Travel with Green Card

[123mri]

Is it enough to just show my plastic Green Card when I get out of the US to the airlines, or do they require my passport from the country of citizenship?

My last names in the passport and Green Card are different and I wonder if there is any problem with that.

Also, do I need to fill out I-94 forms, now that I have a Green Card?

Thank you.

 

[wik]

Is it enough to just show my plastic Green Card when I get out of the US to the airlines, or do they require my passport from the country of citizenship?

My last names in the passport and Green Card are different and I wonder if there is any problem with that.

Also, do I need to fill out I-94 forms, now that I have a Green Card?

Thank you.

1) I think most airlines would want to see your passport in addition to your green card. Delta has a link that lets you check required documentation for travel between two points, based on your citizenship and your place of permanent residence:

http://www.delta.com/travel/trav_serv/intl_travel/timatic/index.jsp

2) The name difference could definitely be a problem... even more so when returning to the US at the POE. Why are they different?

3) LPRs do not fill out I-94s on their return.

 

[GeneM]

Well, you have to have some valid documents needed to enter your desination. Airlines look at your documents since they are paying for your flight back if you do not have a valid visa, passport etc. to enter the country of your destination. I do not believe it was ever enough to show your green card to the airline. Same is applicable to your flight back. In order to leave a foreign country you have to have a passport, since GC is an internal US document and generally should not be recognized by other countries.

I would not worry too much about the last name if you have a reasonable explanation. My first and last name on my passport are different from the names on my GC, because the government of my home country at some point decided to change the spelling of the names, and the native alphabet is not Latin. So they renewed my passport with a different spelling.
If you can explain the difference, you should be OK.

 

[NewMom]

GeneM is right. You will need to show a document that will allow you to enter your destination country. If you are flying to your homecountry, then you need to show your passport as proof that you will be allowed to enter there. If it is not your homecountry, most countries still want to see your passport and will not let you in with just the Green Card, which means the airline will want to see your passport too.
As for the different names, if it is just the different spelling, it's not a problem. My name is spelled so differently in my GC and passport, that very few people recognize it as the same name at first, and it has never been a problem. However, if it is not the spelling (for example, your passport has your maiden name and the GC has your married name), you do need to show proof that there is a legal reason for that (like a marriage certificate). The airline ticket would normally have to be issued in both names, but some airlines will not pay much attention to this (check with them in advance to avoid problems when traveling).
It is also true that you don't need to fill out the I-94 when returning to the US.