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I was born in Canada and I have lived in the US for over 10 years, and I have a social security card. I want to travel to mexico and I know that I need a passport, however, I need to be a u.s. citizen, and for that I need a green card! Can someone help me? I don't know which order to go in. I just need a vacation!
Do you actually have a social security card or do you have a social security number that let's you work legally in the United States? Go online and search for "USA passport" and it will take you to the right place for your answers. I don't understand how you have a social security card if you are not either a citizen or legal resident.
I read an article on Yahoo that says they are relaxing the requirements temporarily, but you have to have at least applied for the passport and its only I think until September...you have to bring the paperwork showing you have applied.
If you're not a US citizen or permanent resident you need a green card or you'll be arrested when you try to re-enter the United States. I can't imagine you have a ten year tourist visa. if you have a work visa I would contact Customs/Border Protection and ask them for the protocol. good luck
I have had a green card for 26 plus years and I feel like I know everything there is to know about immigration. (Does anyone ever truly know the workings of government?) When we moved overseas as we did frequently, my green card became inactive after 2 years. It was always such a hassle to get it re-activated. So I also wonder how you got a social security card without a green card? I have been to Mexico in the past so I do know at first hand that you need to have that passport to get back into the U.S. They were quite insistent on that. I also wonder how you are going to be able to get the green card when you are already resident in the U.S. Something doesn't quite add up and perhaps this idea of a vacation across the border is a very timely wake-up call to get your paperwork taken care of. If I was you, I would take myself as soon as possible to the nearest INS Office and get the official word from them. All the best.
If you're not a US citizen or permanent resident you need a green card or you'll be arrested when you try to re-enter the United States. I can't imagine you have a ten year tourist visa. if you have a work visa I would contact Customs/Border Protection and ask them for the protocol. good luck
A green card is for permanent residents only; what you said makes no sense.
I have had a green card for 26 plus years and I feel like I know everything there is to know about immigration. (Does anyone ever truly know the workings of government?) When we moved overseas as we did frequently, my green card became inactive after 2 years. It was always such a hassle to get it re-activated.
So I also wonder how you got a social security card without a green card? I have been to Mexico in the past so I do know at first hand that you need to have that passport to get back into the U.S. They were quite insistent on that. I also wonder how you are going to be able to get the green card when you are already resident in the U.S. Something doesn't quite add up and perhaps this idea of a vacation across the border is a very timely wake-up call to get your paperwork taken care of. If I was you, I would take myself as soon as possible to the nearest INS Office and get the official word from them. All the best.
This is because permanent resident status is only for aliens who LIVE in the United States. Move away and it lapses. I think that's perfectly fair; move away and you've abandoned your residency in the USA. Why should the residency status stay valid if you're no longer a US resident?
This is because permanent resident status is only for aliens who LIVE in the United States. Move away and it lapses. I think that's perfectly fair; move away and you've abandoned your residency in the USA. Why should the residency status stay valid if you're no longer a US resident?
What you say is true, however, I was not disclaiming the notion that it should stay active when we left US soil, just that it was a hassle when it was time to come home and go through the process of re-activating it. We did not abandon owning the U.S. as "home". We just had to go through lots of red tape to get back "home" when it was time for our home leave. Our work overseas was never a permanent move. We came and went with great frequency. Lots of folks have lifestyles such as we had and we all had to go through the same hassles when it was time to come back home. (My husband is an American by the way, so it was only me that went through the pain.)
What you say is true, however, I was not disclaiming the notion that it should stay active when we left US soil, just that it was a hassle when it was time to come home and go through the process of re-activating it. We did not abandon owning the U.S. as "home". We just had to go through lots of red tape to get back "home" when it was time for our home leave. Our work overseas was never a permanent move. We came and went with great frequency. Lots of folks have lifestyles such as we had and we all had to go through the same hassles when it was time to come back home. (My husband is an American by the way, so it was only me that went through the pain.)
That's just the way it works, though. If you think that's bad, listen to some horror stories from UK permanent residents who are frequently stamped in as tourists when they re-enter the country after a short trip...thus invalidating the permanent resident visa and requiring them to re-apply for one.
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(Does anyone ever truly know the workings of government?) When we moved overseas as we did frequently, my green card became inactive after 2 years. It was always such a hassle to get it re-activated. So I also wonder how you got a social security card without a green card? I have been to Mexico in the past so I do know at first hand that you need to have that passport to get back into the U.S. They were quite insistent on that. I also wonder how you are going to be able to get the green card when you are already resident in the U.S. Something doesn't quite add up and perhaps this idea of a vacation across the border is a very timely wake-up call to get your paperwork taken care of. If I was you, I would take myself as soon as possible to the nearest INS Office and get the official word from them. All the best.
