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Mon Ami   0

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Hello,

I have 2 questions regarding traveling while I_751 is pending.

1) Do they take away your 2-year conditional green card at the biometric appointment?

2) Can you use your NOA as a 1-year extension to re-enter USA?

Thanks.

12/13/07: Met for the first time

1/4/08: Began dating

1/18/09: Got engaged

5/26/09: Holy matrimony

6/3/09: I-130 & AOS sent via FedEx Express Saver

6/5/09: Package received by USCIS Office - signed by A. Ainalakis

6/11/09: Checks for I-130 and I-485 cashed

6/15/09: NoA received were received for I-130, I-485 and I-765 (they were all dated 6/10/09)

7/7/09: Biometric date (completed on 7/2/09)

7/21/09: Interview date notice received (notice dated 7/15/09)

7/24/09: EAD card production ordered (whatever it means)

8/6/09: EAD card received in mail at last (it was mailed out on 7/30/09)

9/10/09: Interview passed after 10 minutes!!!

9/14/09: Received Welcome Notice in mail

9/21/09: Finally received the CARD that I have been looking for many many years

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6/10/2011: Removal of condition

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miamortueres   0

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1. No, they don't take your 2 years greencard at the biometric appointment.

2. Yes, as it states that you have 1 year extension for authorize employment and travel. But I suggest if you have any plans leaving the U.S for a tour, get the I-551 stamp on your passport specially if you are leaving with an expired 2 years greencard or will be expired by the time you come back. Also, if you leave the country, don't make it too long for they might call you for an interview that I'm sure you don't want to miss.

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Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Hello,

I have 2 questions regarding traveling while I_751 is pending.

1) Do they take away your 2-year conditional green card at the biometric appointment?

2) Can you use your NOA as a 1-year extension to re-enter USA?

Thanks.

No, they do not take your Green Card away. Your Green Card has your photo on it and a magnetic code and lots of information about you, and the NOA1 has none of that. The Green Card extends the validity of the Green Card and both go hand in hand and thus belong together.

You will not be able to get an I-551 stamp in your passport, simply because you have a valid I-551: your Green Card, now extended for another year.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

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My wife's GC expired in mid December. She traveled abroad in January with no problem. She didn't even show the extension letter. They just looked at her green card and gave it back to her. Even at POE (JFK), they didn't ask for the letter. Her 10-yr GC was just approved a week ago, but maybe they saw on their system that she had applied for ROC.

I would bring the expired GC (no, they don't take it at biometrics) and the extension letter. It would be great if you can get one, but you won't need a stamp in your passport.

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No, they do not take your Green Card away. Your Green Card has your photo on it and a magnetic code and lots of information about you, and the NOA1 has none of that. The Green Card letter extends the validity of the Green Card and both go hand in hand and thus belong together.

You will not be able to get an I-551 stamp in your passport, simply because you have a valid I-551: your Green Card, now extended for another year.

FTFY ;)

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Hello, we are traveling in three weeks while waiting for the I-751. We sent the package two weeks ago.

1. His green card expires in Sept. but we will return in August. I don't think we need an info-pass stamp in his passport?

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Hello, we are traveling in three weeks while waiting for the I-751. We sent the package two weeks ago.

1. His green card expires in Sept. but we will return in August. I don't think we need an info-pass stamp in his passport?

No, just the green card and the original 1-year extension letter. Even after his green card expires, he will still need the expired GC + letter to travel.

There is absolutely no need for a stamp in his passport if he still has his GC, expired or not. A stamp = a GC.

Don't forget about the biometrics appointment. He has to do it. Hopefully he will get an appointment before leaving...

Next time, start your own thread because it may confuse people. Some people may come and reply to the OP, without noticing it's a topic from 2011. :)

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K-1 Visa Timeline AOS Timeline

- Aug 31st, 2011 - Mailed I-129F package - May 29th, 2012 - Mailed AOS/EAD/AP package

- Apr 13th, 2012 - Visa received - Aug 24th, 2012 - Green Card received

ROC Timeline

- May 19th, 2014 - Mailed ROC package to CSC

- Aug 8th, 2014 - Green Card received

N-400 Timeline

- Dec 29th, 2021 - Filed online. Got notice that biometrics will be reused.

- Now waiting...

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NoelAnne Collaborator

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Probably a stupid question but when or how do you get the extension letter that has been mentioned. I won't be submitting my 751 until mid February 2016 but was just looking at the processing times and they're longer than I anticipated! I had thought it would be processed within the 90 days. Silly me, I should remember my experience with the CR1! I want to go home to Ireland in May next year! ?

Married 2013/05/24

.i130 sent. 2013/05/25.

NOAI rec'd. 2013/06/12.

Transferred to TSC. 2013/12/27.

NOA2 rec'd. 2014/01/27

NVC Rec'd 2014/02/11

IIN &case no. rec'd 2014/03/19

DS261submitted 2014/03/21

AOS invoice ready 2014/03/24

Ds260submitted. 2014/04/09

I130 in transit to embassy as per CEAC 2014/04/09

I130 rec'd in embassy 2014/04/11

Email with interview date 2014/04/11

letter with interview date and instructions 2014/04/15

Interview scheduled for 2014/04/29

VISA APPROVED!!! 2014/04/29.

Visa issued. 2014/05/02

Flight to Seattle. 2014/05/14!!!!

I129 sent. 2013/06/17NOA 1 rec'd. 2013/06/29NOA 2 rec'd. 2014/02/10NVC rec'd. 2014/02/11Rec'd by embassy. 2014/02/27Email from embassy with case no. and telling me how to proceed 2014/03/01Ds160 submitted online 2014/03/01medical scheduled for 2014/03/28Medical report received by embassy 2014/04/02Ceac status updated to ' READY' 2014/04/03 ( waiting for interview to be scheduled)Ceac status updated again!! 2014/04/08I129 will be closed and i130 being processed, 2014/04/09

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TBoneTX Grand Master

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The extension letter ought to arrive in decent time. No one can say exactly how long; you might scroll around to relevant threads to see what the pattern is.

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Thread from 2011 is now closed to further comment.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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