Oh God! Please Help!

[Abygail 0]

My husband just lost his wallet, which of course had his CR1 green card in it. We were just preparing all the evidence to send in to lift conditions, as it expires 5-29-07... and our luck would have it that I hadn't copied the front & back yet. I'm really losing it right now and I hope you all have some hopeful advice for us. I've read about filing the I-90 and it seems that it would be about the same process and amount of time & $ as the I-751.

Any help is greatly appreciated,

Abygail

P.S. Sorry, I meant to mention that I do have a copy of the front only.

Edited March 1, 2007 by Abygail

[sahir 0]

Sorry about that

I would call USCIS and see what they think

[Abygail 0]

I'll try calling USCIS...

Sorry if this is obvious, but since I don't have the card to look at, why is a copy of the back important? Is there info on the back specific to the individual, besides that scan bar, that would show up on a copy? I guess I'm getting at the thought of sending in our I-751 with the front copy I have and hope we'll get the NOA and letter extending for a year. Then we could find out what happens when losing card???

[chrixjaguar 0]

In addition to your front copy of the I-551 card, you can also suplement that with the Passport stamp given to your spouse during the AOS interview if available,!

[Abygail 0]

In addition to your front copy of the I-551 card, you can also suplement that with the Passport stamp given to your spouse during the AOS interview if available,!

Thank you sooooo much for the input. The passport stamp expired 11/05, would this still be good to use? Also, I have the notice from USCIS that came with the greencard.

I'm leaning towards going forward with our I-751 with just the copy of the front, maybe the addt'l stuff above too. Not sure I'd want to include any explanation yet, hoping that they would process as normal and we'd get the NOA and ext. letter. I'm also thinking on holding off on the I-90 replacement and then following up with USCIS after the I-751 is in to find out what we do???

[jsassman 1]

And do everything in your power to try and retrieve that lost billfold! It may be in a location you have not looked or have been added to some store or business lost and found department, storage compartment.

[Flames9_RN 358]

Last yr I lost my wallet!! While I was phoning to cancel my credit cards, the operator mentioned that some one had called, stating they had my wallet!!! Wheewww Hopefully an honest person like that finds it.

[Illinois77 0]

In addition to your front copy of the I-551 card, you can also suplement that with the Passport stamp given to your spouse during the AOS interview if available,!

Thank you sooooo much for the input. The passport stamp expired 11/05, would this still be good to use? Also, I have the notice from USCIS that came with the greencard.

I'm leaning towards going forward with our I-751 with just the copy of the front, maybe the addt'l stuff above too. Not sure I'd want to include any explanation yet, hoping that they would process as normal and we'd get the NOA and ext. letter. I'm also thinking on holding off on the I-90 replacement and then following up with USCIS after the I-751 is in to find out what we do???

I would file for the I90 immediately, assuming they will send you a receipt notice for that, too. Then send that receipt notice in with the I-751 and front copy of card. You can file for I 751 at any point within the 90 days prior to expiration, even if it's on the day prior of expiration. You don't want to *not* say something, I would find that way more suspicious than a lost wallet, if I was an immigration officer.

[Kez/JWolf 6]

I would make an infopass appointment and talk to your local office... If it were me I would file for removal and not bother with the I-90 as it takes upto 6 months to get a new card with the I-90... ask the local office if once you get the NOA for removal if they can stamp your husbands passport with a I-551 stamp then it wont matter that you dont have the expired card...

Kez

[Kez/JWolf 6]

OPPS duplicate post.....

Kez

Edited March 1, 2007 by Niagaenola

[Abygail 0]

Thank you all for the advice... believe me, we've looked & called everywhere for that wallet. I'm really torn on what to do still. I was literally ready to send in our I-751 by the end of the week and I'm so upset that I hadn't copied the back of the card (still not sure why it's important). And, what if I had sent it in, forgot to copy the back, and then the card was lost? I'm holding off on calling or scheduling an appt. till we decide what to do: send in I-751 anyway, or go for the I-90 (fees & biometric appt. twice).

[Illinois77 0]

In that case I would prob schedule an infopass appointment and tell them your dilemma. You need to let someone know that the card is lost, so that it is not being tampered with when the 'wrong' people find it. I understand the I-90 double fee and biometrics issue... not sure how quickly info pass appts are scheduled but maybe you have time to do that before the end of the 90 days.

Good luck!

[wannabe_texan 0]

Hope you can get this resolved soon!

Just to answer your Q's on what's on the back of the card - I'm looking at the back of mine now, and all there is that huge magnetic/holographic strip (which would do nothing on photocopy), but there is a bar code on the bottom, so I'm guessing that may be all that's important on a photocopy.

Here's a link to a picture of the back of the card (from the VJ gallery)

Hope this helps, and good luck!

[Abygail 0]

Thanks again everyone - it does help!

I'll definitely schedule an appt., which probably won't be for awhile -

So, you all think I should hold off on submitting the I-751, and do the I-90?

[Abygail 0]

Great, can't speak to anyone or schedule an info appt. - none are available in our area.