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Old Sep 4th 2006, 7:49 am
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Greenmilk
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Do greencard-holders need to show passports when returning to the US?



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Old Sep 4th 2006, 8:03 pm
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greenmilk wrote on 09/04/06 12:49:

> Do greencard-holders need to show passports when returning to the US?


According to 8 CFR 211, no.
But, the airlines usually don't let you board without a passport...

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Old Sep 5th 2006, 12:43 am
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-Javier
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greenmilk wrote:
> Do greencard-holders need to show passports when returning to the US?

The law appears not to require it, but if you're returning by air, the
airline personnel will want to see a current passport as well as your
green card before they let you board the US-bound flight.

I've never traveled to the US by anything other than air, so I don't
know the particulars of rail, bus or sea travel.

-jav
 
Old Sep 15th 2006, 6:53 pm
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"Javier" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> greenmilk wrote:
>> Do greencard-holders need to show passports when returning to the US?
>
> The law appears not to require it, but if you're returning by air, the
> airline personnel will want to see a current passport as well as your
> green card before they let you board the US-bound flight.
>
> I've never traveled to the US by anything other than air, so I don't know
> the particulars of rail, bus or sea travel.

You have to have some sort of passport to enter the US for identification.
The green card is in lieu of a visa.



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> -jav
 

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