Dv lottery admitted to US left US for a while

[chameleon81 0]

Hi,

I was selected in the DV lottery and got my visa issued last year summer. I admitted into US on December 2011 and left US end of december 2011. My visa expired on 5 January 2012 and now I plan to go back to US.

I think I read somewhere that if a person enters US before expiry date the visa he/she has extends +6 months. I have my concerns about this . Is the information I have correct?

[Boiler 45,413]

Don't you have your GC?

[chameleon81 0]

Don't you have your GC?

I didnt receive it since I came and left very quickly. USCIS had a problem with delivery

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

Was your passport stamped upon entry? Usually the passport gets stamped on the visa page, and that acts as a temporary greencard for one year.

[chameleon81 0]

Was your passport stamped upon entry? Usually the passport gets stamped on the visa page, and that acts as a temporary greencard for one year.

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. When I entered use my passport got stamped on the page next to US visa.

I attached a photo of the stamp I have on my passport. Is this the stamp you were referring to ?

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

Normally they stamp it on the visa but I think that should be ok.

[Cosmo Kramer 0]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. When I entered use my passport got stamped on the page next to US visa.

I attached a photo of the stamp I have on my passport. Is this the stamp you were referring to ?

They should have put the I-551 temporary stamp in your passport, which serves as a temporary evidence of the LPR status until you get your plastic GC.

Did you get that?

http://www.ehow.com/how_6809773_i_551-visa-stamp.html?ref=Track2&utm_source=ask

[milimelo 4,475]

They should have put the I-551 temporary stamp in your passport, which serves as a temporary evidence of the LPR status until you get your plastic GC.

Did you get that?

http://www.ehow.com/...&utm_source=ask

CBP hasn't been doing that for years now. Regular admitted stamp with the correct visa category, in this case, DV1 is perfectly ok. This is what OP received. This turns immigrant visa into temporary I-551 until real one shows up.