Applying school with extension letter, help

[jojototo 3]

Dear all,

I am planning to apply for graduate school next year, unfortunately, the time of applying will be during the waiting time of ROC, when my conditional green card is expired. So my question is, does anyone have this experience? Will school be able to treat me as a permanent resident with a expired GC + extension letter?

Thank you!

[sasaqlain 24]

Dear all,

I am planning to apply for graduate school next year, unfortunately, the time of applying will be during the waiting time of ROC, when my conditional green card is expired. So my question is, does anyone have this experience? Will school be able to treat me as a permanent resident with a expired GC + extension letter?

Thank you!

Yes, I had to submit my extension letter at various occassions at my college. Your extension letter satisfies the school's requirements related to valid residency. Its a US government official document, so they can't deny its validity. You are good to go.

Edited December 17, 2011 by saspk

[jojototo 3]

Dear Saspk,

Thank you for your reply! My school replied that as long as i have a valid GC, I am ok. But wether expired GC+Extension letter = valid GC is up to interpretation, so I am a bit worried.

Best,

Yes, I had to submit my extension letter at various occassions at my college. Your extension letter satisfies the school's requirements related to valid residency. Its a US government official document, so they can't deny its validity. You are good to go.

[marie09 5]

Dear Saspk,

Thank you for your reply! My school replied that as long as i have a valid GC, I am ok. But wether expired GC+Extension letter = valid GC is up to interpretation, so I am a bit worried.

Best,

I think you'll be fine, you just might need to ask for someone higher up in the admissions/international office if need be; as the one's on the lower level may have less knowledge. Worst case scenario you could book an infopass to get an I-551 stamp in your passport.

Also i'm not sure where you're at in the ROC application process but I only had to show my GC to my school once about 5 months before I started. Since it was a 2 year card it didn't span the whole time I was going to be there and I had no problems.

Good Luck with your applications I'm in graduate school and love it

[jojototo 3]

Dear Marie,

Thank you for your reply. My 2-yr GC will expire in April 2013. I plan to apply for medical school, whose application cycle starts in July 2013, and I need to prove my permanent residency status upon applying. So, if I am lucky, I may have the 10-yr GC arrived, but there is also a chance that I am still waiting, in which case, I will need to show a expired GC+extension letter....

Thanks again!

Best

I think you'll be fine, you just might need to ask for someone higher up in the admissions/international office if need be; as the one's on the lower level may have less knowledge. Worst case scenario you could book an infopass to get an I-551 stamp in your passport.

Also i'm not sure where you're at in the ROC application process but I only had to show my GC to my school once about 5 months before I started. Since it was a 2 year card it didn't span the whole time I was going to be there and I had no problems.

Good Luck with your applications I'm in graduate school and love it

[jojototo 3]

Dear Marie,

Also, how to get a I-551 stamp? during any time of ROC waiting period? What is the purpose of it?

Thanks!

I think you'll be fine, you just might need to ask for someone higher up in the admissions/international office if need be; as the one's on the lower level may have less knowledge. Worst case scenario you could book an infopass to get an I-551 stamp in your passport.

Also i'm not sure where you're at in the ROC application process but I only had to show my GC to my school once about 5 months before I started. Since it was a 2 year card it didn't span the whole time I was going to be there and I had no problems.

Good Luck with your applications I'm in graduate school and love it

[trillium13 84]

It's really not open to interpretation. The extension letter is a valid government document. It extends your GC for a year, period.

[marie09 5]

The I-551 stamp in passport is something that some ASC's occasionally give out to show perm. resident status its good for a year. Some ASC's do it on request like if someone's green card was lost in the mail and they have no proof of residency. I've read of some people on here booking an infopass and getting it for travel during ROC. I've never requested one, though my ASC made a point at biometrics for ROC of telling both me and the other girl there that if we needed to travel during ROC the letter was all we needed to take with the green card.

If the school were ignorant over the letter I guess you could book an infopass show e-mails/letters etc. that the school won't accepting it and try and get the stamp... But like everyone said the letter is a govt. document so shouldn't be an issue. Good luck with your medical school applications

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

How do you plan on succeeding in med school without sufficient English comprehension skills?

A letter from the United States government that explicitly states that your Green Card's validity is extended for another year effectively keeps your Green Card valid beyond the expiration date on it. In layman's terms: you would have a valid Green Card.