So how do I get to speak to someone at the Embassy as a matter of urgency??

[Barron 1]

So I called the Embassy this morning to get help to get back to the USA as my father in law has died, and my stupid Green Card has the wrong dates on it. I was told by the telephone operator I can not get an appointment until Friday and I should email.. Well I did email only to be told it could take up to 90 days to respond to my email, so how the heck to get this sorted out sooner as I have a funeral to get to and my husband really needs me.. Should I call back or just except the fact I have to wait? So the tears have started again and I have no clue what to do now! All this because the USCIS put the wrong dates on my Green Card that I only received last year. All that money we pay for this process and they mess up and we are the ones left to suffer for their mistakes!

[Darnell 8,478]

try to get an appointment during 'american citizen services' time blocking. Should be a link on the London Website about this.

[Laure&Colin 558]

So sorry about that...

If I were you, I would call again. Ask them if they are really handling your situation as an emergency one.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

So I called the Embassy this morning to get help to get back to the USA as my father in law has died, and my stupid Green Card has the wrong dates on it. I was told by the telephone operator I can not get an appointment until Friday and I should email.. Well I did email only to be told it could take up to 90 days to respond to my email, so how the heck to get this sorted out sooner as I have a funeral to get to and my husband really needs me.. Should I call back or just except the fact I have to wait? So the tears have started again and I have no clue what to do now! All this because the USCIS put the wrong dates on my Green Card that I only received last year. All that money we pay for this process and they mess up and we are the ones left to suffer for their mistakes!

Um, your British? Get on the next plane to the US. UK has VWP status, anyone can come here with no visa, no green card. Sort it out with USCIS when you get here.

And FWIW you are suffering because you did not fix their mistake before you went overseas and you seem unaware of the VWP.

Edited February 21, 2012 by Gary and Alla

[Barron 1]

Um, your British? Get on the next plane to the US. UK has VWP status, anyone can come here with no visa, no green card. Sort it out with USCIS when you get here.

And FWIW you are suffering because you did not fix their mistake before you went overseas and you seem unaware of the VWP.

When I was at the airport on Sunday when they refused me, I was told I can not enter the country under the VWP because I am a USA Resident and I need to get the right papers, POE would of just turned me around and sent me right back after seeing the K1 in my passport and my records show I am a USA resident, just have the wrong stupid dates on my Green Card.. Which I didn't notice until Sunday and the officer at the Airport pointed it out to me. Haven't even had my Green Card a year yet!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

When I was at the airport on Sunday when they refused me, I was told I can not enter the country under the VWP because I am a USA Resident and I need to get the right papers, POE would of just turned me around and sent me right back after seeing the K1 in my passport and my records show I am a USA resident, just have the wrong stupid dates on my Green Card.. Which I didn't notice until Sunday and the officer at the Airport pointed it out to me. Haven't even had my Green Card a year yet!

WOW seems strange you would LOSE privileges as a resident. Not noticing until Sunday was a problem.

Good luck. As for others, check your green cards for mistakes. In this process if ANYone makes a mistake, their fault, your fault, anyones fault...it will be YOUR problem.

Oddly enough I know someone that arrived in the USA without their green card (they had lost it overseas) and even though they were Russian citizen that needed some form of visa to enter, they were allowed to board the flight and allowed to enter the US due to the record that they were a US resident. In your case though I think it is strange. Your green card is "expired". As it would be if you got divorced, for example and went back to the UK to live. Are you telling me former US residents from UK do not enjoy the VWP? Could be, I never heard of it.

At any rate then, yes it seems you need an appointment with the consulate visa service.

[Laure&Colin 558]

WOW seems strange you would LOSE privileges as a resident. Not noticing until Sunday was a problem.

Good luck. As for others, check your green cards for mistakes. In this process if ANYone makes a mistake, their fault, your fault, anyones fault...it will be YOUR problem.

Oddly enough I know someone that arrived in the USA without their green card (they had lost it overseas) and even though they were Russian citizen that needed some form of visa to enter, they were allowed to board the flight and allowed to enter the US due to the record that they were a US resident. In your case though I think it is strange. Your green card is "expired". As it would be if you got divorced, for example and went back to the UK to live. Are you telling me former US residents from UK do not enjoy the VWP? Could be, I never heard of it.

At any rate then, yes it seems you need an appointment with the consulate visa service.

I suggested using the VWP to enter the USA in the previous thread, but someone said it would mean giving up her status as an LPR. It kind of makes sense.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I suggested using the VWP to enter the USA in the previous thread, but someone said it would mean giving up her status as an LPR. It kind of makes sense.

OK, I did not see that.

[Barron 1]

WOW seems strange you would LOSE privileges as a resident. Not noticing until Sunday was a problem.

Good luck. As for others, check your green cards for mistakes. In this process if ANYone makes a mistake, their fault, your fault, anyones fault...it will be YOUR problem.

Oddly enough I know someone that arrived in the USA without their green card (they had lost it overseas) and even though they were Russian citizen that needed some form of visa to enter, they were allowed to board the flight and allowed to enter the US due to the record that they were a US resident. In your case though I think it is strange. Your green card is "expired". As it would be if you got divorced, for example and went back to the UK to live. Are you telling me former US residents from UK do not enjoy the VWP? Could be, I never heard of it.

At any rate then, yes it seems you need an appointment with the consulate visa service.

Strange as it may seem, this process has been pretty easy for us so far so I just assumed it to be right.. I should of known better then to just assume. I find it strange that they would let me travel on VWP, they just told me 'You can not ma'am'.. Apparently the POE wouldn't let me in, I myself find this hard to believe but hey it happened. They wouldn't let me and our 11 month old fly..

So I spoke to the Embassy again and I am having an interview on Friday for a 'travel document' which will apparently let me enter the country to file an I90 to get my Green Card sorted out. I'm glad I kept my boarding card because apparently I am going to need that to prove I have only been here a few months over Christmas.

I need to bang my head against a brick wall.. This is so ridiculous

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Sorry you have to wait until Friday Barron! I am sure everything will be fine then, but it sucks they can't get you an appointment sooner. It's only a few days, and will soon be a distant memory.

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

I suggested using the VWP to enter the USA in the previous thread, but someone said it would mean giving up her status as an LPR. It kind of makes sense.

I'm also pretty sure I remember reading that once I got a K-1 visa I would NEVER be able to use the VWP again and would always have to get a visitor visa in order to enter the US. Which makes sense IMO, because you've already shown immigrant intent before, so the US will want to know what is different in your circumstances now that would make you return back to the UK. Know what I mean?

Either way, I'm sorry that Barron finds herself in this situation (my FIL passed away 11 months ago, so I have a good idea what she and her husband are going through). But yes, it's not possible to use the VWP to circumnavigate her GC showing as expired.

Barron, I was just thinking. Would it be possible for your US Citizen husband to call the embassy? Maybe they will be more co-operative for him as he is the US Citizen and needs you there by his side for his family emergency. In the meantime, do what you can to get the Friday appointment, or sooner.