passport stamp

[babes_jen24 0]

Hello everybody,

I haven't got my 10 year greeen card yet but i have my 1 year extension letter. My question is where i should go to have my passport stamp coz i'm planning to exit the country soon for a year. and where to get the exit permit coz ill be out for one year.

[YuAndDan 153]

The letter extends your status, simply carry expired green-card and extension letter when traveling...

I have seen one or two reports about exit officials in China having problem with the letter, but this is rare.

You can always schedule an Info-pass appointment, explain concerned about problem with exit official at airport in home country, and the USCIS office may stamp passport with an I-551 stamp.

http://infopass.uscis.gov/

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

1) You won't get an I-551 stamp in your passport, simply because you have the extension letter.

2) You can't leave the US for a year. Next will be biometrics, and then possibly an interview. You can't leave before you have your 10-year Green Card and even then, if you plan on leaving for a year, you'll need a reentry permit. Also understand that once you left for a period of 6 months, you interrupted your residency for naturalization purposes. Once you're gone for a year or longer, you start over from scratch with day 1. But even if you leave for less than a year, you'll most likely have to prove at the reentry that you have not abandoned your residency in the US.

[Zen Den 18]

Hello everybody,

I haven't got my 10 year greeen card yet but i have my 1 year extension letter. My question is where i should go to have my passport stamp coz i'm planning to exit the country soon for a year. and where to get the exit permit coz ill be out for one year.

the extension letter is good enough for travel so no need for (and you don't get) any stamp. however, you do know that you have a biometrics and possible interview for your ROC w/c usually happens around after 1-2 months of your application, right? w/c means you can't be out of the country for 1 yr.

[babes_jen24 0]

I have my biometrics done last december of 2010, i will be out of the country soon that's why i can't wait for the greencard.... They say if you leav the country with greencard expired even you have the extension letter with you, you still need your passport to be stamp... I'm planning to be outside of the US for 11 months? D i need the reentry permit from immigration? How will this affect my naturalization?

[YuAndDan 153]

I have my biometrics done last december of 2010, i will be out of the country soon that's why i can't wait for the greencard.... They say if you leav the country with greencard expired even you have the extension letter with you, you still need your passport to be stamp... I'm planning to be outside of the US for 11 months? D i need the reentry permit from immigration? How will this affect my naturalization?

Any period outside US longer than 6 months WILL reset the residency time required for naturilazion clock. You will then need to wait another three or five years before applying for naturalization.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

Any period outside US longer than 6 months WILL reset the residency time required for naturilazion clock. You will then need to wait another three or five years before applying for naturalization.

Actually, it will interrupt the residency, but it will not reset until the foreigner is gone for a year. Still being absent for 11 months is really rolling the dice, more so for somebody planing to file for naturalization and the O.P. should take strong evidence with him that he still resides in the US and not abroad.