I-751 August 2017 Filers

[CJKylie 161]

1 minute ago, Sonali_1 said:

I had contacted a immigration attorney and she said he's still in status and green card holders don't require a Visa for Mexico and he should have been good to travel 

Just found this on the MX gov website. To me it looks like you needed a visa:

 

US Residents: If your United States visa stamped on your passport already expired but you have an official document proving your legal status in USA, you must apply for a Mexican visa (I-797 A Forms, Advance Parole Forms, I-20 OR DS-2019 Forms won’t be accepted to entering Mexico), unless you have a valid Visa for any of the countries listed above (Canada, Japan, United Kingdom or Schengen area).

[Sonali_1 0]

10 minutes ago, CJKylie said:

Just found this on the MX gov website. To me it looks like you needed a visa:

 

US Residents: If your United States visa stamped on your passport already expired but you have an official document proving your legal status in USA, you must apply for a Mexican visa (I-797 A Forms, Advance Parole Forms, I-20 OR DS-2019 Forms won’t be accepted to entering Mexico), unless you have a valid Visa for any of the countries listed above (Canada, Japan, United Kingdom or Schengen area).

But he has a valid I-551 green card stamp on his passport which is valid until Sept. 04, 2019 an

[CJKylie 161]

4 minutes ago, Sonali_1 said:

But he has a valid I-551 green card stamp on his passport which is valid until Sept. 04, 2019 an

I would think an I-551 stamp relates more to “official document proving your legal status in USA” than it does to a “visa”. The visa would be your actual US visa glued into your passport.

 

Airline was correct in my opinion.

 

 

EDIT: by ‘your’, I mean ‘your husband’ of course lol

Edited October 16, 2018 by CJKylie

[CJKylie 161]

13 minutes ago, CJKylie said:

I would think an I-551 stamp relates more to “official document proving your legal status in USA” than it does to a “visa”. The visa would be your actual US visa glued into your passport.

 

Airline was correct in my opinion.

 

 

EDIT: by ‘your’, I mean ‘your husband’ of course lol

You could always contact Mexican immigration to ask, mentioning the country your husband is from etc.

 

I doubt a US immigration attorney would be well versed in Mexico’s rules, so the Mexican authorities would be your best bet for confirmation.

Edited October 16, 2018 by CJKylie

[annem 15]

42 minutes ago, Sonali_1 said:

Hey guys. This is my first time posting. I love this site, it's very helpful. My husband's I-751 NOA receipt date is 08/21/17 at csc. We're also still waiting like most of you guys. I need some advice. My husband and I had planned to travel to Cancun Mexico last month but were stopped at the airport and denied to board the plane. We had his valid I-797 extension letter and an I-551 passport stamp which is valid until Sept. 2019. We had (unfortunately) booked United airlines, the agent told us that we don't have proper documents to travel to Mexico and we could get arrested there if he did let us go. I requested a refund for our flight tickets but they refused my request. Should I hire a lawyer because legally I know we can travel with a valid I-551 passport stamp?? What would be the best thing for us to do? 

I was under the impression that international traveling depends on the passport you have, so your citizenship, not your country of residence. So the rules for the country your husband is a citizen of would apply when traveling to Mexico.

[CJKylie 161]

7 minutes ago, annem said:

I was under the impression that international traveling depends on the passport you have, so your citizenship, not your country of residence. So the rules for the country your husband is a citizen of would apply when traveling to Mexico.

Yes, since he didn’t have a valid US visa anymore, it would be based on his country of citizenship, which I believe is India based on the posters profile, which would indeed require a visa to visit Mexico.  If the actual US visa was still valid, there would be no need for a Mexican visa.

 

(Assuming that they don’t class I-551 stamp as a visa)

Edited October 16, 2018 by CJKylie

[Lemon23 400]

34 minutes ago, annem said:

I was under the impression that international traveling depends on the passport you have, so your citizenship, not your country of residence. So the rules for the country your husband is a citizen of would apply when traveling to Mexico.

Not really, like on my case, I need a visa to enter canada, but since i'm LPR of US then I dont need visa to enter Canada, it's case to case basis and base on countries affiliation to the US.

Visa is only required if you have expired green card like what @CJKylie mentioned.

[Sonali_1 0]

We had no idea that my husband would need a Visa even if he had an i797 and a passport stamp. But now we know. Thanks for the help @CJKylie

[Beto75 5]

I just saw this at the Mexican Consulate (Houston) website:

 

https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/houston/index.php/visas/visas-english

 

Foreign Visitor Visa Exempt

     1. US citizens with valid passport.

     2. United States' VALID visa holders (stamped on their passport), or Permanent Resident card holders (Green Card), AND have a valid passport.

     3. Permanent residents of Canada, Japan, Great Britain or any of the countries of the Schengen Area, AND have valid passport.

     4. If your country is listed as EXCEMPT of Visitor Visa in Listing Regime by Nationality Consular AND you have a valid passport.

 

IMPORTANT:

• All EAD cards, I-797 A Forms, Advance Parole Forms, I-20 OR DS-2019 are not accepted to enter Mexico.

I reviewed the original Spanish notice, the "stamped" translation is not specific enough... They clearly mean standard issue security sticker visas rather than wet-ink stamps. 

[Estuardo 1]

7 hours ago, CJKylie said:

Are you sure you didn’t need a Mexican visitor visa?

If you are USA resident o USA citizens you don't need a Visa. I went a lot of time to Mexico with my extension letter, my passport and my expired green card and no issues. 

[CJKylie 161]

1 hour ago, Estuardo said:

If you are USA resident o USA citizens you don't need a Visa. I went a lot of time to Mexico with my extension letter, my passport and my expired green card and no issues. 

Depends what country you’re from. Indians need a visa as the extension letter is not valid for travel to Mexico, as per the quotes above from the Mexican authorities. I’m from the UK so I wouldn’t need a visa for example.

Edited October 17, 2018 by CJKylie

[dgallegos 16]

I wanted to give a heads up that a person from the Facebook group was approved. 

 

Filed: August 17, 2017
Center: CSC

No RFE
No Interview

 

my husband’s file date is 08/28 and CSC! I am hoping we are close too! 

[Estuardo 1]

1 hour ago, dgallegos said:

I wanted to give a heads up that a person from the Facebook group was approved. 

 

Filed: August 17, 2017
Center: CSC

No RFE
No Interview

 

my husband’s file date is 08/28 and CSC! I am hoping we are close too! 

Im August 3 2017. California 

[annaandadam 11]

We also received the notice that case was transferred from CSC to Texas. Hopefully, it means someone will actually look at it. 

[annem 15]

23 hours ago, Lemon23 said:

Not really, like on my case, I need a visa to enter canada, but since i'm LPR of US then I dont need visa to enter Canada, it's case to case basis and base on countries affiliation to the US.

Visa is only required if you have expired green card like what @CJKylie mentioned.

I learnt something new!

 

In other news, no movement for me, case is still at CSC, NMno updates