I-155 Stamp and Green Card

[C&AH 104]

Forgive me if this question has already been posted somewhere in VJ but I can't find anything on the topic.

 

We are new to the process and just trying to learn as we go. At the port of entry,  my wife received a I-155 stamp in her passport valid for one year.  Do I understand correctly that stamp acts as her green card and the actual CR 1 green card will allow her 2 years? She was worried about the one year part. Second,  does her actual green card automatically arrive? Or do we need to call anyone? The fee was paid before her arrival. Is it possible to check to status? If so, how do we so so? 

 

Her SSN is altogether separate. I understand that it should automatically come since I checked yes on the DS260? Based on what we have been told and read, it is probable that we might end up going to the Social Security Administration to apply. She wants to wait 15 days after her arrival to go there.

 

Thank you for your help.  It is a quite a journey.

Edited December 28, 2018 by C&AH

[Jaz12 3]

Welcome, Happy Holidays

 

Well I have the same situation and I get my green card in the mail after 3 weeks of my arrival. I was expecting the ssn card together with the green card because that's what it said in the DS260 but never arrived I wait for 5 weeks and never came so I called the social security admin. And they told me to wait 1 more week, I got tired of waiting and went to the ssn office to apply for my card and they told me I never sent the application for my ssn. so my advise is to wait until your wife receives the green card and go to you local office to get the social security card.

[Ryan H 3,812]

***Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Progress Reports to General Immigration-Related Discussion.***

 

**Moderator hat off**

 

OP, what your wife would've received is a standard entry stamp from CBP placed on a page next to the visa; it is the combination of the visa itself and the entry stamp serving as an endorsement which is the temporary green card.  CBP stopped placing special I-551 stamps in passports quite some time ago (however 'passport stamp' acting as temporary green card just will not die on VJ).

[little immigrant 801]

11 minutes ago, Ryan H said:

***Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Progress Reports to General Immigration-Related Discussion.***

 

**Moderator hat off**

 

OP, what your wife would've received is a standard entry stamp from CBP placed on a page next to the visa; it is the combination of the visa itself and the entry stamp serving as an endorsement which is the temporary green card.  CBP stopped placing special I-551 stamps in passports quite some time ago (however 'passport stamp' acting as temporary green card just will not die on VJ).

My local office still issues the stamps. The officer told us to get one if it takes too long to receive the GC 

[Ryan H 3,812]

3 minutes ago, little immigrant said:

My local office still issues the stamps. The officer told us to get one if it takes too long to receive the GC 

 

The OP will not have to do that; at the bottom of every immigrant visa is the following notation, "Upon Endorsement Serves As Temporary I-551 Valid For One Year."  The "endorsement" is a standard CBP entry stamp placed by a CBP officer at a port of entry.

 

It's true that local USICS offices still use those special I-551 stamps but that is not germane to the OP's circumstances.