travel, they are doing that to a lot of people, extending the temp. green card. My co-worker has the same problem they keep extending but won't give a perm residence yet. It all about the $$$$.

[zuke 0]

I'm just worried she wont be allowed OUT of the Dominican Republic, since her permanent resident card is expired. If we can get out of the Dominican Republic on the way back, I know we will be allowed into the U.S.

Yeap! she can travel, they are doing that to a lot of people, extending the temp. green card. My co-worker has the same problem they keep extending but won't give a perm residence yet. It all about the $$$$.

LOL well they got our money, just after they tripled the fees. Wouldn't let us file I751 early before the fees went up.

[Bernie4Bien 0]

My cousin and her husband went back to our native country for a vacation last year bringing with her the extension letter and her expired green card. They did not give her any hassle at all. The immigration officer just told her that her GC is expired and when he saw and read the externsion letter he let her in without any further questions.

[ARTY AND LILI 0]

I know that this topic is old, but here is what is important. The letter, along with the expired green card, are your ticket INTO the united states. There is no guarantee that a country that normally grants a green card holder the same rights as a citizen will allow entry with the letter. You should check with the embassy of that country.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

My wife has a 2 year permanent resident card which expired on 9/14/08, we filed I751 application to remove conditional residency & she went to have her biometrics taken. We are still awaiting for a new card or interview.

However we recived a letter: I-797 notice of action prior to her biometrics which states: Your conditional resident status is extended for a period of one year. During the one year extension you are authorized employment and travel.

Does this mean she can leave the country? We wanted to go to the Dominican Republic to see her family, however after some discussion we are afraid she will not be able to come back. Immigration officers in the D.R. are difficult to deal with & we are debating on what to do. We bought the tickets already, figuring it wouldn't be problem.

Her Green Card expired on 9/14/2008?

She got the NOA1 which pushed the expiration date of her Green Card to 9/14/2009.

Now, help me out, if you will. Look at your calendar. Is it 2009, 2010, or 2011. Then look around you. Are you laying flat on a bed in a gown or do you feel you are floating, like an angel?

[TBoneTX 43,550]

Now, help me out, if you will.

The date of the original post was 9 February 2009. Old thread. Edited April 14, 2011 by TBoneTX