Can a French citizen fly from France to the USA with a green card, but no passport?
I live in the US where I have a green card. I am in France (of which I am a citizen) and I lost my passport. Can I just use my green card to fly back to the US?
Best Answer
You will need either a valid passport or valid carte d'identité (CNI) to exit France.
To enter the US, the Green card is enough, as stated in Timatic, the database used by airlines:
Passport Exemptions: - Passengers with a Permanent Resident/Resident Alien Card (Form I-551).
If you have a CNI, and end up using that and the Green card, you should print the linked Timatic extract and underline the quoted section with a pen, as it is not widely known among check-in staff that green cards constitute a passport exemption for the US.
If they decide to double-check for themselves, remind them to put US in the "Alien residency" field, or the green card won't be listed.
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Besides the legal requirements, you would always have to check with the airline. I know first hand of a case where a passenger was denied at check-in with a combination of documents that immigration officer had confirmed to me were acceptable.
Because of the fines they receive when passegers are rejected, airlines tend to be overzealous about this.
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