Traveling with Travel Authorized Green Card (conditions not removed yet)

[Ksenia_O 695]

Having valid passport is a MUST if you travel internationally.

 

Besides, I'd check an expiration date on her green card - to make sure the Extension Letter is not expired and still extends her green card to the time she is coming back. Otherwise she would need to get I-551 stamp in her valid passport to be able to return. 

 

Anyway, looks like she needs to renew the passport first, and then - go from there. 

[Orangesapples 1,954]

18 hours ago, DesertJason said:

Isn't her passport still valid though?  Is the TSA going to tell her she cannot go back to the Philippines because her passport is not valid?

When I've entered the US with my green card, I was never asked for my passport. But I needed a passport to enter the country I went to in the first place. 

[David & Diana R 1,005]

19 hours ago, DesertJason said:

I ask because it would seem like if an immigrant wanted to go home, the TSA wouldn't say no. 

Immigrant or not you have to prove who you are before you leave the US and before the Philippines lets you into their country.  Can you imagine how many people would just walk into an airport and say, "Hey fellas, I'm an immigrant and I have no way to prove to you who I am, however I just want to travel to my homeland...trust me."

[Cyberfx1024 7,978]

20 hours ago, DesertJason said:

I have another question if I may, from reading the form, the Philippines doesn't recognize our marriage?  Is that how to interpret it?  Especially when I read about how to prove it they are asking for OfficalPhilippine Government Paperwork. 

 

So her maiden name will go on her passport?

You have to do a Recognition Of Marriage(ROM) in order for her to get a passport in her married name. Luckily you can do it the same day at the Consulate in LA if you got married in SoCal. 

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

22 hours ago, DesertJason said:

Isn't her passport still valid though?  Is the TSA going to tell her she cannot go back to the Philippines because her passport is not valid?

She wouldn't get as far as the TSA line. The airline won't issue her a boarding card without an unexpired passport or some other form of valid travel document.

Edited November 1, 2018 by SusieQQQ

[Talako 755]

22 hours ago, DesertJason said:

I have another question if I may, from reading the form, the Philippines doesn't recognize our marriage?  Is that how to interpret it?  Especially when I read about how to prove it they are asking for OfficalPhilippine Government Paperwork. 

 

So her maiden name will go on her passport?

You will need to do the ROM in order to change her name on her passport.  Iierre gave you the link.  You can do the ROM and then the passport renewal all in one day.  However, not sure if the expired passport is an issue for the ROM.  Guess you can take a chance and find out.

 

Side note, I spent 13 years in Ridgecrest.  $20 says your China Lake engineer.  Am I right? 

[Talako 755]

2 hours ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

You have to do a Recognition Of Marriage(ROM) in order for her to get a passport in her married name. Luckily you can do it the same day at the Consulate in LA if you got married in SoCal. 

or Southern Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

[Ketsuban 1,033]

6 hours ago, Orangesapples said:

When I've entered the US with my green card, I was never asked for my passport. But I needed a passport to enter the country I went to in the first place. 

When I came back from my trip to London, I handed my GC to the officer and he told me rather harshly to give him my passport too and he stamped it with "ARC". Maybe it depends on who you get. I was surprised since I thought I only needed my GC to get in. 

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

26 minutes ago, Ketsuban said:

When I came back from my trip to London, I handed my GC to the officer and he told me rather harshly to give him my passport too and he stamped it with "ARC". Maybe it depends on who you get. I was surprised since I thought I only needed my GC to get in. 

I’ve always been asked for my passport too, even though technically you only need your green card, and even though for at least the last 2 times they didn’t even stamp my passport on entry.

 

^ and I’ve returned internationally through at least 4 different airports - JFK, SFO, OAK & SNA that I recall.

Edited November 1, 2018 by SusieQQQ

[Orangesapples 1,954]

3 hours ago, Ketsuban said:

When I came back from my trip to London, I handed my GC to the officer and he told me rather harshly to give him my passport too and he stamped it with "ARC". Maybe it depends on who you get. I was surprised since I thought I only needed my GC to get in. 

We all know that only the most talented and professional people go to work in CBP, TSA and the DMV, so I'm not surprised they are are not consistent.