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aussiegirl85   0

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Hi All,

I am hoping someone might be able to give some advice on this.

I am in the US on a K1 visa. I applied for a I-131 travel document in November. This was as soon as I possibly could as I only arrived in the US in October and had to get married first.

I am meant to be flying internationally next Thursday (1 week from now!) and my case is still as initial status on the online system. My travel is for 3 weeks only. I've called customer service numerous times and they tell me they can't do anything until Feb 29 - the day before I leave, because at that point, my case has been around for 3 months.

A couple of days ago I made an InfoPass appointment and the agent said he contacted the Nebraska centre who are looking after my case and that they had 'taken care of it' and it would be approved. I am not filled with confidence however...

2 days later the case is still not approved in the system. The card would need to be posted to me from Nebraska (I'm in Chicago) which would take at least 2 days.

I'm wondering if anyone knows of anything else I can do to get this request processed in time?

Also, if it does move to approved in the online system but my document doesn't arrive in time, does anyone know if I can go to a service centre and get them to stamp my passport (or whatever they do) so I can leave and return?

I need to cancel my flights 48 hours in advance to be covered by insurance...but my application could be approved during this time! I feel like it will be approved the day after I was meant to leave. Its just so stressful! Any advice is appreciated!

Thanks!

Brother Hesekiel Mentor

Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Any advice is appreciated!

my thoughts to you is to give your immigration process absolute priority and not to travel until you have received your Green Card.

Edited by Brother Hesekiel

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.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

Brother Hesekiel Mentor

Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Friggin' editing program is not working.

Edited by Brother Hesekiel

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.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

SF2007 Rising Star

SF2007   48

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Unless you have grounds for an expedite, you need to sit and wait for your card. And you won't be granted an expedite based on the fact you made travel arrangements before obtaining your EAD/AP combo card.

The length of your travel abroad doesn't matter to USCIS. 3 hours, 3 days, 3 weeks... If you cross the border before your AP arrives, you abandon your status and need to start over with a spouse visa.

US citizen since April 2016

ROC completed April 2014

AOS from K1 completed February 2012

 
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