Traveling outside US while waiting for I-751 approval???

[ILLEGAL ALIENS 0]

Hi all,

We have just sent our documents for condition removal on July 24th. And my green card expires in September. If we want to travel outside the US, lets say in October, is it possible? or What can we do to make this possible? Or how does the process goes? Can anyone explain it?

Thanks to you all,

Sal

[YuAndDan 153]

This has got to be a FAQ.

You will receive a notice of receipt for the form stating that "Your alien card is extended one year - employment and travel authorized". Keep the receipt with your green card. If by some chance you are not approved within a year you will want to make an InfoPass appointment to go to your Local Office to request an I-551 stamp in your passport. This does happen as it sometimes it takes over a year to be approved. After your NOA extension expires, this is your only evidence of legal status which you are required to have, by law. This happens occasionally, that a case takes over a year, but it's rare. Local Offices will not give an I-551 stamp is you have another type of evidence of status (ie, expired Green Card + extension letter).

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;page=751guide

[miri 0]

I just got back from a trip abroad and, while it took a few extra minutes at immigration (I had to go to the "special processing" area), everything went smoothly with my expired GC and NOA extension letter. The immigration official asked me why I didn't have an I-551 stamp in my passport, so I had to point out that Boston doesn't do this unless my NOA has expired (you'd think that immigration officials would actually know what's going on!!) and that Vermont is processing I-751 applications *very* slowly ... Oh, he didn't give me an I-551 stamp btw, just the usual entry stamp.

Have a fun trip -- you'll be fine getting home -- just don't forget your GC and NOA letter!!!

Edited July 30, 2007 by miri