Do I need to cancel a re-entry permit?
Jan 21, 2013 | 6:55 am
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Do I need to cancel a re-entry permit?
I previously applied for a re-entry permit a year or so ago but never left the country (Decided to go to a different college). They did confirm mailing it to me but I never actually got the document. At the same time, I didn't track it down because I had already decided I wouldn't need it.
Flash forward, I'm abroad on a 3 month trip and hope to return home in a few weeks. Would this non-use of a re-entry permit come to bite me in the ...? I never actually left the country previously. Should I make an effort to cancel it?
I'm an American PR and I've been in the US for the past 20 years.
Flash forward, I'm abroad on a 3 month trip and hope to return home in a few weeks. Would this non-use of a re-entry permit come to bite me in the ...? I never actually left the country previously. Should I make an effort to cancel it?
I'm an American PR and I've been in the US for the past 20 years.
Jan 21, 2013 | 9:23 am
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You're a perm res in the US? That means you can stay out of the US six months (less one day) at a time. So long as you're inside that time-frame you'll be good. CBP might ask about it, but you can just tell them that it never arrived and you didn't need it for the trip.
Jan 21, 2013 | 7:08 pm
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Theres no stamp on my passport about when I actually left the states though...Would that affect anything? I just have stamps on when I entered Amsterdam and etc. I mean, how would they actually know I was only gone for 3 months vs. 6 months?
I literally checked in at the airport and left. The airline looked at my passport but no one scanned it.
Sorry for the ignorance btw. Border control tends to shake me up.
I literally checked in at the airport and left. The airline looked at my passport but no one scanned it.
Sorry for the ignorance btw. Border control tends to shake me up.
Last edited by chibiutena; Jan 21, 2013 at 7:14 pm
Jan 22, 2013 | 8:58 am
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