Point of Entry...

[Amina_KSA 0]

I am very ignorant about this issue. I was under the impression that we just go through the normal immigration process and show them the visa in my husband's passport. What other documents are we supposed to provide? How does the whole POE process work in general? Thanks!

[payxibka 10,044]

I am very ignorant about this issue. I was under the impression that we just go through the normal immigration process and show them the visa in my husband's passport. What other documents are we supposed to provide? How does the whole POE process work in general? Thanks!

the consulate will give you a brown (DO NOT OPEN) envelope to carry with you and present to the POE in addition to the passport...

He presents himself to the officer at a booth where he will provide passport/envelope. If the POE is busy, he will likely be sent to secondary inspection to process and finish the paperwork... or the officer could do it there if time allows.

[YuAndDan 153]

You go through the Visitors and Immigrant's line. They will look at the passport, and take the sealed brown immigrations packet from the immigrant, inspect the packet to make sure it has not been tampered with, and inspect it's contents, some POE will also want the x-ray from visa medical.

In the case of CR-1 and IR-1 visas, they will stamp passport with I-551 "Temp-Green-card" stamp.

[Mononoke28 134]

You show them the envelope the embassy gave you and they will process your husband. There, they make sure they have the correct info, put it in the system, take some fingerprints and you're out the door. Depending on how many people they have to process that day, it can take anywhere between 15 minutes to 3+ hours. So plan accordingly if you have a connection flight to catch.

Diana

[Beautiful_years 0]

Give them the famous brown envelope with the do not open..... they ll ask for his passport and check the visa page and put a stamp on it, indicating when it will expire and also date he came into the country.

They will put the information on the computer be sure to check whatever observation is made on the passport if any... and be sure to fill your I-94 in the airplane...immigration would want to see it.

Also i heard some POE's give a 90 days temporary EAD... if i had known so... i would definitely have come through there so check out informations on that too.

Goodluck

[payxibka 10,044]

Also i heard some POE's give a 90 days temporary EAD... if i had known so... i would definitely have come through there so check out informations on that too.

Goodluck

Not applicable as the alien is arriving as an immigrant and will receive an immediate greencard

[YuAndDan 153]

Give them the famous brown envelope with the do not open..... they ll ask for his passport and check the visa page and put a stamp on it, indicating when it will expire and also date he came into the country.

They will put the information on the computer be sure to check whatever observation is made on the passport if any... and be sure to fill your I-94 in the airplane...immigration would want to see it.

Also i heard some POE's give a 90 days temporary EAD... if i had known so... i would definitely have come through there so check out informations on that too.

Goodluck

NO I-94

NOTE: The OP is CR-1/IR-1 IMMIGRANT visas, they do not have to fill out an I-94 or have one in passport, they are moving to the USA PERMANENTLY, I-94 is only held by NON-Immigrants like K-1 and K-3.

ALSO an IMMIGRANT gets an I-551 stamp making passport act as a green-card, Immigrants do not get EAD or EAD stamp because of the I-551 stamp. GREEN-CARD is work authorization.

Amina_KSA HOW ABOUT FILLING IN TIMELINE AND PROFILE, You WILL get better answers when people KNOW exactly which visa you are using and what your immigrations status is.

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=31425

YOU FILED FOR DCF or CR-1 NOT N/A FILL IN PROFILE: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...rCP&CODE=01

Edited November 7, 2008 by YuAndDan

[MargotDarko 0]

You go through the Visitors and Immigrant's line. They will look at the passport, and take the sealed brown immigrations packet from the immigrant, inspect the packet to make sure it has not been tampered with, and inspect it's contents, some POE will also want the x-ray from visa medical.

In the case of CR-1 and IR-1 visas, they will stamp passport with I-551 "Temp-Green-card" stamp.

The stamp on my husband's visa is simply a date of entry stamp, which endores the visa and turns it into the I-551. Do some points of entry actually have a different stamp that says I-551 or something like that?