POE no I-551 Stamp

[chris234 0]

Hello All,

Just over a week ago my wife came to the US under a CR1 visa, with me, after a DCF in Amsterdam.

All went okay, the whole process at the airport took about 20 minutes not including time waiting in line.

I just realized today that the visa was just stamped with a normal "admitted" stamp, the same kinda that I get as the USC. Is this the correct stamp to have? The visa itself says it serves as temporary proof of residence, but there's no stamp saying employment authorized, etc.

Is there any reason to be worried about this?

[YuAndDan 153]

Should look something like:

This is your work authorization, and travel auth, the stamp will allow re-entry from trips abroad, the CR-1 visa is a one time use visa.

[wowswift 3]

Hello All,

Just over a week ago my wife came to the US under a CR1 visa, with me, after a DCF in Amsterdam.

All went okay, the whole process at the airport took about 20 minutes not including time waiting in line.

I just realized today that the visa was just stamped with a normal "admitted" stamp, the same kinda that I get as the USC. Is this the correct stamp to have? The visa itself says it serves as temporary proof of residence, but there's no stamp saying employment authorized, etc.

Is there any reason to be worried about this?

i was worried too, but thats how they are now. we had the normal admitted with cr-1 wrote down and valid for a year later. but already have green card, so i guess they did it right

[kaffy 2]

I'm not sure they give the I-551 stamp anymore. The one posted in the pic by YuAndDan is from 2003.

When I entered last August I too only received a normal Admitted stamp with my expiry date and A# written inside it. Havent had any problems with it. In fact I found a job even before I received my green card because everyone knows you are authorized to work with a CR1/IR1 visa

Edited February 24, 2009 by kaffy

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I'm not sure they give the I-551 stamp anymore. The one posted in the pic by YuAndDan is from 2003.

When I entered last August I too only received a normal Admitted stamp with my expiry date and A# written inside it. Havent had any problems with it. In fact I found a job even before I received my green card because everyone knows you are authorized to work with a CR1/IR1 visa

Ditto. Didn't have any problems either. Your green card -to the OP- should arrive within about 60 days.

[kaffy 2]

here's what the "new" stamp should look like:

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