Stamp or no stamp on Passport?

[Visitor User 236]

2 hours ago, eckoin said:

The I-551 stamp means that the field office used their discretion to provide the stamp to the beneficiary who asked for it, and demonstrated that they need it and can't wait for the card in the mail. 

Ok, so if FO gives the stamp but recommends for approval. Does that mean the beneficiary is officially a PR at the interview?

Edited January 7, 2019 by Visitor User

[eckoin 211]

13 hours ago, Visitor User said:

Ok, so if FO gives the stamp but recommends for approval. Does that mean the beneficiary is officially a PR at the interview?

They're not going to give you a green card if you're not approved, so yes, if you get the stamp you're approved. 

 

I'm saying that you probably won't get the stamp whether you're approved or not. The field offices just don't give those stamps unless you really need it and they feel like it. ADIT stamps, after my research, are for people who get green cards upon setting foot in the US, since those cards take longer to arrive in the mail. If yours takes a week, why in the world would an officer go through the trouble of stamping your passport? 

 

I'm not sure what "recommended for approval" vs "approved" actually means. It's either just different syntax for the same idea, or there is a workplace hierarchy that allows more senior officers to approve on the spot, and more junior officers need to get a "manager override". 

[Visitor User 236]

So a clever way of knowing if approved for not after is asking for the stamp?

Recommended for approval means they have to go through their supervisor?

[Bibijaan 19]

I got approved on the spot and the officer handed me the following letter:

[geowrian 22,335]

5 minutes ago, Bibijaan said:

I got approved on the spot and the officer handed me the following letter:

Congrats!

 

I'm curious about that signature stamp. Did you interview with the field office director? Or did the IO step out to get it? Or did she already have it stamped beforehand?

[Bibijaan 19]

1 minute ago, geowrian said:

Congrats!

 

I'm curious about that signature stamp. Did you interview with the field office director? Or did the IO step out to get it? Or did she already have it stamped beforehand?

Thank you!

 

I don't remember if it was already there or if he printed and stamped it while we were talking, but he didn't step out. It happened so fast that I can't say for sure. We weren't interviewed by the person whose name is on the stamp. 

[geowrian 22,335]

3 minutes ago, Bibijaan said:

I don't remember if it was already there or if he printed and stamped it while we were talking, but he didn't step out. It happened so fast that I can't say for sure. We weren't interviewed by the person whose name is on the stamp. 

Sounds like they already made a decision before the interview.

[Visitor User 236]

On 1/7/2019 at 8:27 PM, Bibijaan said:

I got approved on the spot and the officer handed me the following letter:

So no need for stamp since this letter is evidence?

[Bibijaan 19]

16 hours ago, Visitor User said:

So no need for stamp since this letter is evidence?

Yes, but it also says that you need to present documentation to justify requesting a stamp in your passport. I got my physical green card in the mail on Jan 4, so just a little over two weeks later, and that included two federal holidays.

[Visitor User 236]

29 minutes ago, Bibijaan said:

Yes, but it also says that you need to present documentation to justify requesting a stamp in your passport. I got my physical green card in the mail on Jan 4, so just a little over two weeks later, and that included two federal holidays.

I don’t want any doubts after the interview. That is why I asked about stamp. Recommended for approval is good but still puts your thoughts in limbo for the while. 

[Visitor User 236]

I don’t want any doubts after the interview. That is why I asked about stamp. Recommended for approval is good but still puts your thoughts in limbo for the while. 

[eckoin 211]

9 hours ago, Visitor User said:

I don’t want any doubts after the interview. That is why I asked about stamp. Recommended for approval is good but still puts your thoughts in limbo for the while. 

You need to lay off forums for a while. What are you trying to accomplish here? Chances are, you will not be "approved on the spot". Yes you're in limbo. Your interview is coming up. You have no questions. 

 

You're just spamming VJ now. Quit it. Go to your interview and that's that. 

[Visitor User 236]

1 hour ago, eckoin said:

You need to lay off forums for a while. What are you trying to accomplish here? Chances are, you will not be "approved on the spot". Yes you're in limbo. Your interview is coming up. You have no questions. 

 

You're just spamming VJ now. Quit it. Go to your interview and that's that. 

The slip says recommended for approval. So that is the best outcome possible right?

[Visitor User 236]

No stamp as I was given the white sheet of case under review.