mdunlap24

It depends upon what Service Center you use.

I sent my application on August 29th to VSC.

I haven't received a notification yet...

Hi,

Congratulations on getting the stamp!!!!

I called the 1800 line agian yesterday and was amazed that my wait time was only 2 minutes. The lady I spoke to was very rude (like always). The first thing she told me was that I should have filed my application earlier and that I should just wait. Well, I filed my application four weeks before my card expires...........

She also told me that I should make an infopass appointment to get the stamp, but she could not confirm that I would be able to get the stamp.......

Anyway, I made an apppointment for the 19th at 7:45. Hopefully, they will give me the stamp.

Would did you bring to the infopass appointment? I only have my current card, a fedex delivery confirmation and a copy of the cashed check....

I brought our I-751 application and all that goes with it. All she asked for was my husband's green card, to which she clipped off a corner to make it invalid and gave it back to him, and his passport, which she stamped with the I-551. No problems, no worries.

I made the Infopass for the same thing and chose "Question about my case". It's no big deal. I was half-expecting to get kicked off InfoPass with a "go to the website for help" warning.

I posted this in another thread, but it can't hurt to put it here too.

My advice is to make the first appointement of the day if possible. You are guaranteed to have nobody in front of you. I went to Boston and there were way more chairs than people who had appointments. I can imagine later in the afternoon there would be quite a wait.

My husband received his I-551 stamp without a problem. The officer said that she didn't hear about a problem with Vermont and their notifications and that they're more up to date than the 800 line.

Our appointment was at 7:00 AM and we were on the road at 7:20. I wasn't one minute late to work (and I live 45 minutes west of Boston).

Good luck!

Apparantly USC's can be denied a passport for a variety of reasons, one of which is being in arrears with child support.

"federal or state law enforcement agency may request the denial of a passport on several regulatory grounds under 22 CFR 51.70 and 51.72. The principal law enforcement reasons for passport denial are a federal warrant of arrest, a federal or state criminal court order, a condition of parole or probation forbidding departure from the United States (or the jurisdiction of the court), or a request for extradition. The HHS child support database and the Marshals Service WIN database are checked automatically for entitlement to a passport. Denial or revocation of a passport does not prevent the use of outstanding valid passports:"

My co-worker was denied because of child support he owed. Idiot. Not only is he irresponsible, but he tells people about it. Idiot.

We sent our I-751 application to VSC on August 29. We're among those who haven't received a receipt yet. My husband will be going to the UK to work for 6 weeks. We made an infopass appointment for 7:00 AM today.

There was a parking space directly across from the JFK building thus avoiding the $33.00 parking garage fee. We sat in the car and waited for about a half hour until 6:45 AM when we realized that the meter was Out of Order. I fully expected to get a ticket, but figured it would be less than the price of the garage!

We walked across the street, waited until security opened the door at 7:00 on the dot, went through security, arrived at the proper room. We received our number and waited less than 5 minutes. Went up to the counter, explained why we were there. The immigration officer said that she hadn't heard there was a problem with VSC and she is usually more up to date than the 800 line - apparently not! We got the I-551 stamp in the passport and off we went. I was only 15 minutes late to work, and i live & work about 45 minutes outside Boston.

Things I learned:

1. Even if you have to wake up at 5:00 AM, take the first appointment. There were a lot of waiting chairs there, and can only imagine what the place looks like in the afternoon!
   
2. Another benefit of the first appointment is that you can find parking on the street.
   

Great news Sherlock. I remember you from 2 years ago during the intial application process. Our timelines were very similar.

I last week, I made an appointment through Infopass since (as I knew it would happen), my husband has a job in the UK for a few months. He leaves on November 1 and his green card expires on October 29... Hopefully we'll receive the notification tomorrow (yeah right) and I can bring it with us. If not, we'll just go an ask for the stamp.

Lissa

Hello Everybody,

After I took a break from visajourney for two years (I can't even remember my old username), I am back in the race .

I mailed my petition on 09/25/06 and it was received on 09/27/06 at the VSC. So far, they have cashed our check.......I am a little bit nervous, since my card expires on 10/19/06 and I do have a job that I plan on keeping . Am I allowed to keep working until the extension letter arrives?

I made an infopass appointment at Federal Plaza just to be sure for the 16th. Does anybody know if they will tell me anything, or is this a waste of my time?

I have tried callig the missinfo line, but gave up after 40 minutes. I am a little bit anxious since my 129 F took so long to process at the VSC in 2003/2004 that I am very paranoid.

Thanks

I also took a 2 year break after my husband got his green card. I sent my paperwork off on August 29. They cashed the check on Sept. 6. I haven't received a notification yet. We called the misinformation line and the contractor put us through to someone live. She couldn't talk to me b/c of privacy so I had to conference my husband in who was working in Spain! She said she was going to send us another NOA, which we also have yet to receive. If nothing arrives by the end of next week, I'm going to have to make an Infopass Appointment since the majority of my husband's work is outside the country, and it will affect our income severely since he makes about 3x what I do.

Is there anyone else who submitted their paperwork around the end of August who has or also hasn't received their receipt?

Lissa