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traveling with expired green card and formI-797

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KazuriSana Community Regular

KazuriSana   324

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CBP folks know and are as familiar with the extension letter as the backs of their hands. Safe travels!

AOS, ROC, N-400, & PASSPORT, FOR HUSBAND TO USC

[02/23, 2012]  - DAY 001  (day 0001) (AOS) Mailed package to Chicago Lockbox via USPS overnight
[06/01, 2012]  - DAY 099  (day 0099) 2-year Conditional GC in hand
[05/05, 2014]  - DAY 001  (day 0802) (ROC) Mailed package to Vermont Service Center via USPS overnight

[05/14, 2014]  - DAY 009  (day 0811) Received NOA1 (GC Extended for 1 year)

[01/14, 2016]  - DAY 620  (day 1421) 10-year GC in hand

[02/22, 2017]  - DAY 001  (day 1826) (N-400) Mailed package to Lewisville, TX, via USPS overnight

[01/10, 2018]  - DAY 323  (day 2149) (N-400) Naturalization Oath Ceremony (5 years, 10 months, 19 days)

[01/10, 2018]  - DAY 001  (day 2149) (US Passport) Applied for US Passport, regular processing

01/25, 2018]  - DAY 015  (day 2164) (US Passport) Passport in hand (5 years, 11 months, 3 days from start of Journey.)

 

AOS, N-400, & PASSPORT FOR DAUGHTER [OF HUSBAND TO USC]

[06/14, 2013] - DAY 001 Mailed package to Chicago Lockbox via USPS overnight
[11/21, 2013] - Day 153 SSN and 10-year GC in hand

09/01, 2021]  - (day 3001) (US Passport) Passport in hand (8 years, 2 months, 18 days from start of Journey.)

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Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Psalm 127:1

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NYCruiser   423

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2 minutes ago, BlessedAssurance said:

CBP folks know and are as familiar with the extension letter as the backs of their hands. Safe travels!

Niaje...I wish I could say that. On a return trip from a Cruise in the Bahamas in Tampa, FL, the CPB agent was confused about the extension letter and whether I had filed a I-751. The letter from last year had a date stamp of issue rather than mentioning validity from the date of GC expiry. So off to Secondary we went. They were very nice people definitely, but odd in that they had no idea about these things.

 

She came back without the letter which she left on her desk which confused her even more. Thank goodness I remembered to ask her for the I-787 whereabouts

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KazuriSana   324

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1 minute ago, NYCruiser said:

Niaje...I wish I could say that. On a return trip from a Cruise in the Bahamas in Tampa, FL, the CPB agent was confused about the extension letter and whether I had filed a I-751. The letter from last year had a date stamp of issue rather than mentioning validity from the date of GC expiry. So off to Secondary we went. They were very nice people definitely, but odd in that they had no idea about these things.

 

She came back without the letter which she left on her desk which confused her even more. Thank goodness I remembered to ask her for the I-787 whereabouts

Sema! Yeah, there is always the odd, clueless one out -- poor thing, she was probably seeing the extension letter for the first time in her life. You did not offer some chai, no?

AOS, ROC, N-400, & PASSPORT, FOR HUSBAND TO USC

[02/23, 2012]  - DAY 001  (day 0001) (AOS) Mailed package to Chicago Lockbox via USPS overnight
[06/01, 2012]  - DAY 099  (day 0099) 2-year Conditional GC in hand
[05/05, 2014]  - DAY 001  (day 0802) (ROC) Mailed package to Vermont Service Center via USPS overnight

[05/14, 2014]  - DAY 009  (day 0811) Received NOA1 (GC Extended for 1 year)

[01/14, 2016]  - DAY 620  (day 1421) 10-year GC in hand

[02/22, 2017]  - DAY 001  (day 1826) (N-400) Mailed package to Lewisville, TX, via USPS overnight

[01/10, 2018]  - DAY 323  (day 2149) (N-400) Naturalization Oath Ceremony (5 years, 10 months, 19 days)

[01/10, 2018]  - DAY 001  (day 2149) (US Passport) Applied for US Passport, regular processing

01/25, 2018]  - DAY 015  (day 2164) (US Passport) Passport in hand (5 years, 11 months, 3 days from start of Journey.)

 

AOS, N-400, & PASSPORT FOR DAUGHTER [OF HUSBAND TO USC]

[06/14, 2013] - DAY 001 Mailed package to Chicago Lockbox via USPS overnight
[11/21, 2013] - Day 153 SSN and 10-year GC in hand

09/01, 2021]  - (day 3001) (US Passport) Passport in hand (8 years, 2 months, 18 days from start of Journey.)

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Psalm 127:1

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Your timeline isn't filled out. What country are you from? Take into consideration and see what is needed to enter Cuba. 

You won't have any issues returning to the US, but you might have issues entering Cuba depending on what passport you hold. 

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11 minutes ago, BlessedAssurance said:

Sema! Yeah, there is always the odd, clueless one out -- poor thing, she was probably seeing the extension letter for the first time in her life. You did not offer some chai, no?

Chai? This is not Kenya....

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KazuriSana   324

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1 hour ago, NYCruiser said:

Chai? This is not Kenya....

True story? Nkt.

AOS, ROC, N-400, & PASSPORT, FOR HUSBAND TO USC

[02/23, 2012]  - DAY 001  (day 0001) (AOS) Mailed package to Chicago Lockbox via USPS overnight
[06/01, 2012]  - DAY 099  (day 0099) 2-year Conditional GC in hand
[05/05, 2014]  - DAY 001  (day 0802) (ROC) Mailed package to Vermont Service Center via USPS overnight

[05/14, 2014]  - DAY 009  (day 0811) Received NOA1 (GC Extended for 1 year)

[01/14, 2016]  - DAY 620  (day 1421) 10-year GC in hand

[02/22, 2017]  - DAY 001  (day 1826) (N-400) Mailed package to Lewisville, TX, via USPS overnight

[01/10, 2018]  - DAY 323  (day 2149) (N-400) Naturalization Oath Ceremony (5 years, 10 months, 19 days)

[01/10, 2018]  - DAY 001  (day 2149) (US Passport) Applied for US Passport, regular processing

01/25, 2018]  - DAY 015  (day 2164) (US Passport) Passport in hand (5 years, 11 months, 3 days from start of Journey.)

 

AOS, N-400, & PASSPORT FOR DAUGHTER [OF HUSBAND TO USC]

[06/14, 2013] - DAY 001 Mailed package to Chicago Lockbox via USPS overnight
[11/21, 2013] - Day 153 SSN and 10-year GC in hand

09/01, 2021]  - (day 3001) (US Passport) Passport in hand (8 years, 2 months, 18 days from start of Journey.)

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Psalm 127:1

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We went to Mexico. The airline gate agent in Minneapolis had to check in my wife and when she presented the expired green card and the extension letter the gate agent said she had no idea what the extension letter was. Luckily one of her co-workers there did know about it. They have to enter in the green card expiration date into something they use. Instead of entering the expiration date that's listed on the green card she entered the new expiration date from the letter. Everything worked out fine but thankfully someone was working there that knew about it...

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3 minutes ago, optlh0 said:

We went to Mexico. The airline gate agent in Minneapolis had to check in my wife and when she presented the expired green card and the extension letter the gate agent said she had no idea what the extension letter was. Luckily one of her co-workers there did know about it. They have to enter in the green card expiration date into something they use. Instead of entering the expiration date that's listed on the green card she entered the new expiration date from the letter. Everything worked out fine but thankfully someone was working there that knew about it...

How was it entering Mexico? or did you wife get a Visa? What city did you fly into?

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2 minutes ago, optlh0 said:

We went to Mexico. The airline gate agent in Minneapolis had to check in my wife and when she presented the expired green card and the extension letter the gate agent said she had no idea what the extension letter was. Luckily one of her co-workers there did know about it. They have to enter in the green card expiration date into something they use. Instead of entering the expiration date that's listed on the green card she entered the new expiration date from the letter. Everything worked out fine but thankfully someone was working there that knew about it...

You didn't need a Mexican visa to enter Mexico? The expired GC + Extn letter sufficed? 

 

There are a number of VJ posts that claim Mexico absolutely requires a visa for entry unless pax is carrying an unexpired/valid green card. 

I-751 journey

 

10/16/2017.......... ROC package mailed

10/18/2017.......... I-751 package received VSC

10/19/2017.......... I-797 NOA date

10/30/2017.......... Notice received in mail

10/30/2017.......... Check cashed

11/02/2017.......... Conditional GC expired

11/22/2017.......... Biometrics completed

  xx/xx/xxxx.......... waiting waiting waiting

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optlh0   19

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1 minute ago, ch3john said:

How was it entering Mexico? or did you wife get a Visa? What city did you fly into?

We flew into Cozumel. No problems at all there. No Visa, just the green card and expiration letter. Customs agent there had obviously experienced it before

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2 minutes ago, WeGuyGal said:

You didn't need a Mexican visa to enter Mexico?

Nope. Don't know what we would have done if they said we needed a visa. We went through customs just like normal

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