Urgent Advice Expired PRC - International Travel

[cleverodra 1]

Good afternoon all,

My mother in law will have her citizenship appointment on the 3rd of March, she filled on May 1st, 2015.

However, due to some unforeseen events, she will need to travel abroad.

In addition, her 5 year green card expired on July 2015.

Does she have any options as to how she can still obtain a re-entry permit?

I thank you for your time and I would truly appreciate any feedback

[boy15 23]

If you want to travel outsite the US while your form N-400 is processing and your Green Card is about to expire, you can make an INFOPass and go to your Local USCIS Office, bring with you Green Card, your country's passport, documentation, itinerary. USCIS will stamp to your passport which will be used to extend validity your Green Card.

[cleverodra 1]

Thank you very much for the information.

I duly received it.

[galephys 12]

yes, I did that. I obtained visas and traveled outside of the US with an expired GC.

What I did first:

1.When I applied for a removal of conditions, I received a letter extending my status for a year while my request was processing. Every time I applied for a visa or traveled I had my local passport, my green card and thie receipt letter with me. The only problem I had was thatI had to explain it to the consulate and was sent to an additional questioning at the border, for a talk to a higher officer. It's on a separate room next to passport controls and after a 40min to an hour wait I'd show what I had to the officer, get my passport stamped and that was it. I guess regular officers didn't have the power to approve me. Allow extra time for this at the point of entry for your mother.

2. After a year has passed, I went to an info pass appointment and asked them what to do. They stamped my passport, extedning the status for another year, and I would show it all at the border: an expired green card, and extension letter and a stamp. Still got to go to "the room", but nothing more.

3. At your mother's interview prepare to tell the officer dates she traveled and a number of days she spent outside, be able to show stamps in her passport - the officer will add it to her application. I also did this for my interview this week. The officer asked how many times I left the country, I said "many" and that I traveled one more time after I filed. He looked through my passport and we found that I forgot to mention the most recent trip over the holidays. The officer simply wrote down the info right on my application, and that was it.