Received Courtesy copy not official notice.

[br9k 23]

We decided not to wait, made an appointment at the local USCIS office and got a stamp. I found it curious that when we came in, there was quite literally no one but us in the entire office. No one waiting for service, and only one person behind the counter. We were in and out with a stamp in less than 15 minutes. Now good until October 2019. 

[Y3+E 25]

8 minutes ago, br9k said:

We decided not to wait, made an appointment at the local USCIS office and got a stamp. I found it curious that when we came in, there was quite literally no one but us in the entire office. No one waiting for service, and only one person behind the counter. We were in and out with a stamp in less than 15 minutes. Now good until October 2019. 

Yes, it took a couple of days to find an available info pass appointment time online.  When we got to the USCIS office in Virginia, there was only one other family being serviced.  Got our I-551 stamps in less than 30 minutes.  

[Eli_za 50]

14 minutes ago, br9k said:

We decided not to wait, made an appointment at the local USCIS office and got a stamp. I found it curious that when we came in, there was quite literally no one but us in the entire office. No one waiting for service, and only one person behind the counter. We were in and out with a stamp in less than 15 minutes. Now good until October 2019. 

Did they keep your green card? 

[br9k 23]

On 10/6/2018 at 4:09 PM, Eli_za said:

Did they keep your green card? 

They gave it back but cut one corner off, so it is no longer a valid document, technically. That said, probably good to keep it around just in case (but the stamp should be sufficient for all travel needs).

[Y3+E 25]

On 10/6/2018 at 4:09 PM, Eli_za said:

Did they keep your green card? 

The USCIS office in Fairfax, Virginia took our Green Cards.  In doing so, the agent told us that the I-551 stamp in our visa was no different than the Form I-551, Green Card.

[LiliBurd 85]

Made a non deliver request a week ago and got original 18 month extension today. 

[Eli_za 50]

5 minutes ago, LiliBurd said:

Made a non deliver request a week ago and got original 18 month extension today. 

What did you say in your e-request?

 

the reason why I’m asking is because some have been told to get infopass for stamp. 

[luna_azul0609 6]

Ok, so I emailed saying that we only received the courtesy letter and we still need to receive the official 18 month extension letter. This was the response I got:

 

""On 09/30/2018, you or your representative contacted U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) about your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, because you did not receive your receipt notice.  

We mailed you a receipt notice to your address of record. and was not sent to the attorney because you do not have an attorney to represent you.  The notice you received is an official receipt notice.  A duplicate notice will be the same as the one you have. Thus, a duplicate will not be sent.

We hope this information is helpful."

 

🙄...now what?  I'm trying to remain calm but this is so stupid...😖

 

 

[Eli_za 50]

1 hour ago, luna_azul0609 said:

Ok, so I emailed saying that we only received the courtesy letter and we still need to receive the official 18 month extension letter. This was the response I got:

 

""On 09/30/2018, you or your representative contacted U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) about your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, because you did not receive your receipt notice.  

We mailed you a receipt notice to your address of record. and was not sent to the attorney because you do not have an attorney to represent you.  The notice you received is an official receipt notice.  A duplicate notice will be the same as the one you have. Thus, a duplicate will not be sent.

We hope this information is helpful."

 

🙄...now what?  I'm trying to remain calm but this is so stupid...😖

 

 

So, that means the courtesy copy is an official letter according to the person who responded to your inquiry. Seems like they don’t even know what was sent. When I called the guy told me that the courtesy copy along with offical 12-month receipt notice should be enough. That same guy told me the letter were sent out through their automated system. Some people got offical letters and some (like us) got courtesy copies even though we didn’t use an attorney.   And if you Get a stamp on passport they will keep Your gc. I just don’t understand why they sent courtesy copies in the first place 😖

 

 

[nompish 86]

5 minutes ago, Eli_za said:

So, that means the courtesy copy is an official letter according to the person who responded to your inquiry. Seems like they don’t even know what was sent. When I called the guy told me that the courtesy copy along with offical 12-month receipt notice should be enough. That same guy told me the letter were sent out through their automated system. Some people got offical letters and some (like us) got courtesy copies even though we didn’t use an attorney.   And if you Get a stamp on passport they will keep Your gc. I just don’t understand why they sent courtesy copies in the first place 😖

 

 

i sent an inquiry as well and got an email telling me my case was still being processed even though that wasnt the inquiry i had sent. So yesterday i called then and asked for a Tier 2 agent, it was a mission to get the tier 1 to transfer but i didnt budge. The Tier 2 first asked me to get an appointment at my local office and get a stamp and i told her well its near impossible to get an appointment online i have tried dozens of times. In the end she relented and told me she will put in a request for them to mail me the 18 month extension. I hope they do

[NewlyNaturalized 38]

Ok so I am really confused now. In mid-September we did the e-request to say that we didn't receive the official 18 month extension. We explained that we received a courtesy notice stating the official notice went to our lawyer, but that we did not file with a lawyer and we never received an official copy. 

 

Here is what we received back two weeks ago. We were hoping this means that they will send us a new official copy that has 18 months validity instead of 12 months.  

 

On  09/2018 , you or your representative contacted USCIS concerning your I-751 to notify us that you have not received a Receipt Notice that our electronic systems show was sent to you. Below is a summary of what we found and how the issue has been or may be resolved. 

On 12/2017, we have mailed your Receipt Notice to the most recent address we have on file and it was not returned by the U. S. Postal Service as undeliverable.  As a courtesy, we will mail you another copy of the notice.

We have not received anything in the mail. The other weird thing is that when I login to the new USCIS account page, I don't see anything in the history stating that we submitted a service request or that a new notice was being mailed. One person who got the same e-mail as us said that they had all of this in their account after they did the e-request and they did receive the original letter very quickly. 

Edited October 11, 2018 by LTGermany

[kirstyandnick_1 3]

I received a courtesy copy only also. I made an infopass appt and she looked over my 12 month (original) and 18 month (courtesy) and looked up something in their system then gave me a 12 month stamp. She returned all letter and my intact green card and said if it wasn’t processed by the time the stamp ran out to come back and get another. 

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-reissues-receipt-notices-extensions-conditional-permanent-resident-status

[Eli_za 50]

2 hours ago, WeGuyGal said:

https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-reissues-receipt-notices-extensions-conditional-permanent-resident-status

Thank you very much for sharing this! We can have some peace of mind for now. lol. 

[Sercanned 21]

Has anyone got the original?..