Question About Temporary I-551

[Chicken 65 0]

Hello All,

So today my wife receiver her passport stamped with the temporary I-551 stamp with a validity for 5 months.

The CR-1 visa is supposed to be valid for two years, right? So does that Green Card get stamped on entry in the U.S.? Or does that get sent in the mail to our apartment address?

Thanks

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Where did she receive her stamped passport? Usually that is done at POE.

Are you talking about the visa affixed in her passport issued at the embassy?

Edited September 18, 2012 by Harpa Timsah

[Chicken 65 0]

Where did she receive her stamped passport? Usually that is done at POE.

Are you talking about the visa affixed in her passport issued at the embassy?

Yeah I'm talking about the visa affixed on the passport.

[Deep2009 18]

As far looking at your time lines, you received passport today.

The stamp on her PP is visa stamp from Embassy... She has to travel before the expiry date on the visa.

She will get other stamp on her passport at POE and then she will get her GC at your address in US (that GC is valid for 2 years).

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Okay, so she has 5 months to use that visa to enter the US. At entry, she will trigger her Permanent Resident status. They won't make the Greencard until she triggers her status, and it takes a little while to make one. So, at POE, she will get a stamp in her passport that attests to her PR status. The GC will be made and sent to your house a few weeks later.

The GC you receive will be good for two years from the time she entered the US. Within 90 days before her GC expires, you will file I-751, called Removal of Conditions (not Adjustment of status btw, you posted in the AOS forum and it is a common confusion).

There is a Removal of Conditions forum a bit below this one. Good luck.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Yeah I'm talking about the visa affixed on the passport.

The visa she has on her passport will be endorsed upon her arrival in the US. That will be proof of residence in the US and she can go about her business - working etc - as soon as she gets a SSN. That is valid for 1 year from the date it is endorsed.

The actual green card, will be mailed to her address in the US and she should receive it in about 4-6 weeks. That green card will be valid for two years, at the end of which she needs to apply for Removal of Conditions, when she will then receive her permanent green card, aka 10-year green card becuase they need to be renewed every 10 years.

[didopage 337]

Her visa will be stamped with her date of entry in the US and she will receive a Green card by mail shortly after.

I think the annotation saying temporary I-551 serves as a proof of her legal permanent resident for the time between her entry in the US and the time she receives the green card in the mail.

This topic should be moved to the CR-1/IR-1 visa forums so more experienced members in this area will help.

[C-ma'am 684]

**Moved from AOS family to CR1 Process & Procedures as the question is related to that process.

[Harsh_77 718]

The visa your wife got is CR1 visa, which says in fine print upon endorsement it serves as I-551 for a year.

Once she enters the US the officer would stamp the visa - this will than serve as her temp GC until she gets the actual GC in mail in 6-8 weeks.

[wait4mycall 0]

Hello All,

So today my wife receiver her passport stamped with the temporary I-551 stamp with a validity for 5 months.

The CR-1 visa is supposed to be valid for two years, right? So does that Green Card get stamped on entry in the U.S.? Or does that get sent in the mail to our apartment address?

Thanks

Congratulations! Could you take some time to post review of the consulate you attended?

[wait4mycall 0]

Couple of things affect the date of validity for CR-1 visa :

>Time when you attended the medicals.

>expiration of passport.

Your application for GC will automatically will be triggered by the CBP at POE. They will process to send the card to the US address you mentioned in either DS 230 and takes anywhere between 3-6 weeks.

The CR-1 visa is supposed to be valid for two years, right? So does that Green Card get stamped on entry in the U.S.? Or does that get sent in the mail to our apartment address?

Thanks