I-751 July 2017 Filers

[ceeho 8]

2 hours ago, Bob1963 said:

My work shift ends at mid night but I have often looked in the middle of the night and nothing ever, at night, weekends middle of the morning or afternoon

I checked uscis website at midnight last night and saw there were appointments available for Pittsburgh office, not the case for Philadelphia office though, which is the one i need.   
Try checking the website again exactly at 12:00AM. Good luck ! 

[Bob1963 17]

Thanks I will try and hit it at exactly mid night I still have until Oct 24 and would rather have the extension letter than the stamp for obvious reasons

[Bose12 32]

Anyone whose field office is Montgomery, Alabama have approved i751?

Anyone whose field office is Montgomery, Alabama have approved i751?

[Bob1963 17]

Thanks for tip off about checking at mid night.  I went to the Pittsburgh appointment list at 12:09 am and they are booked out to August 23, 2019.  They don't let you pick any day but what is showing on the screen which is August 23 when I am out of town at my wife's sisters house for her daughters birthday but now I know what time to check for in the future

[JayMain626 21]

15 hours ago, mrs thb said:

I would imagine Detroit is a pretty busy office.

 

I Just checked for appointment this morning, and there were a bunch available maybe I'm just early. But gives me hope that i will be able to get one. Going to wait till the end of the month to book one to see if this letter arrives... or better the green card but chances of that are looking pretty slim. Processing times say 18-21 months 🙄

[Lifelover 4]

I just make an appt for infopass last night. I checked for available appt during the day but it always says “no available appt for the next 14 days”. I decided to check back at 11:59:45 pm and i finally made one. I am going to see officer on August 2018 for stamp. I am an August 2017 filer (not supposed to be here but just want to share experience) but i am officially out of status on October 2018. My attorney asked me to go for a stamp somewhere this August. I will update soon as long as i go there. I am at Vermont service center.

[chiggins82 88]

23 hours ago, Ksenia_O said:

I'm almost positive they will issue the same card for you with the same restricted "wording"  - since  this is how your data is in the System and it has never been updated.

 

And now you don't have an actual valid green card to make that change possible/ restriction removed.

 

Well, even if you still had it i'm not sure they would remove that restriction now. I think I've seen  that an Extension Letter with an expired green card should work, but in a lot of cases they don't really do any changes without unexpired green card... 

 

It doesn't hurt to try tough - who knows maybe your SS Office will be willing to help and also able to "read" I-551 stamp along with copy of your green card and an Extension Letter. 

 

 

For now, it's not a big deal. I have the number and a copy of the card and I don't think I'll be leaving my job anytime soon... but I would like to know it's in my home somewhere!

 

You're probably right though. Different government office, so it's not like systems would be connected and probably would end up with another card with the work auth restriction. 

 

For me, I don't know if I care about that though. I have authorization via my green card, the letter, the stamp, etc. It doesn't really bother me that it's there.

 

Appreciate the response!

[eligabeann 1]

Received Green Card today for 10 yrs. Filed on July 13 2017. No interviews, just lookep up case status and said CASE APPROVED. Btw, we already submitted N400 without having approval on I751 yet. I wish the best of lucks to all of you. Hopefully this journey comes to an end very soon.

Edited August 9, 2018 by eligabeann
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[bam09 6]

Hi All,

 

New to this page. Was wondering if anyone's case got an update like mine. I received a notification yesterday - CASE WAS RECEIVED AT MY LOCAL OFFICE  "On August 8, 2018 we received your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, Receipt number EAC17298*****"

[Roel 7,193]

2 minutes ago, eligabeann said:

Btw, we already submitted N400 without having approval on I751 yet. I think that submitting that application puts pressure on them to hurry up on the I751.

Not true. 

 

For example - i didn't file n400 and my green card got approved 9 days ago.

3 minutes ago, bam09 said:

Hi All,

 

New to this page. Was wondering if anyone's case got an update like mine. I received a notification yesterday - CASE WAS RECEIVED AT MY LOCAL OFFICE  "On August 8, 2018 we received your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, Receipt number EAC17298*****"

Yep. It means nothing pretty much. 

[tommybear 12]

8 minutes ago, eligabeann said:

Received Green Card today for 10 yrs. Filed on July 13 2017. No interviews, just lookep up case status and said CASE APPROVED. Btw, we already submitted N400 without having approval on I751 yet. I wish the best of lucks to all of you. Hopefully this journey comes to an end very soon.

What service center are you?

[NM19 9]

10 minutes ago, tommybear said:

What service center are you?

The profile said Vermont 

[Ksenia_O 696]

51 minutes ago, chiggins82 said:

For now, it's not a big deal. I have the number and a copy of the card and I don't think I'll be leaving my job anytime soon... but I would like to know it's in my home somewhere!

 

You're probably right though. Different government office, so it's not like systems would be connected and probably would end up with another card with the work auth restriction. 

 

For me, I don't know if I care about that though. I have authorization via my green card, the letter, the stamp, etc. It doesn't really bother me that it's there.

 

Appreciate the response!

Hi 

 

A  SS card with restrictions is meant to go with the temporary status , for people  lawfully admitted to the US on a temporary basis who have DHS authorization to work. 

 

Some places may ask to see a copy of the SS (jobs, banks, DMV, Tax preparer and etc) and a restriction tells them that an individual is still being processed.

 

Also, maybe, there are some benefits LPR is eligible but an Alien lawfully admitted (with EAD for example and restricted ss card) - not.

 

Besides, it seems like they want to be informed when your immigration status changes

https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10002.pdf

p.9

According to the link  an exp.green card + Ext. letter should work to get restriction removed. As well as I-551 stamp. 

https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0110211025#c1d

 

You are right - it dos not bother and really not required. But at the same time it costs nothing, so why not complete the process and enjoy the" freedom" ?

[chiggins82 88]

36 minutes ago, Ksenia_O said:

Hi 

 

A  SS card with restrictions is meant to go with the temporary status , for people  lawfully admitted to the US on a temporary basis who have DHS authorization to work. 

 

Some places may ask to see a copy of the SS (jobs, banks, DMV, Tax preparer and etc) and a restriction tells them that an individual is still being processed.

 

Also, maybe, there are some benefits LPR is eligible but an Alien lawfully admitted (with EAD for example and restricted ss card) - not.

 

Besides, it seems like they want to be informed when your immigration status changes

https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10002.pdf

p.9

According to the link  an exp.green card + Ext. letter should work to get restriction removed. As well as I-551 stamp. 

https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0110211025#c1d

 

You are right - it dos not bother and really not required. But at the same time it costs nothing, so why not complete the process and enjoy the" freedom" ?

Thanks, the link on the stamp clarifies things. From what that says, I think the stamp in a valid passport would work and I can do both in an appointment (replace the lost card and remove restrictions)

 

I don't know if I agree about the "freedom" part... The restriction doesn't prevent me from doing anything because I have authorization, but I suppose I get what you're saying. I've never had to produce my card for anything that I can think of... only the number. 

 

 Appreciate the links to answer the question!

 

 

[mrs thb 331]

5 hours ago, JayMain626 said:

I Just checked for appointment this morning, and there were a bunch available maybe I'm just early. But gives me hope that i will be able to get one. Going to wait till the end of the month to book one to see if this letter arrives... or better the green card but chances of that are looking pretty slim. Processing times say 18-21 months 🙄

Excellent!