Traveling to VN with Expired GC and Extension Letter

[Kenneth124 0]

Not sure if this has been asked but my wife and I are planning to visit Vietnam early next year for Tet. Her GC is currently expired and she has the 48 month extension letter. It has been 2 years since we submitted the I751. Any, with current Trump adm, any issue coming back to the US? I have been reading the news about people getting stopped with expired GC at entry port. I also see lots of people coming back with no issues. I just want to ask people that just recently visited Vietnam to see if they had any issues? Do you foresee any issue starting next year? ICE just got tons of funding to crack down on illegal immigrants so things may be heating up. 

[Crazy Cat 44,423]

Denied entry or being sent to secondary?  

Edited July 9 by Crazy Cat

[Kenneth124 0]

denied entry. Those posts didnt explain further. 

[Dashinka 25,845]

The key is being stopped with just an expired GC.  Your wife is a valid LPR (not an illegal alien) with valid proof (expired GC with a valid extension letter).  I suspect the stories are more about LPRs that left the U.S. for an extended period of time (more than a year), their GC expired, and now they are trying to re-enter.  There were stories back a few years with LPRs that were outside the U.S. for more than 10 yrs, coming back and being allowed entry even with an expired GC.  I believe there is more of a crackdown on those types of situations.

 

Now with an expired CGC and extension letter, your wife most likely will not be able to use the kiosks at a PoE, but usually there are CBP officials that will direct you and your wife to the proper line for those traveling with extension letters.

 

Good Luck and Safe Travels.

Edited July 9 by Dashinka

[Crazy Cat 44,423]

9 hours ago, Kenneth124 said:

denied entry. Those posts didnt explain further. 

I have seen no examples of people with extension letters being denied entry....