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15 minutes ago, missileman said:

Yes.....the I-551 stamp in the passport  IS A GREEN CARD.....

And that itself is sufficient to travel with and nothing else? Just stamp and foreign passport?

2 hours ago, Ksenia_O said:

Yes, I have.  My expired green card was taken in exchange for a stamp. Since you don't have one - it makes the perfect sense to take your Extension Letter.

 

Seems like you are mistakenly thinking that your Letter is valid, for international travel. It is NOT without an actual expired green card.

 

You won't . The only thing that will happen - you will be pulled to a secondary inspection. Which is a regular routine when someone enters the country with the stamp. 

This is all I would like verified from the community, that traveling ONLY with i551 stamp and foreign passport is sufficient.

On 4/26/2017 at 2:49 PM, mindthegap said:

Yes....impressed that it also shows pictures of the stamps that baffle people who haven't seen them before.

Document saved and bookmarked 

What about traveling with just the ext letter and no physical green card (long story) and no stamp?

Just now, arken said:

Not heard personally but it makes sense what they are doing.

 

 

No. You may also bring i751 receipt notice just in case one crappy POE officer interrogated, highly unlikely.

But why would they void ext letter for a stamp? I still have over a year remaining on validity of ext letter. I am very paranoid about these stuff

55 minutes ago, Ksenia_O said:

It's up to IO. Stamp can be given for any time- 3 months, 6,9, whatever months - up to a year .

 

Do not leave the US without stamp - you won't be , most likely, boarded with an Ext. Letter without a green card. 

 

Go back to the office, and get the stamp in exchange for your Extension letter. 

Have you heard of them doing this before, stamp and voiding ext letter? 

Also will I have any issues at all with POE with just stamp and foreign passport?

35 minutes ago, missileman said:

Your extension letter without the expired card is useless................get the stamp.....

So I will be fine traveling with just the stamp and foreign passport? No issues?

3 minutes ago, arken said:

 

Everyone is telling you the solution and you are still flying around it. You are yourself saying they told you to pick one, stamp or the letter. Just go back and pick the stamp.

Thanks for reply. I am just trying to make sure it is safest option for travel and I have no issues coming back etc.

also they said stamp is 6 months not one year is that correct?

10 minutes ago, missileman said:

Agree 100%......OP should take the stamp in the absence of an expired card.

But that is the issue I am very confused as to why they did not give stamp on passport and said if I do my letter would be void? Does not make any sense. So what should I do go back and say what?

1 minute ago, Fr8dog said:

If you get the stamp, you do not get asked for the card or the letter.

Expired card (you don't have) + letter can be substituted for a I-551 stamp in your passport.

If they are willing to give you the stamp, take the stamp. You have currently no official way to quickly proof your status.

As I stated in my post originally, I went to field office and they would not give me stamp on passport they said ext letter is sufficient. They said I can either choose stamp or letter if I chose stamp, my letter would become void.

that sounds shady. Please advise

2 minutes ago, Scandi said:

That's fine if your letter gets invalid, all you need is your passport and stamp if you can get one. The stamp serves the same purpose as a greencard or extension letter, but is only valid for 12 months at the most.

So because I still have a long time until 18 month ext letter expires, your saying traveling with just the foreign passport and  ext letter are valid. What if airport asks me for green card although I hand them the letter cause letter says, valid proof of residency and travel with expired green card.

please advise 

Long story short, 2 year Gc has typographical error, filed i90 and sent in GC but never heard back, eventually submitted i751 which caused i90 to deny. So now, I don’t have any green card but i751 is pending and I have the 18 month ext letter. I wanted to get a stamp for international travel but field office said if I get stamp on passport the ext letter will be void as I can’t have both????. 

Please advise if this is true and if I would have any issues traveling internationally with just foreign passport and ext letter.