CR1 Visa in hand.. what now?

[ThomasKendall 0]

Hi, well... it's all coming to an end and I will finally be reunited on Sunday

But.. i still have a questions..

I know I am on a CR visa which has to have the conditions removed 90 days before the 2 years. I will cross that bridge when I come to it.

Q's

• My IV stamped in my passport express in april next year. I understand that this is just to prove the visa until my green card arrives? But do they update the stamp in my passport?

• What if i need to renew my passport in a years time, do they put the stamp in the new one?

• Is my green card my main proof of visa?

• What kind of rights do I have being conditional? i.e. can they deport me for nearly any reason? what if i got arrested for something minor?

• Do i continue to go through the foreign person line when I enter the US?

anything else i should be aware of?

thanks

[Done--Really 331]

You MUST enter the US before the visa expires--in your case April 2012. When you enter the US, they will place an I-551 stamp in your passport--this is your temporary green card which is good for one year.

No--the visa is good for one entry only, and it will not be reissued when you get a new passport.

The green card is not a visa. It gives you the right to travel and re-enter the US, to get a job, to get a drivers license, open a bank account--all the normal things of living. It does not allow you to vote, run for office, and other political sorts of things.

You can be deported, but it has to be something really bad. After three years you can apply for citizenship if you like, and once granted you can not be deported, you can live outside the country of you like, and with teh exception of running for some very offices, you can be involved in the political system.

You go thru the US citizen and legal resident line--even when you enter with your new visa for the first time.

[ThomasKendall 0]

You MUST enter the US before the visa expires--in your case April 2012. When you enter the US, they will place an I-551 stamp in your passport--this is your temporary green card which is good for one year.

No--the visa is good for one entry only, and it will not be reissued when you get a new passport.

The green card is not a visa. It gives you the right to travel and re-enter the US, to get a job, to get a drivers license, open a bank account--all the normal things of living. It does not allow you to vote, run for office, and other political sorts of things.

You can be deported, but it has to be something really bad. After three years you can apply for citizenship if you like, and once granted you can not be deported, you can live outside the country of you like, and with teh exception of running for some very offices, you can be involved in the political system.

You go thru the US citizen and legal resident line--even when you enter with your new visa for the first time.

So.... is the I-551 stamp the visa? You say the green card is not the visa and the stamp in my passport currently, is only good for one entry only.

what is the part that they check when I go in and out of the US later in life?

I must be able to renew my passport and still have the 'visa' in it? Other wise what other proof do I have if the green card is not the visa?

[jkminney 30]

So.... is the I-551 stamp the visa? You say the green card is not the visa and the stamp in my passport currently, is only good for one entry only.

what is the part that they check when I go in and out of the US later in life?

I must be able to renew my passport and still have the 'visa' in it? Other wise what other proof do I have if the green card is not the visa?

Your green card is what you will use to travel. What's in your passport wont matter beyond that initial trip through. They stamp it when you come through because you have to wait to get the actual card and I suppose if you were to get stopped by police or whatnot you need to have SOMETHING showing you are able to be here.

[Done--Really 331]

You never again need a visa to enter the US--REALLY !!! The green card is all you need, along with a current passport from any country.

[ThomasKendall 0]

You never again need a visa to enter the US--REALLY !!! The green card is all you need, along with a current passport from any country.

OK, thanks..

[MyCupOfTea 0]

Hi, well... it's all coming to an end and I will finally be reunited on Sunday

But.. i still have a questions..

I know I am on a CR visa which has to have the conditions removed 90 days before the 2 years. I will cross that bridge when I come to it.

Q's

• My IV stamped in my passport express in april next year. I understand that this is just to prove the visa until my green card arrives? But do they update the stamp in my passport?

• What if i need to renew my passport in a years time, do they put the stamp in the new one?

• Is my green card my main proof of visa?

• What kind of rights do I have being conditional? i.e. can they deport me for nearly any reason? what if i got arrested for something minor?

• Do i continue to go through the foreign person line when I enter the US?

anything else i should be aware of?

thanks

Congrats on your approval!

I had my visa approved on Thursday at the embassy and I asked the lady some questions regarding the removal of conditions to prepare myself. Interestingly she told me that I can apply for my 10 year green card after only 9 months of living in the USA. So 90 days before 2 years after my wedding date (6th Oct 2010), not 2 years after my POE which I thought was the case. Just wondering if anyone else had been told this?

[JoannaV 174]

Congrats on your approval!

I had my visa approved on Thursday at the embassy and I asked the lady some questions regarding the removal of conditions to prepare myself. Interestingly she told me that I can apply for my 10 year green card after only 9 months of living in the USA. So 90 days before 2 years after my wedding date (6th Oct 2010), not 2 years after my POE which I thought was the case. Just wondering if anyone else had been told this?

This is incorrect. Someone else had an odd experience with a female CO at the Embassy recently, I wonder if it's the same person :-/