Should i travel outside with Green Card in process?

[Zuhaib916]

Hello Everyone
In my earlier post I had asked a question regarding travelling outside USA while green card is processing. The response that I got was to make an INFO PASS appointment and go to the USCIS Field Office with unexpired passport and the I-90 filing receipt. Ask for a I-551 stamp.
I read lot of reviews online where people had faced difficulties in getting back to the USA. Some were even denied entry at the airport. I have attached one such response.

https://www.immihelp.com/forum/showthread.php/224692-Travelling-Outside-USA-while-Green-Card-is-Pending

Has anyone experienced such a situation? Should I make travel arrangements? I am really stressed out....

Please reply.

Thank You

[newacct]

You shouldn't have problems with an I-551 stamp.

[NettieL]

Hello Everyone
In my earlier post I had asked a question regarding travelling outside USA while green card is processing. The response that I got was to make an INFO PASS appointment and go to the USCIS Field Office with unexpired passport and the I-90 filing receipt. Ask for a I-551 stamp.
I read lot of reviews online where people had faced difficulties in getting back to the USA. Some were even denied entry at the airport. I have attached one such response.

https://www.immihelp.com/forum/showthread.php/224692-Travelling-Outside-USA-while-Green-Card-is-Pending

Has anyone experienced such a situation? Should I make travel arrangements? I am really stressed out....

Please reply.

Thank You

Go with your gut. The risk is always there. It is up to you if you want to take it. From personal experience and without saying too much, I would not take that risk. Sometimes people who need to decide to allow you entry are just difficult for no reason.

[newacct]

You don't have a "green card in process". You are a permanent resident. You have a green card. The I-551 stamp is a green card -- the plastic card is also an I-551 -- they are the same thing. Every airline official in the world has in front of them rules that say that I-551 is enough to board a flight to the US, because a green card is an I-551; that's what the technical name for it is; and you have an I-551. If you are saying that oh maybe there's some idiot airline staff somewhere who don't look at the rules and denies you boarding for no reason, well, then all bets are off -- according to that reasoning, anybody can be denied boarding for the same exact reason, because it's always possible that some idiot airline staff ignores the rules and decides not to board them. Then you can never go anywhere no matter what documents you have. I mean, you don't even have some expired document with some extension letter that people may not know how to read -- you have an unexpired I-551 document, and it doesn't take any knowledge of English, only ability to read the letters and numbers "I-551", to see that this is the thing that is enough to board.

[Zuhaib916]

You don't have a "green card in process". You are a permanent resident. You have a green card. The I-551 stamp is a green card -- the plastic card is also an I-551 -- they are the same thing. Every airline official in the world has in front of them rules that say that I-551 is enough to board a flight to the US, because a green card is an I-551; that's what the technical name for it is; and you have an I-551. If you are saying that oh maybe there's some idiot airline staff somewhere who don't look at the rules and denies you boarding for no reason, well, then all bets are off -- according to that reasoning, anybody can be denied boarding for the same exact reason, because it's always possible that some idiot airline staff ignores the rules and decides not to board them. Then you can never go anywhere no matter what documents you have. I mean, you don't even have some expired document with some extension letter that people may not know how to read -- you have an unexpired I-551 document, and it doesn't take any knowledge of English, only ability to read the letters and numbers "I-551", to see that this is the thing that is enough to board.

I appreciate your feedback. My last question do I need to apply for rentry permit I-131 form also?

[newacct]

I appreciate your feedback. My last question do I need to apply for rentry permit I-131 form also?

Not unless you will be out of the US for more than 1 year.

[NettieL]

I appreciate your feedback. My last question do I need to apply for rentry permit I-131 form also?

Yes. You never know what happens. (Speaking from experience).