Does DCA check green card when leaving abroad
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Anonymous
| Lost my travel document and flight is in 10 hrs. Question is will immigration check my green card. Thanks |
Anonymous
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Huh? Why would there be an immigration check at DCA? It does not have an international arrivals facility.
Where are you going, and what is your citizenship? |
Anonymous
| Lost my green flight in 10 hrs final destination is via Miami and I don't need visa for the final destination. Really don't want to cancel my trip. Can't get hold of immigration and at loss. |
Anonymous
| You don't need it to leave, but what is the plan when you enter the country again? |
Anonymous
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I can get embassy foil..$700 for a reentry permit..
Airline is asking for greencard number and I am wondering if they will ask for it during check in. |
Anonymous
| They don’t care about check in. But if you’re flying through Miami won’t you be going through passport control in Miami? Wouldn’t they ask for it in Miami airport as you’re leaving the country? |
Anonymous
PP it sounds like you've never left the USA on an international flight. If that's the case why chime in? |
Anonymous
Can you check-in online? Not sure why you would need green card info for that, as it's not relevant to your destination country. The reason airlines need passport information for US international departures is because they need to confirm you can legally enter the country you are going to. If they let people board who can't legally enter the destination country, they can be fined and eventually prevented from flying to that country. |
Anonymous
| Miami is a quick 1hr connection and my understanding is there is no immigration for connecting flight |
Anonymous
There isn't US government passport control for exiting the country. The airline will confirm your passport info to be sure you can legally enter the country you are flying to, not US rules. |
Anonymous
What is embassy foil? |
Anonymous
OP.is full of confusing language. |
Anonymous
| This seems like a terrible idea, OP. |
Anonymous
| Don't risk it. Delay the trip. It's your only option. Don't ruin your life over a stupid vacation. Find the Green Card and then leave the country. Or order a duplicate and then leave the country. Don't leave the country and then get stuck outside. |
Anonymous
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My understanding is that to enter the country, you need an American passport, foreign passport with a visa, green card, or advance parole pending a green card application.
There are two questions. Firstly, will the airline allow you to board without physical evidence of one of these? Secondly, can you get through immigration without one? My own experience from some years ago was that the airline would not permit us to board the plane when we had forgotten that my son’s visa was in his expired passport, which we left at home. We had a photo of the visa but they would not accept that. In addition, they phoned the US immigration ‘hotline’ the airlines have access to. I could hear from their end of the phone conversation that his details were clearly in that system. Still, they refused him. They did not want to risk the huge fine levied on airlines if a passenger is rejected from immigration after they arrive at an airport in the US. I have known of another person of the same nationality in a similar situation where the airline did allow them to fly and they were able to re-enter the US. I know of a third person who went through this in spring break this year and they could not fly. So you need to address the airline issue as much as immigration at the port of entry. |