Removing Condition almost a year

[kallyz 1]

Hello everybody, I'm getting frustrated now towards my ROC. This ROC journey is way too slow!

I filled on April and got my biometric on August then I got RFE and I sent the evidences & arrived on 11/24. ( I used with tracking # but the usps lady eventually didn't put signature requires eventhough I told her ) so I had no idea who was the person at USCIS got my RFE paper works ).

Until now I haven't get any letter about approval or do We need to be interview or whatsoever.

I'm thinking to call them if until the end of January I haven't hear or receive anything from them.

I'm worry because my extended visa will be expire on April and my passport is already expired ( I didn't renew my passport because I wasn't attend to go back home for visit and thinking to become U.S citizen after ROC and make the new passport )

So my question is how can I get another extend visa if until April I still got no news from them?

I read that Infopass for expired passport only needs to bring 2 passport photos and USCIS will make in separate letter for the new extend visa, is that correct?

And I can't check my status online because the status only said like My Case was received on April. No description like initial review etc

Thank you in advance for the input

[Hypnos 6,576]

You could file for citizenship using an N-400 as long as you are qualified. Your RoC does not have to be approved to do this. Filing an N-400 forces USCIS to adjudicate the I-751; when called to your N-400 interview they may be adjudicated back-to-back (i.e. you have an interview for your I-751, it's approved, and your adjudicator immediately moves to the N-400).

[kallyz 1]

You could file for citizenship using an N-400 as long as you are qualified. Your RoC does not have to be approved to do this. Filing an N-400 forces USCIS to adjudicate the I-751; when called to your N-400 interview they may be adjudicated back-to-back (i.e. you have an interview for your I-751, it's approved, and your adjudicator immediately moves to the N-400).

hi Hypnos, thank you for the input because i had no idea that i'm qualified for the citizenship, so the best way if i wanna do this, i should do it before my extended visa i expire, correct?

[Hypnos 6,576]

A visa is a document for entering the country. You instead have a conditional green card for which you have applied to remove conditions.

You can use the following worksheet to see if you are qualified to file for citizenship: http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Citizenship%20%26%20Naturalization%20Based%20Resources/A%20Guide%20to%20Naturalization/PDFs/M-480.pdf

[kallyz 1]

A visa is a document for entering the country. You instead have a conditional green card for which you have applied to remove conditions.

You can use the following worksheet to see if you are qualified to file for citizenship: http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Citizenship%20%26%20Naturalization%20Based%20Resources/A%20Guide%20to%20Naturalization/PDFs/M-480.pdf

Will do. Guess i've to start to learn for the test earlier

[kallyz 1]

A visa is a document for entering the country. You instead have a conditional green card for which you have applied to remove conditions.

You can use the following worksheet to see if you are qualified to file for citizenship: http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Citizenship%20%26%20Naturalization%20Based%20Resources/A%20Guide%20to%20Naturalization/PDFs/M-480.pdf

So, let says, if I wanted to travel before receive the 10 years GC, I should make an infopass appointment and get the I-551 stamp, and travel with the NOA1 letter, and if I don't want to go travel out of country, i don't have to make the infopass? only driving around with my DL? because i'm not working either so i don't need EAD.

[Hypnos 6,576]

Correct. If travelling internationally you will require an I-551 stamp from an Infopass if your one year extension has already expired. Once you have the I-551 stamp you will require no other document to travel, just your passport with that stamp in it.

They will likely keep your original green card at the Infopass when they give you the stamp; this is normal.

[KayDeeCee 4,891]

Just to add to what Hypnos has already said> Even if you were working, you would not need an EAD. You are a permanent resident green card holder and do not need an EAD to work in the US.

[Cheezees 1,514]

Doesn't her passport need to be unexpired though? The stamp is to verify that she is a permanent resident whose application for a new card is being processed. If you are traveling internationally, you need a valid passport. No?

[KayDeeCee 4,891]

Doesn't her passport need to be unexpired though? The stamp is to verify that she is a permanent resident whose application for a new card is being processed. If you are traveling internationally, you need a valid passport. No?

Yep, good catch. Need a valid passport too, and not just an I-551 stamp or green card to travel abroad.

[NickD 202]

You have your expired conditional card and that one year extension letter, effectively extending that expired date for one more year.

Good question to ask, is why do they only make that extension letter only one year, can't even process your I-751 application in that very short time the way these service centers operate.

Once that one year extension letter expires you are no longer able to work or travel, so forced to make an infopass appointment to either get an I-551 stamp in your current valid passport, OR bring in two passport type photos and apply for an I-94.

Depending on the laws of your state, if you applied for your driver's license, it may have expired the same date your conditional card expired, you cannot drive with an expired driver's license. Even with that one year extension letter, may have our experience, and I quote, P what in the hell is this one year extension notice. And if you are working, your employer may say the same thing in a politically correct manner.

When you very politely reply, this is how the USCIS operates, you hear, what in the heck is the USCIS? Admittedly, all of my friends, relatives, and even myself never heard about the USCIS either. So this requires a lot of proof and explanation.

And even furthermore, they will ask, what in the heck is an I-551 stamp in your passport or that I-94? That requires even more explanation.

One key reason why we were prompted to apply for US citizenship practically exactly one year after we applied for the I-751, this everyone understood. Proof for natural born US citizens is a birth certificate.

But we still had to make that infopass appointment for either that I-551 stamp or that I-94, the latter is far more convenient. Just like your green card, you are required to carry that I-94 with you at all times. Well maybe not to your bathroom at home, but as soon as you leave your dwelling.

Yes, this was a very troubling time for practically all of us.

[Hypnos 6,576]

OR bring in two passport type photos and apply for an I-94.

...What?

I-94s aren't issued to immigrants.

[newacct 688]

Your 1-year extension letter will expire in April, right? There is no "visa" here. You should get an I-551 stamp if it is still not approved close to April. I-551 is proof of permanent residency, and you are supposed to always carry proof with you as a permanent resident. It's not only for international travel, but also for work, for getting a driver's license, for if you get stopped at one of those CBP checkpoints, etc. It's your proof of legal status.

Yes, I-551 stamp can be issued without a passport.

And as many people suggested, you can apply for naturalization, when you've been a permanent resident for 3 years minus 90 days.

[NikLR 13,220]

Your 1-year extension letter will expire in April, right? There is no "visa" here. You should get an I-551 stamp if it is still not approved close to April. I-551 is proof of permanent residency, and you are supposed to always carry proof with you as a permanent resident. It's not only for international travel, but also for work, for getting a driver's license, for if you get stopped at one of those CBP checkpoints, etc. It's your proof of legal status.

Yes, I-551 stamp can be issued without a passport.

And as many people suggested, you can apply for naturalization, when you've been a permanent resident for 3 years minus 90 days.

If you are still married to the person who initially petitioned you. You cannot do this if you are filing with a waiver unless the initial AOS case was VAWA.

OP has no timeline or previous posts so it's hard to tell how they're filing, what they came over with, etc...

[kallyz 1]

Correct. If travelling internationally you will require an I-551 stamp from an Infopass if your one year extension has already expired. Once you have the I-551 stamp you will require no other document to travel, just your passport with that stamp in it.

They will likely keep your original green card at the Infopass when they give you the stamp; this is normal.

Just to add to what Hypnos has already said> Even if you were working, you would not need an EAD. You are a permanent resident green card holder and do not need an EAD to work in the US.

Doesn't her passport need to be unexpired though? The stamp is to verify that she is a permanent resident whose application for a new card is being processed. If you are traveling internationally, you need a valid passport. No?

Yep, good catch. Need a valid passport too, and not just an I-551 stamp or green card to travel abroad.

Indeed, but i have no plan to travel abroad

You have your expired conditional card and that one year extension letter, effectively extending that expired date for one more year.

Good question to ask, is why do they only make that extension letter only one year, can't even process your I-751 application in that very short time the way these service centers operate.

Once that one year extension letter expires you are no longer able to work or travel, so forced to make an infopass appointment to either get an I-551 stamp in your current valid passport, OR bring in two passport type photos and apply for an I-94.

Depending on the laws of your state, if you applied for your driver's license, it may have expired the same date your conditional card expired, you cannot drive with an expired driver's license. Even with that one year extension letter, may have our experience, and I quote, P what in the hell is this one year extension notice. And if you are working, your employer may say the same thing in a politically correct manner.

When you very politely reply, this is how the USCIS operates, you hear, what in the heck is the USCIS? Admittedly, all of my friends, relatives, and even myself never heard about the USCIS either. So this requires a lot of proof and explanation.

And even furthermore, they will ask, what in the heck is an I-551 stamp in your passport or that I-94? That requires even more explanation.

One key reason why we were prompted to apply for US citizenship practically exactly one year after we applied for the I-751, this everyone understood. Proof for natural born US citizens is a birth certificate.

But we still had to make that infopass appointment for either that I-551 stamp or that I-94, the latter is far more convenient. Just like your green card, you are required to carry that I-94 with you at all times. Well maybe not to your bathroom at home, but as soon as you leave your dwelling.

Yes, this was a very troubling time for practically all of us.

Thank you so much all for the input, really appreciate it!

My DL will be expire until 2017 so i am okay for it so far, and i am not working so i am good.