jackiegringa

With a 48 months extension the new expiration date is 10/07/2025 so still not expired. Cases just take that long these days, unfortunately. If your husband wants to be a citizen, he should apply as soon as he's eligible, which he should be by now under the 3 year rule. You don't have to wait until the I-751 is completed to do that and most people have a shorter wait for naturalization, and both cases adjudicated together (combo interview).

Go tomorrow and send it before you travel otherwise you will be risking a denial of AOS which will automatically invalidate both EAD and AP, which if your wife is still abroad will mean that she cannot come back to the US and will have to go through the spousal visa process (2 years or so for completion)

@igoyougoduke has done it and also wrote a guide in case you missed it, there's also another example of a successful WoM in the comments of this thread as well

I am sorry your case is taking way longer than normal. If you don't know of any possible issues that could be dragging it for so long I think you are a prime candidate for filing a WOM and getting your answer as soon as possible.

Appreciate all that contributed to the discussion. Without any complicating factors, someone with a valid green card or extension letter should be allowed to entry the US by the CBP. Of course if there are crimes involved or what have you that's not a given, but talking about specific cases more than the general advice that LRPs might be denied entry. Even on the example cited earlier on this thread, even if for some very particular reason the LRP is sent to ICE detention...they are still allow entry in the US and not told to take the next flight back to where they came from. Andcin the news article in focus, the poor guy had all documents and wasn't denied entry by any US authority but a misinformed cruise ship attendant where no other issue but the AP was brought up - the visa for other countries was not the point. Anyways, just one more thing to keep in mind while not being a citizen.

Gift link at end (it's long) The issue was denied boarding because he wouldn't be allowed entry back into the states once returned from the cruise. But the lawyer said that as a blank statement, for any situation which is baffling. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/travel/cruise-boarding-immigration.html?unlocked_article_code=EzhAF62mcAenbWHH3QcuUKIrEflhI5c6-w-pEH7ZqcqYLhJcEFZuB6HkMAnHID6jiSsKRDWKLrA2Sh0V4aeab1xkfHx5RHV6xKUmnYjL00WNwqDaFsr35km2WfYnaAmHtBMX16ZqTMD-kjqZ8kSmXpOycHgm4qYUO5jZVeVKJSxzTUu9A-ZafLlSpGlPyUZ8PFIkK9UP5BezKOy-mxmr-Q-KHCtTZKytZzCcA2KUq5ale6EPSIA-xQ6euD9zOFZfPRuSkz-FZGYqD9QHb8JBorAtzp9ni3dByWf4oAwG8d-GsdFfLQHcZx2-Cj1lJcfkyrkLgOZB8NbhXwKjvg1RSeZdKlg&smid=url-share

This is a advice column about all things travel. This Chinese scientist was denied boarding in a cruise ship because they didn't take his AP as a valid document, even though the company policy accepts them. In the middle of the article there's this jewel: “Even a green card holder is not guaranteed re-entry into the United States,” said Stephen Yale-Loehr, who teaches immigration law at Cornell Law School. I know not to be true but if someone had the quick link to debunk this, I'd like to correct them because this is bad info that can hurt many people. If this is not the appropriate forums, please move this topic mods! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/travel/cruise-boarding-immigration.html

This is for you to request a 48 months extension to make your physical green card valid for longer, while you are still waiting for your process to complete. Given your answer it doesn't seem like you understood what it was for, but it is not related to where or when your process will be completed. The extension letter will make your life much easier while you are still waiting so it is very relevant to request one.

I understand this feeling - I was just thinking about how much of my life in the past years has been around USCIS wants and deadlines and how by this time next year (give or take) I will never ever have to think about it again. It's a strange feeling! I missed my own honeymoon because of USCIS incompetence! It's gonna be a emptiness for a bit but overall I am counting the days to be free and never look back.

If you have all other vaccinations but the last change in requirements due to moral grounds, it's going to be a uphill battle.

It's okay to file for adjustment of status while on a F1 visa however that proves immigration intent so I am skeptical that you can apply for OPT work authorization now. The other way around could have worked but I do not think you will be approved for a work authorization for a non immigrant visa while having an ongoing immigration process. How long ago have you applied for your first work authorization?

7/11 is not 9/11, somehow you're the second person in this thread to make this mistake. Just seems like it takes a while for things to happen in St Louis indeed. On the US bankruptcy page there's a schedule for all future ceremonies but not much else. https://www.moeb.uscourts.gov/naturalization-information

This is also bad for people fleeing stalkers or abusers because your address can become easier to find when you are registered to vote regardless of citizenship status. Those were the two groups in my mind when I saw these news, people screwing up immigration and DV survivors.

I had all my immigration processes done by checks and only heard about credit cards being declined so maybe it's just taking longer to process it. Give it more time before worrying about it too much.

Self delete. This is derailing the Op post and it's very off topic. I'm happy to have a plastic GC and a 4 extension letter that works and not waste my time trying to get an ADIT stap that was denied over four times.

Got it, thanks. Yeah it did - USPS lost it at first and then I got it resent. Quite the endeavor, was also denied adit in the meantime. It's documented in the forums for posteriority.

Don't mean to derail the topic but if you care to elaborate on this I would appreciate learning more about this particular situation. Why filing I-90 for a mistake would interfere with I-751? Is there a regulation I could read to understand it better? I had a different experience by filing I-90 for lost GC, then months later I-751 on schedule and got the I-90 approved before the expiration date on the original GC and it seems like my I-751 didn't change much this process.

Without trying to correct this you will face a chance of having your ROC denied since it's on their records you are a 10 green card holder. But you are required to file ROC so that's another mistake. Then when you file for citizenship they will check everything and might find not one but two discrepancies... you are burying yourself deeper and deeper for no reason. File the I90 as told to do last year, stop trying to find a way around their mistake. It's your job to fix it now, or risk losing your immigration over it. It can take years and years to fix a mistake at the ROC or N400 stage, you do not want to live in a limbo like that.

This just shows that the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing when it comes to USCIS - as many reported in the forums, sometimes not even a secondary inspection happens when they land in the US because whoever looked at their GC saw it to be valid and just waved them through.

Sure but you are also hearing about all these other cases that people have used their valid green card to reentry the US. You have been given options - fly them here via a secondary country or have them wait a couple of years in Pakistan. You have now all the info you need to make a decision. I would like to have family with me more than I would be afraid of a impossible denial of entry but that's what I take out of the situation, you going to have to figure it out for yourself what's the best choice for you and your parents. They are not illegals crossing a border, they are permanent residents (and yes, should've stayed inside more than outside but too late now). and that gives them right to entry even IF and that's a big IF they are paroled wit ha future NTA.

I've been to four different airports domestically and showed my GC and wasn't asked to show the letter. I don't think you will have a hard time, still carry the letter with you, of course.

I-90 extensions are for two years making the green card still expired as per OP post. Another post suggested an adit stamp but if OP is traveling today that's also impossible to get. Boarding foil is pretty straight forward and shouldn't take more than a week at the foreign country embassy.

If you have a boarding foil you will be boarded even if the airline complains a bit. It's in the CBP carrier guide. Once in the US you will be admitted because you are a permanent resident. Big chance of going to secondary inspection but you cannot be denied entry once in US soil, so don't worry about it too much.

@LuckyJones Please read this page explaining how to get a boarding foil, it seems like it would either let you come back with your expired GC or inform you how to get a boarding foil to return without issues by air. It mentions you should check with your airline to see if they accept your expired or not GC, all info from Special Instructions section. https://www.uscis.gov/i-131a

From the boarding foil page (form I-131A): "If you are an LPR with an expired Green Card If you have an expired Green Card, you may not need to file Form I-131A. Although regulations generally require an LPR to travel with a valid Green Card, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) policy allows a transportation carrier bound for the United States to let you board without carrier documentation if you are: -An LPR with an expired Green Card that was issued with a 10-year expiration date, and you have been outside the United States for less than 1 year;" So it seems like regular procedure are in place when you have an expired 10 year green card AND wasn't outside of the US for longer than a year. Learned something new everyday!