Travel to Turkey with Combo Card? AP?

[steveblue 12]

Can an EAD combo card holder ("Serves as I-512 Advance Parole) travel into and out of Turkey (with Turkish visa) on a short vacation on the way back from Pakistan without having a problem from the border staff and airline staff at the Istanbul airport? Traveller is married through a K-1 visa and resides in the US with a pending I-485 AOS application.

The I-512 is one of the travel document options on Turkish Airlines check-in kiosk, btw. The airlines and the consulates don't give a straight answer. 

If you have experience with this situation, please share.

 

[Chancy 6,241]

2 minutes ago, steveblue said:

Can an EAD combo card holder ("Serves as I-512 Advance Parole) travel into and out of Turkey (with Turkish visa) on a short vacation on the way back from Pakistan without having a problem from the border staff and airline staff at the Istanbul airport? Traveller is married through a K-1 visa and resides in the US with a pending I-485 AOS application.

 

Direct flight from Istanbul back to the US?  No Schengen area transits?

 

[steveblue 12]

Yes, direct flight back.

[Chancy 6,241]

18 minutes ago, steveblue said:

Yes, direct flight back.

 

CBP will know what an EAD/AP combo card is, so no need to worry about that.  As for the airline staff at Istanbul, I don't expect they'll give you any trouble because of your AP.  They probably deal with many US-bound AP-carrying passengers these days trying to avoid the Schengen area.

 

For extra peace of mind, you can print the relevant page from this CBP document and carry it with you --

https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2019-Mar/2019 Carrier Information Guide - ENGLISH.pdf

 

[HRQX 4,145]

1 hour ago, Chancy said:

No Schengen area transits?

Assuming traveler is still married to US citizen or LPR then the traveler is exempt to Schengen Area; UK and Ireland; mainland China; Iran; and Brazil proclamations.

Edited September 30, 2020 by HRQX

[Chancy 6,241]

Just now, HRQX said:

Assuming OP is married to US citizen or LPR then OP is exempt to Schengen Area; UK and Ireland; mainland China; Iran; and Brazil proclamations.

 

Yup, that's why I asked.  They would have needed to carry other documents to prove they are exempted, if passing through banned areas.  Not applicable for the OP though.