ONCE AGAIN, if you are travelling with/want to travel with an extension letter, please, PLEASE read this

[Dawn2021 26]

Your green card, and extension, permits you to re-enter the US. YOUR PASSPORT OF ORIGIN dictates the requirements of the country you are seeking to enter. PLEASE get whatever visa your PASSPORT OF ORIGIN requires for entry to that country.  

[OldUser 5,065]

Is this a question or a statement?

Yes, typically a passport dictates whether visa is required.

 

However, a good example is travelling to Canada with passport and Green Card.

 

Even if passport requires appying for visa or eTA to enter Canada, green card waives that requirenent. US LPRs can enter Canada visa free. There's some other countries which simplify entry for US LPRs. Of course, passport is still required.

 

Of course, the primary purpose of GC is living in the US and travelling to the US.

Edited November 20, 2023 by OldUser

[Rocio0010 5,572]

... That's sort of expected and known...

 

I do not understand and/or see what's the new piece of information you're sharing.

[Bob in Boston 630]

4 hours ago, Rocio0010 said:

... That's sort of expected and known...

 

I do not understand and/or see what's the new piece of information you're sharing.

I think they are saying some countries still require a visa for LPRs. I know my wife being from the philippines still needed a visa to enter Italy at the time. I know Bermuda also lets you in as we visited there.

[OldUser 5,065]

30 minutes ago, Bob in Boston said:

I think they are saying some countries still require a visa for LPRs. I know my wife being from the philippines still needed a visa to enter Italy at the time. I know Bermuda also lets you in as we visited there.

I think @Rocio0010 is pointing out this is a common knowledge? Outside of few exceptions for US LPRs, every country looks at the passport and doesn't really care about permanent residences elsewhere including the US.

Edited November 20, 2023 by OldUser

[Rocio0010 5,572]

1 hour ago, OldUser said:

I think @Rocio0010 is pointing out this is a common knowledge? Outside of few exceptions for US LPRs, every country looks at the passport and doesn't really care about permanent residences elsewhere including the US.

Thanks

[Sukie 1,440]

Sounds like someone got caught NOT knowing this, and just wants to post a cautionary tale.

 

Thanks, OP, for reminding this community.

 

Sukie in NY

[VinnyH 59]

29 minutes ago, Sukie said:

Sounds like someone got caught NOT knowing this, and just wants to post a cautionary tale.

 

Thanks, OP, for reminding this community.

 

Sukie in NY

I saw that episode on National Geographic "Catching A Smuggler / Border Control – Italy" taking place mainly in Rome Fiumicino airport (FCO) with that unfortunate Filipino young woman who just landed and was detained because she didn't have a proper Schengen visa. She was traveling with her U.S. citizen husband and they were to catch a cruise throughout the Mediterranean for their honeymoon.

 

She was a (probably conditional) green card holder with a Filipino passport and assumed that her green card would act as a visa. The Italian immigration police officer kindly explained to her that the green card is for U.S. only and bears no relevance in the E.U. and her Filipino passport required a Schengen visa.

 

Although sympathetic to her pleading, they still denied her entry and was put on a flight back to the U.S. where, in tears, she was reunited with her husband who consoled her.
 

It was a young couple who look nice and harmless, but well... dura lex sed lex. This is clearly a cautionary tale. Many people seem to think that a green card is the sesame that will open the door to the whole world in terms of travel...

Edited November 20, 2023 by VinnyH
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[VinnyH 59]

6 minutes ago, VinnyH said:

I saw that episode on National Geographic "Catching A Smuggler / Border Control – Italy" taking place mainly in Rome Fiumicino airport (FCO) with that unfortunate Filipino young woman who just landed and was detained because she didn't have a proper Schengen visa. She was traveling with her U.S. citizen husband and they were to catch a cruise throughout the Mediterranean for their honeymoon.

 

She was a (probably conditional) green card holder with a Filipino passport and assumed that her green card would act as a visa. The Italian immigration police officer kindly explained to her that the green card is for U.S. only and bears no relevance in the E.U. and her Filipino passport required a Schengen visa.

 

Although sympathetic to her pleading, they still denied her entry and was put on a flight back to the U.S. where, in tears, she was reunited with her husband who consoled her.
 

It was a young couple who look nice and harmless, but well... dura lex sed lex. This is clearly a cautionary tale. Many people seem to think that a green card is the sesame that will open the door to the whole world in terms of travel...

 

Also, what surprised me the most was "how the hell was she able to board her flight into Rome from the U.S.?".

 

Clearly the airline that issued her the boarding pass without checking her eligibility (Schengen visa) was bearing the responsibility and it was a clear case of it being legitimately fined for this situation.

 

[Sukie 1,440]

21 minutes ago, VinnyH said:

I saw that episode on National Geographic "Catching A Smuggler / Border Control – Italy" taking place mainly in Rome Fiumicino airport (FCO) with that unfortunate Filipino young woman who just landed and was detained because she didn't have a proper Schengen visa. She was traveling with her U.S. citizen husband and they were to catch a cruise throughout the Mediterranean for their honeymoon.

 

She was a (probably conditional) green card holder with a Filipino passport and assumed that her green card would act as a visa. The Italian immigration police officer kindly explained to her that the green card is for U.S. only and bears no relevance in the E.U. and her Filipino passport required a Schengen visa.

 

Although sympathetic to her pleading, they still denied her entry and was put on a flight back to the U.S. where, in tears, she was reunited with her husband who consoled her.
 

It was a young couple who look nice and harmless, but well... dura lex sed lex. This is clearly a cautionary tale. Many people seem to think that a green card is the sesame that will open the door to the whole world in terms of travel...

I had to remember my high school Latin for that one, VinnyH.  That was over 50 years ago.....

 

Sukie in NY