Expired Green Card/ Expired I-90 and left US for parents funeral

[Family 3,535]

2 minutes ago, Zumbadaddy said:

About the time you told me to file it I had also filed the DS 160 and the 131 and then the State Rep told me not to file anything else until they hear back or we will confuse the system.

Yes I filed the I-751 yesterday.

Sorry to repeat this, but it’s important. did you specifically ask in file that they Accept Late Filed I-751 for Good Reason? 

[Family 3,535]

8 minutes ago, Zumbadaddy said:

Our USCIS liaison advises that (Deleted) can file the I-751 retroactive.. and my cover letter is very extensive... probably going into more detail than needed but You never know what to leave out.  I feel like these people are idiots and you have to spell it out at a 5th grade level of reading.

What is land PEO?  in a landscaping truck buried under the dirt in a box coming in through Canada?

POE is port of entry ….but your take is funnier😂

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[Zumbadaddy 57]

6 minutes ago, Family said:

Sorry to repeat this, but it’s important. did you specifically ask in file that they Accept Late Filed I-751 for Good Reason? 

The State Rep that's helping us told me they would accept the late filing.

Our USCIS liaison advises that (Deleted) can file the I-751 retroactively, and the form is available on the USCIS website here: https://www.uscis.gov/i-751. Once Mrs. Stein receives notification from USCIS that they have accepted the I-751, she can apply for a Boarding Foil

 

I'm wondering if once she gets the boarding foil and comes back how long does it take to schedule the actual perm. (10 yr green card) interview?  Or is there something else we need to file to schedule that?

 

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[Crazy Cat 39,388]

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[Zumbadaddy 57]

3 minutes ago, Family said:

POE is port of entry ….but your take is funnier😂

The negative comments friends/ not really friends but.... people.....  are making about bringing her in thru Mexico... is so aggravating

Just now, Crazy Cat said:

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They keep removing your comment... DM me... I want to know what your post is.

[Crazy Cat 39,388]

2 minutes ago, Zumbadaddy said:

They keep removing your comment... DM me... I want to know what your post is.

I am that Moderator.  I removed your spouse's name from a few comments....I was leaving a "breadcrumb" just to explain why I edited them. 

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[Family 3,535]

8 minutes ago, Zumbadaddy said:

The negative comments friends/ not really friends but.... people.....  are making about bringing her in thru Mexico... is so aggravating

They keep removing your comment... DM me... I want to know what your post is.

It’s all good ..😊 I self deleted one since you had already confirmed I-751 sent. The other was just personal info redaction . 
Hail To The Mods! 😂

[Family 3,535]

On a very serious note, try finding a Saul Goodman type of Immigration Attorney …preferably in the town near POE you will attempt in Mid April .

[Lemonslice 4,569]

1 hour ago, Family said:

On a very serious note, try finding a Saul Goodman type of Immigration Attorney …preferably in the town near POE you will attempt in Mid April .

With the extension letter, and the expired green card, why do you expect a need for a lawyer? Always good to be prepared though!

[jackiegringa 357]

2 hours ago, Zumbadaddy said:

I'm wondering if once she gets the boarding foil and comes back how long does it take to schedule the actual perm. (10 yr green card) interview?  Or is there something else we need to file to schedule that?

 

Quite a while, hard to predict but 1-3 years isn't uncommon. However she can work and travel using the extension letter and if by chance it goes beyond 48 months there's ADIT stamps that act like a temporary green card.

 

After you file the I-751 there's nothing else to do but wait to be called for the interview. Since your spouse is from Japan I imagine she might not want to file for citizenship, that would be the last step in the immigration process.

 

It's very unfortunate you didn't read on the green card process and only found this forum after months into a I-90. The removal of conditions is a necessary process to go from a 2 year green card to a 10 year green card and the I-90 USCIS webpage has an explicit warning about this exact scenario - do not file if you are a conditional permanent resident, you need to file a I-751.

 

It is difficult to deal with the consequences but in this case USCIS didn't do anything wrong, you simply didn't file what was needed correctly. The onus was on you and your spouse to know what to file and when, and that is explained on their website.

 

The people (in the forum or in real life) suggesting a land entry via Mexico or Canada are not suggesting anything out of the ordinary, there are ways to enter the country via land that are simply not available via air, and in a situation where a spouse would have to choose between land entry and no entry, lots of people would take the land entry, however inconvenient or costly that might be.

 

I am sorry this happened to you, and I encourage you to stick around the forum, learn more about the immigration process and even help other people in the same situation in the future.

[Family 3,535]

28 minutes ago, Lemonslice said:

With the extension letter, and the expired green card, why do you expect a need for a lawyer? Always good to be prepared though!

If they approve the next boarding foil ( post I-751) , he is fine…but if they deny, then it’s time for a Napoleonic tactic at land POE…😂

 

 

[Boiler 43,600]

I went through the K1 process and filed to remove my conditions, I knew I would have to do it anyway but I think I was told a few times, and anyway it is a negative part of the K1 process and well covered here. Back when I did mine at least it was quick.

 

We even had a sub covering it.

 

Now they tend to reuse Biometrics but I think I had to go back and have a photo done? I forget. Anyway this is more a question as I do not know the answer, I am sort of assuming you can get the extension and if you need to do Biometrics that can be done when she gets back.

 

As someone said she needs to be an A Student pf the process.

 

Now I completed my form. How does it work when she was not here to sign?

[SalishSea 16,826]

5 hours ago, Zumbadaddy said:

Correct,  If I didn't receive a letter about any conditions I would not know of it.  I understand conditions from my business but I knew of no conditions to be removed.

This is why you need to become an A student of all things immigration.  Some people really do need paid assistance or legal help to navigate through it.  

[SalishSea 16,826]

5 hours ago, Zumbadaddy said:

They keep removing your comment... DM me... I want to know what your post is.

YOU keep posting personal info, and then it gets quoted.  Then a moderator (Crazy Cat) has to edit/remove.  If you can try to avoid posting personal info on this very public internet page, your thread will not be so convoluted.

[Lemonslice 4,569]

1 hour ago, SalishSea said:

This is why you need to become an A student of all things immigration.  Some people really do need paid assistance or legal help to navigate through it.  

I think the immigrant also has to do their homework.  Ultimately, it's their responsibility to keep their status and documents in order.