Ceci5

Please, someone let me know if a vacation travel with my Resident alien
husband is possible to Europe?? He has no Passport from his country and
I would really like for him to join me on my vacation to Europe. Can
this be possible?

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Noorah101

I believe he needs a passport, even if he doesn't need a visa. Depending on his country of citizenship, he may need a visa to the country you want to visit. Where is your alien husband from? You might want to look into getting his passport renewed, he will need it for future travel.

For example, my alien husband is Iranian. He has his USA green card. But he still needed a visa to the UK, because Iranians need a visa to visit the UK. Until he becomes a USC, he will still need a visa to visit any country he would have normally needed a visa for anyway....except Canada and Mexico. He is allowed to travel there without a visa.

Best Wishes,
Rene

Noorah101

One more thought...check into how form I-131 might work for his travel purposes.

Rene

AlienUk

Makes no difference where he is resident....If he had a US passport only then would he not need a visa. Also, anyone coming by air into the United States now require a passport, even US residents.

meauxna

"Resident Alien husband" would indicate that he is not a US citizen. Only US citizens are eligible for US passports.

USCs need visas to some countries.

Joe Feise

Ceci5 wrote on 1/25/2007 6:46:
> Please, someone let me know if a vacation travel with my Resident alien
> husband is possible to Europe?? He has no Passport from his country and
> I would really like for him to join me on my vacation to Europe. Can
> this be possible?
>

The GC is an internal US document. It has no validity whatsoever outside the US.
To enter other countries, a person needs a passport. If a person can't get a
passport, e.g., somebody who got the GC through asylum, he or she can get a
reentry permit, aka "green passport".
There are some countries, though, that have decided to accept the US GC as
entry document. Canada comes to mind.

-Joe

Bob

Switzerland, a greencard would be good there without a passport..okay, technically not EU...

scrubbedexpat099

Missus needed one for Turkey, amusingly they had an extra special high rate for Americans.

Folinskyinla

Hi:

If he can, he should get a passport from the home country. If he can't get such a passport, then he should apply for a two-year reentry permit on form I-131. This is a book form of the I-551 card and can be visaed.

Which brings up another item -- check the VISA requirements of each country.

penguinsix

He can get a Schengen visa from one of the Schengen countries:

The 15 Schengen countries are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.

One visa, many countries to visit.

He would need to apply at the country of first embarkation, or at the country he plans to spend the most time in (this caught me when I had to get one for my wife--we had 4 days in France and 6 in Germany and the French embassy sent us over to the German embassy for the processing).

http://www.eurovisa.info/SchengenCountries.htm