Has anyone traveled internationally on the stamp? I551

[KazuriSana 324]

19 minutes ago, Leo7777 said:

As I just posted and someone else posted the same . . . Stamp was given and Green Card was not taken.

Yours may be the exception, rather than the rule.

 

So please give the URL of the website that tells what you have said about 'must' and 'rule.'

See below. See also attached image. Go to the link given as well.

 

QUOTE:  In the case of a Form I-751, the regulations at 8 CFR 216.4(a)(1) state that, “Upon receipt of a properly filed Form I-751, the alien’s conditional permanent resident status shall be extended automatically, if necessary, until such time as the director has adjudicated the petition.” Thus, any conditional resident who has properly filed a Form I-751 remains a conditional resident until a decision is made on his or her Form I-751. Such conditional resident is eligible to receive evidence of his or her conditional resident status. If the Form I-751 is still pending one year after filing, the ISO should collect the expired Form I-551 and issue a temporary I-551 stamp with a 12-month expiration date in the conditional resident’s unexpired, foreign passport (if the expiration date of the passport is one year or more). If the conditional resident is not in possession of an unexpired foreign passport, the ISO should instead issue a Form I-94 (arrival portion) containing a temporary I-551 stamp with a 12-month expiration date and a photograph of the conditional resident. UNQUOTE

 

• (Bold, italics, coloring, and underlining are mine for emphasis)
• This was taken from USCIS' AILA Field Ops Q&A which you can read HERE. Go to PAGE 3. Also see attached image of the paragraph.
• Form I-551 = Greencard

[Leo7777 243]

OK thanks for the wording from the official websites.

 

So apparently, the various field offices are not consistent in following the rules regarding taking the Green Card.

[KazuriSana 324]

2 hours ago, Leo7777 said:

So apparently, the various field offices are not consistent in following the rules regarding taking the Green Card.

No, its got nothing to do with some field offices...

 

...rather, some people here and there, once in a while, are somehow able to leave the USCIS offices with the card. This does not mean it was not meant to be retained, or that the ISO smiled and handed it back, or that someone simply told the ISO, "nope, you are not taking away MY Greencard!"  That's empty bragging which former VP Biden would call 'pure malarkey.'

[ctracker 6]

Went for our removal interview, officer took my expired green card away.

 

I didn't mind as I thought there was no use for an expired green card anyway. I can't use it to show employers of my eligibility to work, etc. 

 

I requested for a stamp on my passport. Officer asked me didn't I just get my passport stamped 3 months ago? I said yes but my passport has expired and this is the new passport.

 

Officer put the stamp on and the stamp is valid for one year. 

 

 

[AK_2014 113]

On 3/13/2017 at 3:51 PM, mindthegap said:

Speaking as someone who genuinely travels more in a month than many people do in several years, this whole process is a very real problem indeed, especially as it is holding up my precheck and global entry renewal - adding yet further issues does not help.

Not quite the same situation, but my wife was able to get Global Entry for the first time during ROC after the conditional GC expired.

 

I asked what to do during my GE interview, and the officer said she should add 1 year to the card's expiration date (i.e. treat the letter as 1 year from the card expiration) in the online application for GE. Worked like a charm. I don't know if the I-551 stamp would mean to add exactly another year to that same date, or one year from the date of the stamp itself, but that might be a good question for an Infopass or dropping by a Global Entry place to ask if it's not too long of a drive.

 

Basically, if it's possible to get GE initially during the first year after the expired card, it seems like it should be equally possible to renew it during the second year as long as you're still waiting for the ROC to be adjudicated...? (But then again, there's often little logic to this stuff.)

[TBoneTX 43,133]

The personal bickering and insults in this thread shall stop immediately, or administrative action will be applied.

 

Thread is moved from the Removing Conditions forum to the Working & Traveling forum -- topic is travel.

 

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[asdfjkl123 3]

On 3/15/2017 at 9:24 PM, ctracker said:

Went for our removal interview, officer took my expired green card away.

 

I didn't mind as I thought there was no use for an expired green card anyway. I can't use it to show employers of my eligibility to work, etc. 

 

I requested for a stamp on my passport. Officer asked me didn't I just get my passport stamped 3 months ago? I said yes but my passport has expired and this is the new passport.

 

Officer put the stamp on and the stamp is valid for one year. 

 

 

Hi, so I'm living in NYC and I saw that there's no infopass appointment available in NYC. Did you get and infopass in Newark NJ? Do they serve you there? Or do you have to get a Federal plaza infopass? 

 

Thanks a lot! 

[ctracker 6]

3 hours ago, coolgchat said:

Hi, so I'm living in NYC and I saw that there's no infopass appointment available in NYC. Did you get and infopass in Newark NJ? Do they serve you there? Or do you have to get a Federal plaza infopass? 

 

Thanks a lot! 

Please don’t try to pick up another location in NJ. My experience of driving 1.5 hours there and back was that officer refused to see me as they only serve people with NJ driver’s license. Keep trying infopass. I tried at around 12 am and it was working. 

[asdfjkl123 3]

On 11/3/2017 at 1:19 PM, ctracker said:

Please don’t try to pick up another location in NJ. My experience of driving 1.5 hours there and back was that officer refused to see me as they only serve people with NJ driver’s license. Keep trying infopass. I tried at around 12 am and it was working. 

Thank you! 

[Edward BB 0]

We just went to get an I-551 stamp on the passport due to traveling plans in the Chatsworth CA office (GC expired on 4/17 and Ext Letter expired on 4/18-> 1 year from GC).  Officer gave us stamp but kept expired green card. She said it was new policy but we should not worry about traveling as the STAMP is the new GC for 1 year until we get the new green card. Right now they are working cases filed on 12/17 and it may take up to 3 or 4 months.  

[Hypnos 6,576]

Them keeping the expired green card in exchange for obtaining an I-551 is normal.