NO I551 STAMP

[Kru83 0]

Hello, My wife just arrived last thursday on CR 1 Visa, her POE was at Newark.

I looked at her passport, she only has standard Arrival stamp on her passport. And she has the Visa Sticker for Cr1.

No I-551 Stamp with Temp A#.

Is this normal or should i call someone ?

[payxibka 10,045]

Hello, My wife just arrived last thursday on CR 1 Visa, her POE was at Newark.

I looked at her passport, she only has standard Arrival stamp on her passport. And she has the Visa Sticker for Cr1.

No I-551 Stamp with Temp A#.

Is this normal or should i call someone ?

no such thing as a temp "A" number... on the arrival stamp is it marked with an expiry in one year?

[Kru83 0]

yeah it has no expiration date. just says FEb 19 2009. Admited. But when i first came to the states in 1992 in our passport they had temp A #, i guess things have changed.

Edited February 27, 2009 by Kru83

[payxibka 10,045]

yeah it has expiration date of Feb 19, 2009. But when i first came to the states in 1992 in our passport they had temp A #, i guess things have changed.

well I would have expected a date 2010....

Yup, with the I-130 petition, the "A" number has long since been assigned....

[Kru83 0]

yeah it has expiration date of Feb 19, 2009. But when i first came to the states in 1992 in our passport they had temp A #, i guess things have changed.

well I would have expected a date 2010....

Yup, with the I-130 petition, the "A" number has long since been assigned....

What should i do ?

[payxibka 10,045]

yeah it has expiration date of Feb 19, 2009. But when i first came to the states in 1992 in our passport they had temp A #, i guess things have changed.

well I would have expected a date 2010....

Yup, with the I-130 petition, the "A" number has long since been assigned....

What should i do ?

Do you have immediate travel plans? ... the green card should arrive in about 30 days

[Kru83 0]

yeah it has expiration date of Feb 19, 2009. But when i first came to the states in 1992 in our passport they had temp A #, i guess things have changed.

well I would have expected a date 2010....

Yup, with the I-130 petition, the "A" number has long since been assigned....

What should i do ?

Do you have immediate travel plans? ... the green card should arrive in about 30 days

No i am not planning on anything that requires leaving the county, just bunch of trips out of states. I just want make sure that the green card will be here.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

Normal. I came through Newark too, on my IR-1. They gave me a normal date stamp over my visa in the passport; that is enough as the visa itself clearly states it is valid as a temporary green card from the date of POE.

[kaffy 2]

Based on my experience and those that I have heard here, I think the stamp you got IS the new I-551 stamp

[Kru83 0]

Based on my experience and those that I have heard here, I think the stamp you got IS the new I-551 stamp

Kaffy, on this post here,

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=181547

it show that class is IR-1 and exp date, mine is all banks. All mine has is Admited date, thats it,

Thanks for all your helps, i am not worry about it right now i should get Welcome letter soon with green card to follow hopefully in next 60 days.