Traveling while I-751 is in Process!

[CAN2US 0]

Hello All... I am going to be traveling soon and I am just a little nervous...as the green card expires next month...so just to confirm... I should be traveling with my expired greencard plus the notice of receipt of I-751....??

Can anyone please share their experience, did immigration officers ask for any other document or experience? Is it easy to re-enter US?

[jose_leti 7]

Hello All... I am going to be traveling soon and I am just a little nervous...as the green card expires next month...so just to confirm... I should be traveling with my expired greencard plus the notice of receipt of I-751....??

Can anyone please share their experience, did immigration officers ask for any other document or experience? Is it easy to re-enter US?

just curious! why you would travel on an expired greencard?

[BigDaddy28 228]

Hello All... I am going to be traveling soon and I am just a little nervous...as the green card expires next month...so just to confirm... I should be traveling with my expired greencard plus the notice of receipt of I-751....??

Can anyone please share their experience, did immigration officers ask for any other document or experience? Is it easy to re-enter US?

Yes you can travel with your expired green card and the extension letter. If you want to you can make an infopass with the nearest USCIS to you and have them stamp the passport for you. I heard that they don't do that anymore but if you wanna give it a shot go ahead. To be honest with you I didn't have no experience yet about traveling with the extension letter as my green card expires in december and my nearest travel date is in June. Good luck

[CAN2US 0]

Yes you can travel with your expired green card and the extension letter. If you want to you can make an infopass with the nearest USCIS to you and have them stamp the passport for you. I heard that they don't do that anymore but if you wanna give it a shot go ahead. To be honest with you I didn't have no experience yet about traveling with the extension letter as my green card expires in december and my nearest travel date is in June. Good luck

Thank you for your response!

Hello All... I am going to be traveling soon and I am just a little nervous...as the green card expires next month...so just to confirm... I should be traveling with my expired greencard plus the notice of receipt of I-751....??

Can anyone please share their experience, did immigration officers ask for any other document or experience? Is it easy to re-enter US?

Please share your experiences thank you!

[Stephen + Elisha 92]

just curious! why you would travel on an expired greencard?

Once you have that extension letter, it's no longer "expired." You can't file the I-751 (removal of conditions) until 90 days before the 2-year green card expires, but it takes USCIS way longer than 90 days to process the I-751 and issue a 10-year (permanent) green card. That's why you get an automatic 1-year extension on your I-751 NOA1 that specifically states that it's valid for employment and travel.

To the OP's question, my wife's 2-year GC was set to expire in March and she and our daughter traveled to Korea in June with her "expired" GC and extension letter. I joined her two weeks later and we came back together at the end of July. Absolutely no issues at POE. You definitely want to bring the original letter, as the airline will want to see it when you check in to return to the US. To be honest though, I don't even remember the CBP inspector looking at the letter; I'm pretty sure the extended validity came up on his screen right away when he scanned her "expired" GC.

[CAN2US 0]

Thank you so much for your response!

[sdw 10]

I travel to Canada on a weekly basis with my extension letter and expired green card. I haven't been hassled at all. I have gotten comments like they still haven't gotten you your new card, they have to be slow I am seeing a lot more of these letters, but nothing more than that. I am treated the same way I was with just the card.

[Hugglebuggles 60]

I didn't have any issues travelling to Canada this way. The customs officials know what the letter is. There were no extra questions, no trips to secondary, or anything out of the ordinary. As long as you have the original letter with you (not just a copy) you should have no problem!

[Krikit 1,163]

Count me in as another person who had no issues.

[CAN2US 0]

I travel to Canada on a weekly basis with my extension letter and expired green card. I haven't been hassled at all. I have gotten comments like they still haven't gotten you your new card, they have to be slow I am seeing a lot more of these letters, but nothing more than that. I am treated the same way I was with just the card.

That's great to hear, I will be going to Canada... Glad it's a normal process.

I didn't have any issues travelling to Canada this way. The customs officials know what the letter is. There were no extra questions, no trips to secondary, or anything out of the ordinary. As long as you have the original letter with you (not just a copy) you should have no problem!

Perfect thank you!

[jjbandero 39]

Also no issues for me at POE, but the airline people sometimes asks questions, if the person you're dealing with doesn't understand the paperwork, just go to a supervisor. You must carry the ORIGINAL extension letter though, I read somewhere that another member's wife had issues when she only had a copy of it with her.

[Calypso 464]

You should be fine. My conditional green card expired in March this year. I was in the Philippines in April and May. It was convenient getting through LAX. The officer didn't even ask for my extension letter after swiping my physically expired green card.

[obnancy 5]

You shouldn't have any problems. My husband just traveled back over the Mexcian border with no problems. The officer just asked to see the letter, we showed it to him and he waived us through.