i-751 Mortgage denial due to expired extension letter on i751 application

[roi.joi 0]

Timeline

 

Dec 2018 - submitted I751 to remove conditions on green card and received 18 months extension

Jan 2019 - Biometrics

Jan 2020 - Ready to schedule an interview

No update after that.

April, May 2020 - multiple calls to USCIS to get an infopass appointment, but they asked me to wait until last week of the expiration.

June 2020 - Extension letter expired

 

 

After it was expired, USCIS say due to covid19, only emergency appointments are allowed and a medical reason (surgery, death or similar), new employment offer or a employee termination letter will serve as an emergency that will allow to schedule an infopass appointment for ADIT stamping.

 

Recently, my disaster loan was denied because the small business administration couldn't verify me as a qualified alien. Due to covid19, business is very slow and it is very important for me to get the loan to keep my business afloat.

 

Tier 2 is going to call me this week and I want to know if mortgage denial letter from sba.gov is sufficient to qualify for an infopass appointment.

 

(not important) - Also, I'm eligible for N400 naturalization. I'm planning to submit N400 while I751 is also in process. Will there be any affect on either of it if I do that?

 

Please help. Thanks in advance.

[ohmyrfe 0]

Can't help you with the answer but also interested to know the result as well. 

[milimelo 4,479]

9 minutes ago, jenniferdehner said:

I know that the process of renewing or replacing a green card usually takes 8 to 10 months, but we'll show you how to acquire unique stamp that immigration officials, employers, and mortgage lenders will accept as confirmation of your permanent residency. To begin, you must submit an application to renew your green card. You'll use the same app if your card is lost or stolen. Fill out Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card, and send it to Citizenship and Immigration Services in the United States (USCIS).

What in the world are you talking about? OP clearly had a conditional (2-yr) green card and had to go through Removal of Conditions. Form for that is I-751 and can take up to 18 or 24 months to approve these days. So your "do I-90 form to renew green card" in this case is very incorrect. 

[Rocio0010 5,579]

17 hours ago, jenniferdehner said:

Fill out Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card, and send it to Citizenship and Immigration Services in the United States (USCIS).

Please don’t give advice about immigration if you don’t know what you’re talking about. 
OP does not need to file I-90. His green card has not been lost or stolen. He just had a conditional status, and he filed for I-751 to remove conditions. His extension letter was expired.

[mindthegap 2,590]

You have a right to a stamp as proof of status and they have no right to restrict or deny you an appointment because some gimp with an arbitrary checklist says so. They should not be able to negatively affect you this way.There are a multitude of genuine reasons why one would want or need a stamp, even just peace of mind is a perfectly valid one.  
Seriously, it is not on.They are currently taking 30+ days to call people back. It is disgraceful. 

So, play these idiots at their own game. 

Say you were to book a fully refundable flight to Canada/Mexico/some other international destination on your credit card, for five - seven days time. You have a sick relative overseas, right?
Call for another infopass.

Tell then you have imminent emergency travel to Mexico or Canada, or whatever country, in the next five or so days. 
It will immediately be marked as urgent and you will get a call back within 72 or 24 hours from a tier 2 to make you an appointment, which will be a short notice one. In my case (when I did have emergency travel) they called me back within four hours and my appointment was 7am the next morning. The call back from the original attempt to schedule a non urgent appointment came after 34 days….useful.

The more urgent your travel the sooner they will call you back. 

If they ask for proof (note that some offices do, some don’t) then you have the flight booking to show them. 

Go get your i-551 stamp in your passport.

Your emergency travel plans suddenly change, and you can cancel your flight for a full refund. If cancelled  quick enough the charge probably won’t even hit your card. 
 

  

Edited February 9, 2022 by mindthegap