🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 02:48:25 -0700, "jing moy" <jingmoy@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Hi all;
>
>I'm a Permanant residnt of US and I need to travel to China next week.  I
>just found out that I lost my green card but I still hold the chinese
>passport.  I have the following question.
>
>1.  How long  I have to wait before I can get the temporary green card so I
>can travle to China.?  Can I get that within 3 businese days?

Try to go to your local INS office with your I-485 approval notice and
as much other evidence as possible that you are indeed a legal
permanent resident. Apply for a replacement GC, and hope that they at
the same time give you an I-551 stamp in your passport.

There is no such thing as a "temporary Green Card", only a replacement
for a lost one, or the I-551 stamp.

>2.  Can I fill up the paper work for the temporary green card and turn it in
>to INS and then I go back to china w/o any green card?  After my brother
>(live in US) received the temporary green card, they just send it to me
>while I still in China, and then I use the temporary green card to re-enter
>US. Will that works?

No.

>3.  I went to China six years ago and I have an expire "Permit to Re-enter"
>documentation.  Can I ask INS to have an extend date on that and use it for
>travel.?

I'm not sure what you mean by "permit to re-enter" Is that advance
parole? If so, you can't use it any more. That was only good while the
I-485 was pending.

Ingo

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