Will I be able to pass through immigration and customs from foreign country to the U.S with damaged green card after an absence of more than one year?

BY THE WAY I have lot of proof of residency in the U.S even my colombian passport was processed in the colombian embassy in New York Lol, and also the stamps of previous admittance. Edit - Wow thanks to everyone that has been so kind and have replied to my post I really appreciate your concern as well as time and effort, didnt expect this much help hehe, basically I was worried about the not let being out of the country I'm in, Thanks to everyone for the help and I meant it as I did not get a permit to come back to the u.s since my Green card was already expired before I left the u.s. it's just that I bent it by accident while being here, and I'm sorry about not being able to explain you better in a more detailed way since I was in a rush. Thank you. To make the story short, I've been in a country of which I'm a citizen of since Jan 2018, I had to come and take care of family matters, I really had no way of getting a permit to stay longer because it was an emergency, and ended up staying until now. I know I've stayed for too long, but this is not my first time and I´ve been admitted back to the U.S after staying a little longer than I should have. This time though my green card is a little damaged but still in one piece, just bent at the middle, also it expired not too long ago, but my main concern is if I should be clear of getting through immigration from this country. If I talk to the immigration officer and explain to him the situation, I know when I get to the U.S they will definitely pull out my file and it will be confirmed that I'm valid, I'll deal with whatever I have to like before. I'm just desperate at this point, I really want to go to what I call home.

Johnnyboy91 asked Aug 22, 2019 at 8:27 Johnnyboy91 Johnnyboy91 79 6 6 bronze badges

I’m not 100% sure I understand your question. Are you asking if you’ll have problems exiting the country you’re currently in because of your expired, damaged green card? Or whether you’ll be allowed to board a flight back to the US (assuming you need to)? Or whether you’ll have a problem when you try to enter the US? Or some/all of the above?

Commented Aug 22, 2019 at 9:03

The quality of the question is really poor, I do understand that you are desperate but you should make your question more clear. People who read it won't understand hence they will not be able to help you.

Commented Aug 22, 2019 at 9:06

I don't know what is your real concern: overstayed, damaged greencard, expired greencard ? Also maybe you want to keep it for you but the country you've been to would be a relevant information.

Commented Aug 22, 2019 at 9:34

Whether departure control officers in your country of citizenship will allow you to leave with a damaged expired green card depends on which country it is. But it doesn't much matter; see my answer for details.

Commented Aug 22, 2019 at 10:46

@stbr "overstay" usually implies staying for too long in a place, but the "permit to stay" here is probably a reentry permit, which is a permit to stay away from the US for up to 2 years.