mugs

Does anyone know;

Is the replacement (gotten via the N-565 application) just like the original?

Does the replacement have the date you first became a citizen? (Just like the first one?)

Or does the replacement have a new date?

Thanks!

8 hours ago, EternalForeigner said:

 If your wife is already in China and she has no tickets, she could book one ticket from China to Singapore using the name on the Chinese passport and use that passport, then buy another ticket with the American passport name to fly from Singapore to the US. I haven't dealt with immigration in Singapore or if during a transit they'll ask about a visa for the next country (the US), but they won't care if you present a US passport to show them you can enter the US.

Thanks. Yes, this part is her situation. The problem is that when filling out the information for the "Air Travel Pass" which is the Singapore entry permit (not the Singapore visa) it requires your passport info which would be her Chinese one because she shows that paperwork to Chinese customs as she is leaving China to go to Singapore. That part is ok.

The problem is that when leaving Singapore, she would show her U.S. passport to travel onward to the U.S. Would Singapore have a problem with that (?) saying, "Hey, this is not how you came in here. This passport info doesn't match." or like the U.S. maybe they don't care which passports one uses, as long as they are valid.

This is for my wife, a U.S. citizen traveling from China. She's worried about showing her U.S. passport when leaving because she says they might try to cancel her Hukou (local city residency status) and health insurance from the job she's retired from.

She had heard about people going to South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Macao etc. with a Chinese passport and then leaving from one of those places with a U.S. passport.

The problem is this time there's all this paperwork because of Covid and you have to put down your passport # so when you leave one of these places we thought they might check and see that passports don't match. So I wondered if anyone had trouble lately.

Thanks again!

Thanks for the info!

This brings up other possible interim places to go to first like Thailand or Macau. The same question; do they check or care about your passport.

I think this has only come up because the additional Covid-19 applications, testing, quarantine etc. has introduced all kinds of other paperwork into the process.

Thank you!

Hi all,

I am a grandparent filling out an I-131/reentry permit application for my 9 year old granddaughter. Do I need to also fill out and submit the G-28?

Thanks!

-Mugs

17 minutes ago, HRQX said:

-131 can only be filed by mail: https://www.uscis.gov/i-131 Don't confuse with I-131A; I-131A is a totally different form.

Thanks. I see that now.

Dear Members,

It looks like the USCIS is accepting the I-131 to be filed online. We would be doing this for a reentry permit. I know that previously, the applicant needed to be physically in the U.S. when sending it in via mail.

Since it's now being accepted online, I guess that rule no longer applies? In other words, the applicant could be outside the U.S. when filing the application online?

Thanks!

Mugs

2 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

~~Moved to Working and Traveling, from Covid-19 - as the topic is about a re entry permit~~

Thanks for moving this. I wasn't sure where to post.

Then if there's no biometrics for a while, can we leave the U.S. and re-enter with the application under process for so long?

Trying to narrow it down...

1 hour ago, Nitas_man said:

What category does her immigration benefit fall under?

 

I don’t envision biometrics happening for awhile.  Just a hunch.

She's F12

Ok, so, it sounds like we could apply fairly early.

Since we would have to send the first reentry permit in with the I-131 application, could she re-enter the U.S. with just the green card? (...if we flew back to China after applying, to wait and get the biometrics appt., and then planned to fly back to the U.S. to attend the appt.)

Also; How about re-entering the U.S. after the reentry permit has expired? I'm thinking of this as we consider applying closer to the expiration date. She will have been gone longer that two years by that time.

Or is it the case that she just has to be back in the U.S. before the expiration date?

Thanks!

-Mugs

Dear Forum members,

My wife and I are U.S. citizens living and working in China. Our granddaughter (8 years old) is an LPR living with us and attending school here. We are all planning to relocate back to the U.S. in 2021 after she completes her early schooling here.

She has one reentry permit now and we had planned to apply for her second and last one this August-2020 as this one expires in November of 2020.

The problem is that her school's spring semester here got delayed because of the virus and we just found out it will now be starting May 1st. That spring semester would end in September and they would start right up with their fall semester.

We had planned (what we had done in 2018) to fly to the U.S. in August (summer break), send in the I-131, wait for the biometrics (about 6 weeks),  attend the biometrics, and then fly back here to China.

Now, this becomes problematic (no summer break) so I'm wondering what options we have.

Can we go back to the U.S. now and apply early? How long before the reentry permit expiration date can one apply?

We know we would either have to stay in the U.S. for six weeks to wait for the biometrics or, after applying, fly back to China, and then fly back out again for the biometrics. Big hassle but, could we do it with no reentry permit since you have to submit the old one with the I-131 application?

Could we, go later, say in October (The National Day holiday would give us some free time), and apply close to the expiration date? Can she be in China in between the I-131 application and biometrics appointment and reenter the U.S. while the reentry permit has expired?

Of course our situation doesn't take into account possible USCIS office closures or delays and , lack of flights, or quarantines in either country!

Thank you for your help!

-Mugs

All,

How long before the reentry permit expiration date would one be able to apply (send in the I-131 and go through biometrics)?

Is there a limit to how far out can one apply?

Thanks!

Thank you for the information and the form!

I have read that people who are LPR's can travel outside the U.S. for six months or less and return using only their passport and visa stamp (the stamp that was applied when they first entered the U.S.). As I understand it, in the case of some visa types (e.g. family based) these people have already applied for the green card (on the DS-230/DS-260) and done the required biometrics at the embassy in the country of origin.

People who are not yet LPR's (who have applied for the green card and are still waiting to do biometrics for it) need to apply for advanced parole or a reentry permit in order to leave the U.S. and come back.

My stepdaughter and her daughter (3 year-old) recently came to the U.S. on a family based visa (F1). They are in the process of waiting for their green cards and SS #'s in the mail.

The child would go back to China with her grandparents for a few months while her mother finds employment and arranges a more appropriate living situation. The plan is that when that is taken care of, she would come back to join her mother.

So at this point the child has her Chinese passport with the aforementioned visa stamp. Of course we would send the green card to her grandparents to use when they come back.

Would the passport with the stamp be enough for her to leave? Would the passport with stamp and green card be enough for her to return?

Thanks!

Thanks for your quick response!

Yes, we did and have been doing everything that way.

Hi all,

My wife and I reside in the U.S. and want to bring her unmarried daughter and baby daughter (from China) to the U.S. We have gone through the entire paperwork process in the form of the petition, requests for additional information, etc. and lastly the P3 supplement. We are now awaiting a number to become available and then a date for an interview which should happen anywhere from August to December of this year.

I am wanting to prepare a documents and paperwork package for my wife's daughter to bring to the interview. Does anyone have a checklist of sorts of what I need to bring?

Of course, passports and copies of our passports... that's easy. But when I start looking at all of the paperwork we have already received and sent...Do I need to provide a copy of everything that has transpired?

Thanks,

Mugs

My wife and I have petitioned for my wife's daughter (over 21, unmarried). The case has gone to the NVC and we've paid all of the fees for both the I-864 and DS-230. We are just waiting now as there has been a back log of apps apparently.

I want to make sure what the policy and procedure is for adding a newborn to the visa app. Can we do this? She remains unmarried of course. But then I guess we just need to send in the birth certificate and passport?

Thanks for your help!

Mugs

I spoke to two people about this at the NVC today. One was the "Supervisor" (more about my quotes later). They both said pretty much the same thing. In so many words the idea is that at the time (10-2010) when we were asked to move forward by submitting the DS-230 and I-864 and paying the fees there was projected to be a visa # available for us. However at some point later there was a "retrogression" (they agreed that yes, that was the correct term) in which because of the inconsistent monthly movement of available visa #'s and matching recipients, by the time our case was "completed" (known via an email on 10-20-2011)a visa # was now not projected to be available.

I guess there may be a couple of appropriate analogies here: overbooking of a flight, an "out of stock" on a particular product, or just difficulty keeping a line moving at a predictable pace. In any case, the takeaway points from the conversation were that the NVC would not give any firm information on when (other than using our PD of mid-2007) a visa # would become available. The oft repeated line was, "Look at your PD and our monthly bulletin". There was a slight implication that we would not fall to the back of the line (my words here)but are on a list waiting for the next available #. How accurate that is and what we can gather from that is not clear. We may indeed be waiting three months or three years from what I got from them today.

About my quotes...After I spoke to the first person for a while I then asked to speak to a supervisor. I was put on hold for a moment, then they came back on and said, "O.K. Sir, I'm connecting you with a "supervisor." The way they said the word "supervisor" was with a bit of sarcasm which made it seem like they were just looking at the person sitting at the next desk over, not a supervisor but another operator. All in all though I would say that they were as friendly and helpful as they could be but as I said, wouldn't make any commitments either way.

I dunno - you don't get to play at NVC unless a Visa Number is available.

Perhaps you got hit with a Retrogression?

Suggest you call NVC on Wednesday, talk with a supervisor, see what's up.

A Supervisor can tell you exactly what's going on with the casefile - the first tele-operator that you speak with? not so much.

O.K. thanks, I'll do that and also some research on retrogression.

When did you get notification from NVC to submit DS-230 and I-864 ?

It was October of 2010. It took us a while to gather all of the material but it was all submitted this year in the fall. We had an RFE (nothing special)) and then got the case complete on 10-20-2011.

bear in mind if she gets married during this wait time she moves to F3 category which has an even longer time right now PD is 2001

Sorry, yes it's F1. Our PD is August 2007 for China. We opted in for Electronic processing. I see by the bulletin that they are doing October 2004.

I've been reading (and getting posts on other websites) that it should be 2-4 weeks to get an interview package and interview date after sending in the DS-230 and I-864. Why am I confusing those people with our case? (silly question maybe!)

Thanks!

My wife and I (she is a citizen)have applied for her daughter (over 21, unmarried)to get a visa. We have submitted the DS-230 and I-864 and have gotten the "case completed" email from the NVC. We got that email on October 20th so that makes it about 8 weeks. We still haven't gotten the interview date. I've called but they tell me there is no particular problem and that we just have to wait. Previously I had tried to do a little research in order to get an idea of the wait time for the interview date (for our category) and I was figuring (I guess incorrectly!)that it would be about 2-4 weeks. Should I be worried?

As it is now, what's the wait time looking like?

Thanks!