Travel when extension letter expired and waiting N-400 (split)

[Diana Tarutina 1]

Greetings! I became a permanent resident in 2017 then I applied for condition removal 2 years later and my I-751 is still pending but I got and 18 months extension on my greencard. This year (2020) I filed N-400 because I'm eligible. It looks like I will have to wait for about 2 years before my naturalization interview so I wonder if there's a way for me to travel overseas with expired green card and my 18 months extension is over too. I really need to visit my parents and my grandmom. I would appreciate any information on this.

Greetings! I became a permanent resident in 2017 then I applied for condition removal 2 years later and my I-751 is still pending but I got and 18 months extension on my greencard. This year (2020) I filed N-400 because I'm eligible. It looks like I will have to wait for about 2 years before my naturalization interview so I wonder if there's a way for me to travel overseas with expired green card and my 18 months extension is over too. I really need to visit my parents and my grandmom. I would appreciate any information on this.

[millefleur 5,035]

**Topic split off from year old thread; moved to USC General Discussion**

 

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[Canerican 242]

On 8/13/2020 at 10:38 PM, Diana Tarutina said:

Greetings! I became a permanent resident in 2017 then I applied for condition removal 2 years later and my I-751 is still pending but I got and 18 months extension on my greencard. This year (2020) I filed N-400 because I'm eligible. It looks like I will have to wait for about 2 years before my naturalization interview so I wonder if there's a way for me to travel overseas with expired green card and my 18 months extension is over too. I really need to visit my parents and my grandmom. I would appreciate any information on this.

Greetings! I became a permanent resident in 2017 then I applied for condition removal 2 years later and my I-751 is still pending but I got and 18 months extension on my greencard. This year (2020) I filed N-400 because I'm eligible. It looks like I will have to wait for about 2 years before my naturalization interview so I wonder if there's a way for me to travel overseas with expired green card and my 18 months extension is over too. I really need to visit my parents and my grandmom. I would appreciate any information on this.

If you would like to travel you are going to need to make an appointment with your local USCIS office to get an I-551 stamp. I believe you can call the customer service line and setup and appointment. 
 

Keep in mind that at the interview and before the oath ceremony fir N-400 they ask if you have traveled outside the the USA. At the interview it will be between applying and interview and before ceremony between interview and ceremony. 

[jimbrackets 2]

On 8/15/2020 at 7:33 AM, CDN(ON)-USA(VT) said:

If you would like to travel you are going to need to make an appointment with your local USCIS office to get an I-551 stamp. I believe you can call the customer service line and setup and appointment. 
 

Keep in mind that at the interview and before the oath ceremony fir N-400 they ask if you have traveled outside the the USA. At the interview it will be between applying and interview and before ceremony between interview and ceremony. 

Why do they ask before interview? Do they not allow travel at all, or are they trying to establish the new total for validity?

[Canerican 242]

23 hours ago, jimbrackets said:

Why do they ask before interview? Do they not allow travel at all, or are they trying to establish the new total for validity?

At the interview they ask because you may have traveled between the application and your interview and they would need to add that travel to your application. For between interview and oath ceremony they want to make sure you have not been out of the country for an extended period of time.