Help! Infopass out of state for I-551?

[SherryandDaniel 4]

We're in the midst of buying a house and the mortgage company will not give us a mortgage without "6 months validity" on the green card. We have the extension letter which extends him until June 20, 2017. We don't want to lose the house and the Boston field office doesn't have appointments until May 10 😭 We really need an appointment for a I-551 stamp ASAP. New Hampshire has an appointment on May 2. Do you think they will stamp it??? Anyone with experience with this?

 

Thanks in advance! 

[SherryandDaniel 4]

And I will keep checking, particularly after midnight, for appointments in Boston---but if need be can you go out of state for appointments?

[Skribs 6]

25 minutes ago, SherryandDaniel said:

We're in the midst of buying a house and the mortgage company will not give us a mortgage without "6 months validity" on the green card. We have the extension letter which extends him until June 20, 2017. We don't want to lose the house and the Boston field office doesn't have appointments until May 10 😭 We really need an appointment for a I-551 stamp ASAP. New Hampshire has an appointment on May 2. Do you think they will stamp it??? Anyone with experience with this?

 

Thanks in advance! 

There are others probably more knowledgable than me on here but my understanding is they will only issue the I-551 stamp up to 30 days before the expiry of the extension.  So that would mean the earliest they would do it would be May 20th. I hope you manage to figure it out!

[SherryandDaniel 4]

2 minutes ago, Skribs said:

There are others probably more knowledgable than me on here but my understanding is they will only issue the I-551 stamp up to 30 days before the expiry of the extension.  So that would mean the earliest they would do it would be May 20th. I hope you manage to figure it out!

Thank you! Yes I have heard that as well, but I was hoping with some tears and mortgage documentation they would stamp it a little early!

[Derwood 203]

33 minutes ago, SherryandDaniel said:

We're in the midst of buying a house and the mortgage company will not give us a mortgage without "6 months validity" on the green card. We have the extension letter which extends him until June 20, 2017. We don't want to lose the house and the Boston field office doesn't have appointments until May 10 😭 We really need an appointment for a I-551 stamp ASAP. New Hampshire has an appointment on May 2. Do you think they will stamp it??? Anyone with experience with this?

 

Thanks in advance! 

Why won't the mortgage company accept the extension letter? You could try sending them this document and referring them to page 38. If the extension letter is good enough to get you into the country, surely they should accept it for domestic purposes. https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Carrier Information Guide- English.pdf

[Skribs 6]

Just now, Derwood said:

Why won't the mortgage company accept the extension letter? You could try sending them this document and referring them to page 38. If the extension letter is good enough to get you into the country, surely they should accept it for domestic purposes. https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Carrier Information Guide- English.pdf

I assume they would need 6 months validity on the Extension letter also which the OP does not have either, hence the problem. 

[Skribs 6]

6 minutes ago, SherryandDaniel said:

Thank you! Yes I have heard that as well, but I was hoping with some tears and mortgage documentation they would stamp it a little early!

Good Luck! I hope the officer you see is a nice one. As to visiting an out of state office, I'm not too sure on the rules there!

[mindthegap 2,590]

I have had two extension stamps (three if you count having to go back due to the moron mis-stamping it), and neither of them were done at my 'local' (ie, where my address is registered with USCIS) office, and one was on the opposite side of the country. 

I obtained one stamp nearer 50 days prior to expiry of the still valid stamp, and one was after the expiry of the initial extension letter.

30 days is a guideline, not a hard and fast rule.

 

I have also made infopass appointments all over the US in order to check up on the status of my case - never any issues and never refused.

 

Contrasting with that, I did, however, have issues with one local office where I was scheduled for interview, then refuse to proceed with the interview because I had very recently moved to another state - once I showed my ID, that was it.

Hey, this is USCIS we are talking about here.

 

 

You could also try a walk in, although YMMV

 

Edited April 26, 2017 by mindthegap

[SherryandDaniel 4]

Yes Skribs is right---the mortgage company needs 6 months validity. Ughhh

 

Mindthegap thank you so much for sharing your experience! That is reassuring for sure!

[QueenComley 295]

21 hours ago, Skribs said:

There are others probably more knowledgable than me on here but my understanding is they will only issue the I-551 stamp up to 30 days before the expiry of the extension.  So that would mean the earliest they would do it would be May 20th. I hope you manage to figure it out!

I got the I-551 stamp 8 weeks prior to the extension letter expiring.........

[charmander 692]

It's hard to understand the mortgage companies, they are asking 6 months validity for a 30 year mortgage. smh....

[Wa&Ry 0]

You can get the stamp at any USCIS office. I got mine in Philly in January with 2 days to go to expiration because there were no appointments in Boston in that timeframe and I was in Philly for work anyway. I took my RFE letter with me which was due a response in March. I'd say just take your RFE or extention letter you should be fine.

Edited April 27, 2017 by Wa&Ry