Traveling with green card expired and extension letter

[jose&ive 12]

Hello. Is  there anybody   here with experience traveling to Dominican Republic with green card expired and extension letter. My daughter's Green card is expired  and  we are flying next week to DR her conditional status expire on March 2018,  she has 9 months waiting for approval but still nothing. I know the letter says we can work  and travel but I'm a little scare that at the airport they don't allow my daughter to come back USA.  ( Punta cana airport and jetblue airline) Please let me know any experience .

[Dashinka 23,423]

 No experience with DR, but my wife has traveled twice through China with no issues.  Take a look at this thread and in particular the first post and the attached link.  You may also ask the question in the Caribbean regional forum for DR specific.

 

Good Luck!

 

 

[jose&ive 12]

Thank you so much. 

[abby12 13]

I went to Santo Domingo last July, spent a week there with my spouse. I used the extension letter, expired green card and passport, and had no issues. The Delta employees took a photocopy of the letter and I boarded the plane, I should mention that one of the Delta employees did not know about the letter but she asked her supervisor, and everything was fine..actually, I overheard that this employee was new and did not have experience with the extension letter. I had a layover in Atlanta, no issues there either. 

Safe travels!

[Joy08 0]

On 12/15/2017 at 6:02 PM, jose&ive said:

Hello. Is  there anybody   here with experience traveling to Dominican Republic with green card expired and extension letter. My daughter's Green card is expired  and  we are flying next week to DR her conditional status expire on March 2018,  she has 9 months waiting for approval but still nothing. I know the letter says we can work  and travel but I'm a little scare that at the airport they don't allow my daughter to come back USA.  ( Punta cana airport and jetblue airline) Please let me know any experience .

Hi there, is your daughter a Dominican citizen? Because Im concern about going thru immigration in Punta Cana with expired green card and extension letter. Im a Filipino Citizen, and Im not sure if Punta Cana Immigration Officer would let me in DR. My husband, his family and I are flying this coming Saturday, all of them are Americans but me, Im so nervous just holding expired GC with the extension letter.Hope to hear from you soon thanks. 

Edited January 2, 2018 by Joy08

[Joy08 0]

On 12/16/2017 at 10:32 PM, abby12 said:

I went to Santo Domingo last July, spent a week there with my spouse. I used the extension letter, expired green card and passport, and had no issues. The Delta employees took a photocopy of the letter and I boarded the plane, I should mention that one of the Delta employees did not know about the letter but she asked her supervisor, and everything was fine..actually, I overheard that this employee was new and did not have experience with the extension letter. I had a layover in Atlanta, no issues there either. 

Safe travels!

Hi abby12, may I ask  what is your nationality? You mentioned you used expired GC, extension letter and passport with your trip to DR with no issues. I'm going to travel in Punta Cana this coming Saturday with the same papers like yours, but I'm a Filipino. You think, Immigration officers in Punta Cana would let me in? I've read some stories that some people hold expired GC and extension letter (with passport) experience that Immigration officer in DR didn't let them in. So I'm so nervous, please clear it out for me! 

[abby12 13]

18 minutes ago, Joy08 said:

Hi abby12, may I ask  what is your nationality? You mentioned you used expired GC, extension letter and passport with your trip to DR with no issues. I'm going to travel in Punta Cana this coming Saturday with the same papers like yours, but I'm a Filipino. You think, Immigration officers in Punta Cana would let me in? I've read some stories that some people hold expired GC and extension letter (with passport) experience that Immigration officer in DR didn't let them in. So I'm so nervous, please clear it out for me! 

I'm Dominican. 

About your question...technically, the expired green card and extension letter is used to return to the US, so is the immigration in the US that would allow entry or not, and the airlines just make sure the letter is valid etc. When I went to the DR, I only showed my passport and when I returned, I presented the passport, green card and extension letter to the airline and then to the CBP in the US. I don't see why a dominican immigration officer would not allow entry to the Dominican Republic with the expired green card, extension letter and passport because those documents are not for dominican immigration laws concerns, is for the US.

 

Now, the only issue I would see that would make sense is if the passport is about to expire, or if the country of origin of the person  is one of those few countries that need to apply for a dominican visa and  do not qualify for a tourist card that can be filled at the airport and pay a fee. For more info check this website  http://www.domrep.org/visa.html#Tarjeta

 

Hope if this helps

[jose&ive 12]

Hello people, thanks to everybody . I went to Dominican Republic with my daughter green card expired and extension letter, I was scared because two days before my flight I got the approval letter from USCIS I tried to changed my flight but  I had to pay to much for it. So I decided to travel. My trip was JFK to Punta Cana ( DR)  Thank GOD I Did not have any issued ,  At the Airport In Dominican Republic  I said about my daughter Green Card was expired they saw the letter and all the process was nice. The same happened arriving to JFK . When I got home my daughter's green card was in the mail box.