Got the Green Card but......

[aeryfaery7 1]

We just got our green card in the mail today, our interview was on July 28th so that was really fast …however, my husband’s passport was not stamped at the interview because we had to provide another copy of our marriage document with confirmation from our courthouse that it was indeed a marriage document (we hand wrote it out so the officer was skeptical). After we solved the issue, we faxed it to the officer and she called us to confirm we would indeed get the green card and voila! Here it is Is that okay that the passport wasn’t stamped though? She told us we would be accepted if we could get the courthouse in our town to confirm our marriage. So we had to leave without the stamp on his passport.

Also, the officer took my husband’s I-131 form, you know the re-entry permit form? After taking it we weren’t given it back, but on the information packet with his green card it tells him to have one with him if he leaves for more than a year etc. Do we have to pay for another $300 permit? Why did she take it and not return it? We had just barely had it for a month.

Thirdly and lastly, she wanted us to send her his work authorization paperwork and card once we received the green card, but after looking over everything, it doesn’t seem like people are asked to do this. My husband and I are happy no doubt, but we feel as if our interview was a little weird and that things were done a little funny considering that so many people have reported different results than ours.

Thanks very much in advance!

[aleful 1,905]

We just got our green card in the mail today, our interview was on July 28th so that was really fast …however, my husband’s passport was not stamped at the interview because we had to provide another copy of our marriage document with confirmation from our courthouse that it was indeed a marriage document (we hand wrote it out so the officer was skeptical). After we solved the issue, we faxed it to the officer and she called us to confirm we would indeed get the green card and voila! Here it is Is that okay that the passport wasn’t stamped though? She told us we would be accepted if we could get the courthouse in our town to confirm our marriage. So we had to leave without the stamp on his passport.

Also, the officer took my husband’s I-131 form, you know the re-entry permit form? After taking it we weren’t given it back, but on the information packet with his green card it tells him to have one with him if he leaves for more than a year etc. Do we have to pay for another $300 permit? Why did she take it and not return it? We had just barely had it for a month.

Thirdly and lastly, she wanted us to send her his work authorization paperwork and card once we received the green card, but after looking over everything, it doesn’t seem like people are asked to do this. My husband and I are happy no doubt, but we feel as if our interview was a little weird and that things were done a little funny considering that so many people have reported different results than ours.

Thanks very much in advance!

no need for a stamp, not everyone get's their passport stamped, it's a temporary stamp until one receives the GC. he got the GC, no need for a stamp.

the 131 serves as advance parole and reentry permit, what you had was advance parole to leave the country while the case was pending.

the same forms serves a reentry permit once a person has the GC but decides to live abroad due to education or work, the person will request a reentry permit so they do not loose residency. they are 2 separate things,

so he never had a reentry permit, it was advance parole,

[aeryfaery7 1]

Thank you! I was so scared there for a moment ...So basically I have to re apply for the I-131? Phew, that's a chunk of change.

[aleful 1,905]

Thank you! I was so scared there for a moment ...So basically I have to re apply for the I-131? Phew, that's a chunk of change.

no, to travel he only needs his GC and passport.

now if you are going to live abroad for more than a year, then he needs a reentry permit.

no need to reapply for the i131.

he has the GC.

[aeryfaery7 1]

no, to travel he only needs his GC and passport.

now if you are going to live abroad for more than a year, then he needs a reentry permit.

no need to reapply for the i131.

he has the GC.

Thank you so much for clearing that up

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

If you play poker, the Green Card is like the joker.

It replaces the stamp, the EAD, the AP, and everything you can think of and also renders them invalid at the same time.

Your EAD and AP were taken in for the same reason they'll take in the Green Card when a foreigner seizes to be a foreigner: no use for it anymore.