united-states immigration travel
Will applying for a foreign passport affect my US residency status?
<p>I'm currently a US permanent resident and wanted to travel abroad. I never received a passport from my country of origin. According to <a href="https://www.uscis.gov/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.uscis.gov/</a> I need a foreign passport, permanent resident card, and drivers license/ID. If I apply for my passport from my country, will this affect my resident status here in the US?</p>

<p>I can't wait 1+ year for citizenship in the US as I plan to travel in a couple of months.  </p>

<p>What foreign nationality(ies) you have and whether you have passport(s) from those countries are not relevant to your US permanent resident status.</p>

<p>Most permanent residents have passports from their country(ies) of nationality; that is the normal way that permanent residents travel abroad (as they cannot hold US passports). A few permanent residents don't have passports, maybe because they don't need to travel abroad, or they are stateless or fear their country of nationality or otherwise unable to get a passport from their country of nationality in which case they may travel with a Re-entry Permit or Refugee Travel Document. Either way is fine as far as the US is concerned.</p>

<p>The US doesn't actually require that permanent residents have a passport to enter the US; but practically no airline will board you on an international flight without a passport or equivalent travel document (except maybe to Canada).</p>

<p>The only situation in which getting a foreign passport is potentially problematic is if you are an asylee, in which case getting a passport from your country of nationality can be viewed as availing yourself of that country's protection again, so you don't really need asylum anymore. But if you are a permanent resident, it is not a problem.</p>
