I-751 Expires tomorrow

[HighMaintenance 1]

Hi all,

I am completing my I-751 and noticed that it expires tomorrow. My packet is ready and I am planning to send it out tomorrow or Friday. Now I wonder - should I wait an extra day since the form seems to expire tomorrow. They may reject my application because I did not use the correct version of the form.

What do you think?

[MJ&RJ 7]

if it is mailed before expiration they will take it. if not fill it out on the new form

[Inky 1,111]

Its not very likely they will have a new form the exact day the form expires. Send the one that is available.

[hellomms 16]

if it is mailed before expiration they will take it. if not fill it out on the new form

I dont think they have a new form published yet.

I am not sure whether it would be OK if you ship it by the expiration date but I had a bad experience with an expired I-485, back when I was going through AOS. They took a while to send it back. Unless someone here is absolutely sure that you'd fine as long as you send it by expiration date (tomorrow), it wouldn't hurt to wait a few days to see if USCIS publishes a new form. You could also call USCIS to confirm.

[Darnell 8,478]

i say go ahead and send it.

[DC85 113]

usually even if the the form expires , they will keep using it until they announce it's no longer used !! so after they publish the new one If they do so, sometimes they keep accepting it for a year or 2,,, don't even think you will have a problem.

[DC85 113]

check the forms page on uscis.gov website, and look for the right side column

Edited January 30, 2013 by myafi1985

[Martyshk 137]

From USCIS website:

Edition Date :01/12/11. Previous editions accepted.So I imagine they'll keep accepting the current form for quite some time even after the new one comes out.

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http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=f858d59cb7a5d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

[markiweiss49 4]

i have just called uscis and spoken to this woman that works in the forms department. she said that the 1-751 form is still good after 01/31/2013. so anyone that is going to file after 01/31/2013 still can use this form that says expires on 01/31/2013. i hope this helps.

[Dave&Roza 748]

Hi all,

I am completing my I-751 and noticed that it expires tomorrow. My packet is ready and I am planning to send it out tomorrow or Friday. Now I wonder - should I wait an extra day since the form seems to expire tomorrow. They may reject my application because I did not use the correct version of the form.

What do you think?

If you notice that the corner that has the expiration date also has OMB for office of management and budget. This is the department that controls the forms used by the US government and they have a procedure for printing forms. That procedue includes regular updating of forms. To know if the form is the most recent they issue an expiration date. The department that actually uses the form decides which versions are accepted and they do this by stating the expiration date. So you go to the USCIS website to see which versions of the form they will accept because they may not have given the OMB the new version of the form because there are no changes so they will state on their website that the I-751 form version 01/31/13 will be accepted even if the current date is say April 23, 2014. It just means the USCIS is slow in updating their forms just like they are slow in processing applications.

As the other posters have said, use the form even if it is "expired".

Dave

[HighMaintenance 1]

Nice detailed response, thanks Dave.