Did POE, after I-551 GC but CBP officer didnt add new visa to PP.

[G_One 10]

Hi All,

I had done POE on 24th dec after receiving my GC Visa about a month back. Mine was a family based FB1 (Sons & Daughters of US Citizens) category.

I traveled from India, my POE happened at Abu Dhabi Airport. The American CBP official had taken my Packet and asked me to sign on a blank document. Is that a common practice across all the POEs to US ?

And mainly he has just stamped a round stamp on my Passport besides the Visa Page, the date admitted to the US. I was assuming that I would receive a new extension for 1 yr Visa, is that normal for all GC visa holders on their POE ?

Was everything normal in my Interview with CBP officer ?

Please advice.

Edited December 27, 2014 by G_One

[Ketsuban 1,034]

Hi All,

I had done POE on 24th dec after receiving my GC Visa about a month back. Mine was a family based FB1 (Sons & Daughters of US Citizens) category.

I traveled from India, my POE happened at Abu Dhabi Airport. The American CBP official had taken my Packet and asked me to sign on a blank document. Is that a common practice across all the POEs to US ?

And mainly he has just stamped a round stamp on my Passport besides the Visa Page, the date admitted to the US. I was assuming that I would receive a new extension for 1 yr Visa, is that normal for all GC visa holders on their POE ?

Was everything normal in my Interview with CBP officer ?

Please advice.

That's pretty normal. Did the officer write your Alien Number on the stamp too?

My CBP stamp is also on the page next to my visa stamp, not actually on the visa itself. You don't get any new visa documents, the stamp and the visa act as the I-551 for a year to give time for the actual GC to show up in the mail. Have you paid the ELIS fee online yet? uscis.gov/uscis-elis - only when you've paid this will they process and ship out your GC.

Also yes I signed a document and fingerprinted it on both sides. I don't know if it was blank or not, I was tired

Edited December 27, 2014 by Ketsuban

[Darnell 8,478]

on the FB-1 visa page in your passport, is there a line that has 'endorsement' used in a sentence?

If yes, please write it out here, that complete sentence, and we can further advise you.

[G_One 10]

That's pretty normal. Did the officer write your Alien Number on the stamp too?

My CBP stamp is also on the page next to my visa stamp, not actually on the visa itself. You don't get any new visa documents, the stamp and the visa act as the I-551 for a year to give time for the actual GC to show up in the mail. Have you paid the ELIS fee online yet? uscis.gov/uscis-elis - only when you've paid this will they process and ship out your GC.

Also yes I signed a document and fingerprinted it on both sides. I don't know if it was blank or not, I was tired

on the FB-1 visa page in your passport, is there a line that has 'endorsement' used in a sentence?

If yes, please write it out here, that complete sentence, and we can further advise you.

As usual the visa has this sentence "UPON ENDORSEMENT SERVES AS TEMPORARY I-551 EVIDENCING PERMANENT RESIDENCE FOR 1 YEAR'

Is that ADMITTED stamp an endorsement ?

Will this visa valid for another 1 year ?

[Darnell 8,478]

the stamp the CBP goon put INTO the passport - that's yer endorsement stamp. Now you've a 1 year I-551 document. How do you feel?

[G_One 10]

Yup thats Great.. !!

[NikLR 13,227]

Make sure you pay the $165 fee to ELIS so you can get your hard copy green card.