christine1438

My husband's AOS was approved on 7/23. We were told by the INS officer that the stamp in his passport would allow for travel in and out of the US. We booked a cruise to Bermuda to celebrate and now I have last minute worries that the stamp won't be enough. Has anyone else traveled with just the stamp? Would you share your experiences? Thanks.

simon bland

My wife was in the same situation, waited for 5 years for AOS, so could not leave the country whilst waiting, got her Stamp in March 2001, we went cruising to the Bahama's the week after. On the ship they kept my green card, but gave me my UK passport back, but kept her passport (uk), as she had no green card.

Came back into US through Port Canveral, non citizen line,officer looked at my green card and at her stamp and said "Welcome Home, did you enjoy the cruise?"

No problems whatsoever, the stamp is a Temporary Green card, and everyone treats it the same as the actual card.

Congratulations of your Husbands stamp, stop worrying and enjoy your vacation

Simon

Dansbaby01

Don't worry Christine. Danny and I travelled to England and stayed three weeks and
he had no problems getting back into the states with only the I-551 stamp in his
passport. I had the same worries you did but it was all for nothing...

Good Luck!

Joan and Dan USA UK

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"christine1438" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
    > My husband's AOS was approved on 7/23. We were told by the INS officer that the
    > stamp in his passport would allow for travel in and out of the US. We booked a
    > cruise to Bermuda to celebrate and now I have last minute worries that the stamp
    > won't be enough. Has anyone else traveled with just the stamp? Would you share
    > your experiences? Thanks.


Both my kids and I travelled with the stamp only. We had no problems.

Mrtravel

simon bland wrote:
    > My wife was in the same situation, waited for 5 years for AOS, so could not leave
    > the country whilst waiting, got her Stamp in March 2001, we went cruising to the
    > Bahama's the week after. On the ship they kept my green card, but gave me my UK
    > passport back, but kept her passport (uk), as she had no green card.

Interesting. I don't understand why the cruise ship would need custody of your green
card. They don't keep the documentation of US citizens, why would they keep it of
non citizens?

Mrtravel

Probably no problem where you are going, but my wife did have issues with Aeroflot in
Russia when returning to the US. It took multiple people to get one that knew it was
good. That is why she has a stamp on her passport now pending removal of conditions.
She didn't feel safe with the 1 year extension letter from INS. Funny thing, the guy
at INS in Salinas would only stamp it for 6 months instead of the year. The letter
expired 1 year psst her green card. The stamp is goof for only 6 months past the date
of the stamp, or about 8 months too early.

simon bland

Don't know the reason, but have been on 3 cruises since, and it's always the same, any non US citizen has their travel documents (greeen Card or Passport), held until docking back in the US. My daughter is an American Citizen and they just look at her passport and hand it back.

Hippyhoppym

I traveled to UK twice with just the stamp. No problems whatsoever.

Enjoy your vacation,

Mel