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I enter USA last December 2013 and until now (Feb 2014) I haven't received my green card yet. My family were planning to travel outside the US this coming March and i'm not sure if i will have the greencard on hand by that time. My question is can i re-enter US with temporary I-551 stamped on my passport?

And my another concern is if yes, I enter here with the category F2A which is unmarried child under 21, I'm currently 20 y/o right now and on march i'll be turning 21. Will there be any problem as I re-enter with my temporary I-551 with category written F2A, yet I'm already 21 by that time? My family is just worried that I will not be able to come back if I don't have my actual green card if I left. Thankyou for your answers!

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hi

yes you can enter with the stamp, that's the purpose of the stamp, to work, study and travel until you receive your GC

was the card paid, did your parent pay the $165 for the physical card?

age doesn't matter now, you are a LPR, your immigration process ended, now you are just waiting for the card

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Thankyou for the response!

Yes, we already paid the card last year, December and when i open my ELIS account it says "optimized". We also tried calling the 1-800 but we haven't reach the immigration officer due to the very long waiting time. I'll try to call them again tomorrow.

Oh i see, cause my mom ask her lawyer about that if i can re-enter with my temporary I-551. he said that it is better to wait for the green card because there might be problem with my age. I just really need to travel that's why i'm making it sure.

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to aleful:

Thankyou for the response!

Yes, we already paid the card last year, December and when i open my ELIS account it says "optimized". We also tried calling the 1-800 but we haven't reach the immigration officer due to the very long waiting time. I'll try to call them again tomorrow.

Oh i see, cause my mom ask her lawyer about that if i can re-enter with my temporary I-551. he said that it is better to wait for the green card because there might be problem with my age. I just really need to travel that's why i'm making it sure.

How do lawyers get to charge people for bad information?

A temporary I-551 to CBP etc fulfills exactly the same purpose as a physical green card. You are no longer using the visa it's based on (which is what is based on F2A), you are using a temporary green card. So you can travel, use it for proof of right to work etc - all the things you can use a normal green card for. And yes, I have this in writing from USCIS.

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How do lawyers get to charge people for bad information?

A temporary I-551 to CBP etc fulfills exactly the same purpose as a physical green card. You are no longer using the visa it's based on (which is what is based on F2A), you are using a temporary green card. So you can travel, use it for proof of right to work etc - all the things you can use a normal green card for. And yes, I have this in writing from USCIS.

I don't know what kind of problem that may occur that the lawyer said to her. She is just concern about my category and age. Is there any link from official sites that i can show so that i can convince her?

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I don't know what kind of problem that may occur that the lawyer said to her. She is just concern about my category and age. Is there any link from official sites that i can show so that i can convince her?

I don't know, I got an email from them after enquiring worrying about my green card taking so long to arrive as well. But the bottom of your visa states clearly that once endorsed it's a temporary I551 for a year. Just like your actual green card would not be invalid because of your age, neither would this be.

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A recent post has been split from this thread.

Old thread from 2014 is now closed to further comment.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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