Traveling on I-551 Stamp

[TabeaK 517]

Given the massive I-751 delays that have been going on for a while; more of us will be in the situation to travel internationally on the I-551 stamp.

 

So I thought it'd be a good idea to have a topic for sharing experiences, just like we have for the extension letter.

Maybe this could be pinned too.

 

 

Thoughts, anyone?

[Maya2015 28]

On 4/16/2018 at 4:10 PM, TabeaK said:

Given the massive I-751 delays that have been going on for a while; more of us will be in the situation to travel internationally on the I-551 stamp.

 

So I thought it'd be a good idea to have a topic for sharing experiences, just like we have for the extension letter.

Maybe this could be pinned too.

 

 

Thoughts, anyone?

I like that! I wonder how many people had good expirinace with the airlines...

[silverjetplane 34]

Hey - I posted this on our December 2016 forum...

 

Hey all - no case updates, sadly. Same old transfer notice and fees waived with both case numbers. I'm posting to let anyone who may travel outside the US know that we didn't have any real issues leaving and coming back on the ADIT stamp we got with an Infopass appointment just before our trip out of the country. The airline seemed to have no idea what they were doing or what the stamp was, but accepted it anyway.

 

The only issue upon entry (LAX) was that since we no longer have a physical GC to scan at the immigration kiosk, a secondary review was necessary and took about an hour, during which we were separated (and both very nervous). At the kiosk, instead of the GC it asked for, we tried my husband's passport that was within 6 months of expiring - also not really an issue but probably not the best thing. In the end, everything was fine. I had all the necessary backup paperwork showing what we've submitted so far and also the carrier information guide from CBP that specifically shows an example of the ADIT stamp (page 39) just in case. The first agent looked at it and said, 'Oh, a renewal,' so at least he recognized it. He then (apparently mistakenly) stamped the passport with the normal 'Admitted' stamp. He said a secondary review was needed and called over another agent to walk my husband to the back area and I wasn't allowed to enter with him - I nervously waited in baggage claim. He waited about an hour and they didn't ask any questions, but called him up to the counter and said, 'You're all set,' and gave back his passport and other information. The only strange thing that I wasn't expecting was that next to the ADIT stamp, the 'Admitted' stamp was crossed out and a 'Paroled' stamp was placed. I did a very quick Google search panicking with my understanding of parole in a legal sense, but I guess it's very specific in terms of immigration. If anyone has other info, that'd be great as I haven't done more exhaustive research just yet. I guess this section kind of makes sense from the Wikipedia entry (although he doesn't really meet all of the requirements listed there...):

 

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Another use related to immigration is advance parole,^[3] in which a person who already legally resides in the U.S. needs to leave temporarily and return without a visa. This typically occurs when a person's application to adjust status to permanent residency (to obtain a green card) is pending and the person must leave the U.S. for emergency or business reasons. It is also used for a temporary travel of those who received deferred action status by the USCIS, or have an asylum application pending. In the wake of September 11, 2001, there has been greater scrutiny of applications for parole and advance parole.^[4]

 

Best of luck to all of us waiting!