I-751 October 2011 Filers

[Gumbolette 58]

Ok Fellows,

I have a question.

Say we haven't receive our GC and our time for eligibility of Naturalization comes, can we go ahead and apply for citizenship without the 10-yr gc yet?

Because.. say, its a tedious 6-month waiting time from the biometrics as for us in VSC... it will be my case. I will be eligible for Citizenship by August 1st week and its gonna be 6 months from this month.

Would love to hear yall feedback.

[AmberOctober 25]

Yes, you can.

[simbafuzz 0]

Alrighty people, here is a post by a paranoid obsessive person! I am traveling overseas this weekend, and this whole extension letter, and expired GC has been playing havoc with my thoughts! And finally, I gave in yesterday, decided I really didn't have much to lose - made an infopass appointment for today. The USCIS lady was extremely helpful, and when I stated my case, and said, I was worried about the departure airports - she herself offered to stamp my passport with the i-551 stamp! Phew, it was worth the long drive, and some additional peace of mind.

So, if you have excessive time on hand, and are obsessive as I am - it might be worth a try! HOWEVER, I have heard only a few offices are this nice and provide these stamps - I was at the Raleigh-Durham field office which had just one free infopass appointment for today! But I do intend to keep my expired GC, and extension letter close to me while traveling!

Hope this helps anyone out here ... Thanks!

[Greg001 0]

Alrighty people, here is a post by a paranoid obsessive person! I am traveling overseas this weekend, and this whole extension letter, and expired GC has been playing havoc with my thoughts! And finally, I gave in yesterday, decided I really didn't have much to lose - made an infopass appointment for today. The USCIS lady was extremely helpful, and when I stated my case, and said, I was worried about the departure airports - she herself offered to stamp my passport with the i-551 stamp! Phew, it was worth the long drive, and some additional peace of mind.

So, if you have excessive time on hand, and are obsessive as I am - it might be worth a try! HOWEVER, I have heard only a few offices are this nice and provide these stamps - I was at the Raleigh-Durham field office which had just one free infopass appointment for today! But I do intend to keep my expired GC, and extension letter close to me while traveling!

Hope this helps anyone out here ... Thanks!

Hi Simbafuzz,

FYI, my wife just returned from overseas (with her expired GC and extension letter, no I-551 stamp). Upon returning at LAX, she gave the immigration officer her passport and GC. He scanned the GC, took her fingerprints, ask her how long she was gone and welcomed her home. Didn't ask to see the extension letter. I'm assuming that when they scan the GC, it must show on their system that it is under a one year extension. Still good to have the extension letter as backup, but she didn't need it this time.

Enjoy your travels and see you back here when you return!

[cdneh 3,112]

Nothing so far in the post about the last set of fingerprints. They only took 7 days last time to send me a second letter, so I am not sure if I am out of the woods, or if they are still going to send me a demand for clearances.

One good thing, my husband was so annoyed about getting that speeding ticket, for 5 miles over the limit, he went to court today. He entered a plea of no contest. The judge asked to hear his story. He told him we were on our way to TN to get fingerprints taken, and why. He asked to see the appointment letter. Good thing I had it on me. This bit proved useful:

PLEASE APPEAR AT THE BELOW APPLICATION SUPPORT CENTER AT THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR AS SCHEDULED, YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE CONSIDERED ABANDONED.

Dismissed. No fine, no points, nada.

[simbafuzz 0]

Hi Simbafuzz,

FYI, my wife just returned from overseas (with her expired GC and extension letter, no I-551 stamp). Upon returning at LAX, she gave the immigration officer her passport and GC. He scanned the GC, took her fingerprints, ask her how long she was gone and welcomed her home. Didn't ask to see the extension letter. I'm assuming that when they scan the GC, it must show on their system that it is under a one year extension. Still good to have the extension letter as backup, but she didn't need it this time.

Enjoy your travels and see you back here when you return!

Thanks Greg for the affirmation! Actually, the immigration officer was/is my last concern - I am more worried about the airlines in my departing airport, they may just not understand the concept of an extension letter! And just in the worse case, to avoid that last minute stress, I wanted to do this! But you know, never say never - so for all I know, they will still harass me and I will end up trying to convince them, lol! I will let you all know once I return!

Dismissed. No fine, no points, nada.

Yoohoo!!! Glad you are out of the woods... See, USCIS is still there to protect our rights!!

[Corinthians 7]

Dismissed. No fine, no points, nada.

That's pretty cool. 5 over is BS anyway.

[RebeccaAndPhil 5]

Alrighty people, here is a post by a paranoid obsessive person! I am traveling overseas this weekend, and this whole extension letter, and expired GC has been playing havoc with my thoughts! And finally, I gave in yesterday, decided I really didn't have much to lose - made an infopass appointment for today. The USCIS lady was extremely helpful, and when I stated my case, and said, I was worried about the departure airports - she herself offered to stamp my passport with the i-551 stamp! Phew, it was worth the long drive, and some additional peace of mind.

So, if you have excessive time on hand, and are obsessive as I am - it might be worth a try! HOWEVER, I have heard only a few offices are this nice and provide these stamps - I was at the Raleigh-Durham field office which had just one free infopass appointment for today! But I do intend to keep my expired GC, and extension letter close to me while traveling!

Hope this helps anyone out here ... Thanks!

Well if it gave you peace of mind then that's great Happy travels!

Nothing so far in the post about the last set of fingerprints. They only took 7 days last time to send me a second letter, so I am not sure if I am out of the woods, or if they are still going to send me a demand for clearances.

One good thing, my husband was so annoyed about getting that speeding ticket, for 5 miles over the limit, he went to court today. He entered a plea of no contest. The judge asked to hear his story. He told him we were on our way to TN to get fingerprints taken, and why. He asked to see the appointment letter. Good thing I had it on me. This bit proved useful:

PLEASE APPEAR AT THE BELOW APPLICATION SUPPORT CENTER AT THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR AS SCHEDULED, YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE CONSIDERED ABANDONED.

Dismissed. No fine, no points, nada.

That's great news! I agree with Corinthians, 5 over IS bs!

[Cacerez 19]

I actually have the same question! My guess was, from how it was worded in the NOA1, that it's extended from the conditional GC expiration date. Either way I'm hoping we're not still waiting in either October or January!

I was wondering the same thing, but when we went to the DMV they put my husband's expiry date on his DL as one year from the letter, not the GC, which stinks because we will have to make that sure that doesn't expire! Either way, I'm not sure the lady knew 100% or if she just assumed it went by the date of the letter.

[cdneh 3,112]

That's pretty cool. 5 over is BS anyway.

Totally nuts. I googled that town ...and they are apparently famous for ticket writing. A known speed trap. Amazing the wording on that appointment letter had the effect that it did.

[txtc 0]

Does anyone know how much is the text that USCIS sent to us whenever there is an update on our profile?

Just curious to know.

Thanks a lot .

[Corinthians 7]

Does anyone know how much is the text that USCIS sent to us whenever there is an update on our profile?

Just curious to know.

Thanks a lot .

What do you mean by "how much"?

[RebeccaAndPhil 5]

Does anyone know how much is the text that USCIS sent to us whenever there is an update on our profile?

Just curious to know.

Thanks a lot .

It doesn't cost anything more than what your carrier charges for text messages. If you have an unlimited plan, it'd be free!

I was wondering the same thing, but when we went to the DMV they put my husband's expiry date on his DL as one year from the letter, not the GC, which stinks because we will have to make that sure that doesn't expire! Either way, I'm not sure the lady knew 100% or if she just assumed it went by the date of the letter.

Hmm, that is interesting! Oddly, Phil's DL doesn't expire until 2013... I think the DMV may have messed up on that one but oh well

[txtc 0]

Thank you very much !!!

[elafito 0]

I was wondering the same thing, but when we went to the DMV they put my husband's expiry date on his DL as one year from the letter, not the GC, which stinks because we will have to make that sure that doesn't expire! Either way, I'm not sure the lady knew 100% or if she just assumed it went by the date of the letter.

This same thing happened to me in Arizona. I told them but they did not want to change it.