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UPDATE I ended up choosing to fly back from India via Abu Dhabi using Etihad Airlines. There were absolutely no issues. We were issued boarding passes for both legs of the journey (India to Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi to US)from India itself and the airline employee at India didn’t not ask me for any documents. I just handed over my Canadian passport and the US passports of my husband and baby and she gave me all the boarding passes (I guess she knew the preclearance in Abu Dhabi would stop anybody without proper travel documents from boarding so Etihad is fine). At Abu Dhabi I didn’t have to see the Check in staff as we had our boarding passes and so went straight to US Preclearance. That was easy too. the officer asked me if I had a green card as I only presented our passports first. I said yes and gave the expired GC and the original of the extension paper. He gave me back everything within a minute and we were off to board our flight back home. Only at the Gate while waiting I realized, I hadn’t shown him my marriage certificate (the GC and extension letter has married name and passport has maiden name). He didn’t ask, I don’t know why. Oh and though I had a very easy pass at the Preclearance, my husband who is a US born citizen was ‘randomly ‘ selected for extra security checks at the US Preclearance 😁. I thought that was funny!. I wanted to post this update for anybody else traveling to India in my situation (expired GC+extension letter+ married name on GC & maiden name of passport). I would suggest to go through Abu Dhabi while flying back, if possible. Also regardless of which route you take, please carry with you all the documents (with copies) that the knowledgeable people in this thread suggested to me. I did. Thank you to all the good folks who jumped in and promptly responded to my post with valuable suggestions. I was worried before I posted here, but you guys put me at ease with all the suggestions and I was able to travel with much confidence. Thank you all.

Thank you !

Thank you. Yes, I will definitely explore that option. It will be much less stressful for me going the Canadian route with regards to the passport name issue. I just have to see, like you said, if it only causes reasonable delay (especially traveling with an infant) and yes the financial part.

Ok Thank you! That is good to know. I will explore the option of returning by the Canadian route.

Ok Thank you!

Thank you for the link to the thread. I hope I am not turned away because that will be an added stress especially since we will be flying with an infant for the first time. I was also thinking of maybe booking the tickets to return from India to Canada instead and then another separate ticket from Canada to the US, in the hopes that Indian immigration will have no issue as I only have to show my Canadian passport then. But I am not sure if I am legally allowed to do that as I don’t have a residence in Canada anymore and wonder if they will ask anything about where I live etc. I am not sure when I can say that I am just transiting Canada, will there be an issue in doing that (trying to circumvent).

I was planning on doing that when I got married but then realized that I cannot simply renew my Canadian passport to change to married name. It is a whole process as getting a new passport for the first time, which requires a Canadian guarantor, references etc. so have been putting it off. I should have still done it and now It is too late unfortunately. Ok thanks. Will do!

Ok Thank you!. Will carry copies of the extension letter in addition to the original and also a copy of the CBP carrier guide.

Hello, I am an LPR (came on K1) and have filed for ROC. I am planning a trip to India soon and was wondering if I would have issues while flying back to the US with an expired GC and valid extension letter. The other issue is that my Canadian passport is in my maiden name and the GC and extension letter are in my married name. I am worried that the flight check in staff at the airport in India will not accept the expired GC + extension letter and if they do, may have an issue with the different last name (though I will be carrying my marriage certificate as proof). I will be booking the ticket in my maiden name as that is the name on my passport. Has anyone been in a similar situation or has knowledge about it and can offer any advice?. Thank you.