mindthegap

No, your reading is fine, and that is correct. First I-751 was filed in early 2015. And yes, it is a level of stress above & beyond.

Before re-sending them, you could do a FOIA request for part of your A# file, from the date right before you submitted your i-751 to present. That will show everything that they have and will tell you if anything went missing (although big chunks of many documents will be redacted).

Yes. Not all agents are created equal, and tier 1 agents are generally medicore at best and are only for verifiying details and escalating to schedule a call back/appointment. Use my handy acronym: HUCA (Hang Up and Call Again), and if necessary continue to do so until you get someone competent. You are entitled to a stamp (as proof of status) by law. If they require an urgent reason to give you an appointment - and renewing ID, employment verification, and urgent travel are ALL classed as urgent reasons by USCIS themselves - then give them one. Scared of what? Them doing their job? Don't be.

This is not correct. You are entitled to an I-551 stamp by law, and the standard procedure right now is to call, the tier 1 escalates to a tier 2, who will (eventually) call you back, and schedule an appointment. They are saying you need proof of a job offer in order to expedite the appointment. They designate the callback in a grading system - super urgent callbacks within 24hrs/same day, slightly less urgent within 72hrs, less urgent within 5 days, and standard within 30 days. The urgent ones generally require proof or urgency - which is infuritating - and this is what they are asking. There is no requirement to have a job, so why you would need such proof of it to obtain a stamp you are legally entitled to is, frankly, bizarre. You could book a (fully refundable) ticket out of the country, call up, say you are travelling in the next few days/week on a family related matter or something important, send them proof of the ticket if they ask for it (some offices do require it via email upfront, some only request you bring it to the appointment, others simply don't care) and you will should an appointment quickly. It's significantly easier than their stupid standard 'we will call you back within 30 days' rubbish.

Aside from...the law being true? My post is absolutely correct - if the OP hadn't had that stroke of luck/quirk of fate/global entry/whatever, the options listed were more or less their only options. The OP got incredibly lucky because no-one actually checked their documents prior to boarding a flight to the US, as they are supposed to do. It is literally the law. I've shown my I-551 stamp and check in agents have insisted on seeing a card (that expired 8 years ago). On other occasions in the past I've produced the card and the letter and they've still had to verify with the supervisor. I've done online check in with carry on only to the US over a hundred times, and still had to visit an agent or at the gate every single time for a document check, even when my card was unexpired. Not having the card at the border itself isn't actually an issue - hence the advice and option to go to a land border from a neighbouring country. The issue at hand here was the very strict rules when boarding a carrier to the US, as laid out clearly and explicitly in the rules in the carrier information guide that all airlines with permission to fly to the US are bound to. It costs the airlines big money in fines if they let someone board without the correct documentation.

Nope. If you do, it's because someone breaks (not bends) the rules or doesn't know them, which is unlikely as they usually refer to their computer systems and the carrier information guide if in doubt. which clearly lists the acceptable documents. Knowing [removed] they will be sticklers for the rules and will not break them. I wouldn't even try. So, either a)get someone to send fedex it over to you (easy and quick - you can have it with you within 24hrs) b) make an appointment at the embassy for an I-131A boarding foil (slower - days, possibly a week or two, and around $600) c) fly to canada (easier) or mexico (harder) and enter via a land border. You will be admitted, but not before you endure a horrible visit to secondary while they verify your status, and then scold you in no uncertain terms for travelling without the correct documentation for re-entry. Those are your only options.

Because it is watermarked

I got an RFIE for divorce decree and other divorce paperwork, and some related stuff, despite my last I-751 having very specific dedicated sections with dividers with big titles written on, one of which - right at the front - was titled 'DIVORCE DECREE' and another 'DIVORCE PAPERWORK'. Never underestimate stupid.

Sure, what do you want to know? I have a very similar experience to you...

I can, but the inbox was full. Posting on a relevant thread and tagging me like you just did works well.

No.

Slim to none, unless an agent makes a mistake or bends the rules. Big fines for airlines for boarding people to the US without the correct documentation. You could try it and have them speak to the RCLG to approve you, but thats not guaranteed and would require some rule breaking (not bending). Your options: Enter at a land border - Canada would be better, but Mexico will work. CBP will be most unhappy with you for doing this, but it will work. This is your best option IMHO. Embassy for an I-131a (circa $600, a wait of possibly weeks/months, and could be awkward) A facility with pre-clearance *might* work

1)The card expires, not your status 2) read 1) again 3) you remain a LPR, and legal to work, until an immigration judge says otherwise. I've had two denials and two refiles and e-verifiy still shows me as legal to work - because I am. Failure to file does not immediately = no work authorization. USCIS failing to process I-751 into their system does not = no work authorization. 4) KISS (keep it simple, stupid) and don't over explain. Most americans, and HR people, are utterly clueless about this process in general, let alone the nuances of the pain in the butt that is the I-751. Trying to get them to understand that your card has expired, but your legal status hasn't, and you've filed something which will be accepted soon but will take four years to process....is.....not fun. You are a lawful permanent resident. End of. 5) Use unrestricted SS card + ID to fulfill I-9 requirements if you have those documents.

The receipt numbers for my two denied I-751 cases still show 'case received' several years later

Relax and save your ink & paper. I can tell you first hand from my several FOIA requests, that both front & back is scanned if it is double sided, and they have double sided scanners. If I had obeyed that guidance my last submission would have been a really ridiculous nearer 8000 pages instead of an already ridiculous 4000 double sided.

Nope.. haven’t the mental strength. The less interaction and USCIS bs the better. I mean, it’s only been over ten damn years now since entering on my CR-1 😐 I can work, I can travel - my visits to secondary upon re-entry to verify generally consistently take under five minutes - so the limbo and the annual renewal of stamps is just something I’ve come to accept as the way. I’m actually due a new stamp now, and I think this is number 13 or 14? Ridiculous. So really, I’m just waiting for whatever happens, to happen. If that’s (another) refile, so be it. If it’s an approval, then the n-400 will be going in the next day, and then the day after I’m a citizen I’m having a bonfire party burning every single damn piece of USCIS paperwork accumulated and that has been kept for reference and just in case. If I was to perhaps be re-married and only if I could do an IR-1 (because I could not do this I-751 thing again) I might consider doing a fresh I-130, but aside from that I’m just mentally exhausted from the whole damn thing. Filing over 4000 pages for the last i-751 refile was the limit of my patience and tolerance for this rubbish. USCIS can go f*** themselves.

It's a cover letter, don't overthink it. It gets checked to see if it's late, then scanned with the rest and little, if any, attention paid to it. Attn: I-751

You wouldn't have two A numbers. What a plank that 'attorney' is. You would have two RECEIPT numbers IF the first one was accepted, which has a 0.0000% chance of happening because USCIS wants their monies above anything else (there is a reason the cheque is on top, and they cash it first before anything), but when it is rejected, it is a nothing. No receipt number. You could indeed send a replacement now, but why complicate matters? Just wait for it to come back (every page will be marked) with the slip, write a new cheque, send it off. Hell, even use the same box. Even if it is after expiry it won't be marked/refused as late as you have a valid - and importantly, documented by USCIS - reason for it. I say again, relax (and FYI, don't leave the country if it does expire before you have re-sent and have the receipt/extension in hand).

Yes Relax.

You have no option here, as the extension letter is useless without an expired card. Use the stamp - that is what it is for.

Yes. Remember that you need the original letter (not a photocopy - it is watermarked) AND the expired 2 year card. One is useless without the other, so keep them safe. For any APIS requirements for online check in or whatnot, the expiry date of your green card is the expiry date of the letter - so simply add 48 months onto the expiry date of your 2 year card to calculate the new date.

I'd wait and see what the notice says - it may just be a very poorly worded notice, indicating that the spouse has withdrawn themselves from it and the notice of that is in the mail. Is the full notice in your online USCIS account for you to view? To be clear, your soon to be ex spouse can withdraw themselves from a joint I-751. Ditto that you can remove them from a joint I-751, by switching to a divorce waiver as you intended to do. They cannot withdraw the entire joint I-751 petition. That isn't legal, or policy, as it is a document with both of you as signatories, and you are the immigrant petitioner. It is, and remains, your petition primarily. Note that this is nothing to do with the I-864 - they also cannot withdraw from that. The I-864 is binding, even when divorced, until you become a citizen, cease to be a permanent resident, or have accumulated a certain number of work quarters

Your office will change if you change state. If you attend an interview and you have since moved states, they will terminate it, and then you will be rescheduled by your new state. This is one of the reasons they ask for state ID at the start of the interview.

I don't, sorry. but I would select I-90, and then I-90 initial issuance or replacement......or perhaps I-130, then i-130 US citizen filing for a spouse. Then, later on in the form, there IS an option for the question 'what has the typographic error' and one of the answers is 'permanent resident card' with a box to describe the error and correction. As for the last point, CBP and USCIS is largely dependent on who you get. Luck of the draw unfortunately. Did you not ask for a supervisor? In the grand scheme of things, overall, this hassle of getting this corrected should be far less than the time, stress, and wait for an I-751. Please re-assure your wife that she is, and remains, a permanent resident, and has rights that you do not have as a non-immigrant, so to put any fear of ICE or deportation out of her mind. Even if you were to get an erroneous reminder to file an I-751 not file, and then get say, a denial letter for failure to file, it WOULD be immediately corrected by an immigration judge in your favour (if it ever went that far). The law is crystal clear and on your side in this instance so try not to worry too much.

It isn’t a choice - you aren’t eligible to file an I-751. The card was issued in error - and USCIS’ error at that - so can be and should be corrected free of charge. Sure, they will take your cash if you file a pointless i-751, keep you waiting for years and do absolutely nothing with it when someone realises. There is a ‘typographic error’ option buried somewhere on the USCIS filing site. Use that, and make an infopass appointment to speak to a human. You can get this corrected quickly. The ICE fear is unfounded in this instance. She is a permanent resident and remains so.