Using I-551 Stamped Visa After Greencard Produced

[saksnoot 31]

My wife had her CR1 visa approved a while back and we were able to go to the US and lay the groundwork for our move there. We came back to the UK for a bit to wrap up loose ends and spend Christmas with her family, and we’re travelling back to the US in the coming weeks to begin our jobs and all that.

 

While we’ve been out of the US, her greencard arrived and is with my parents. Will she need her greencard to enter the US or will her I-551 stamp on her visa be enough?

 

Based on her visa the stamp should still be valid, but I’m unsure if the creation and delivery of her greencard voids this.

[JeanneAdil 6,606]

Yes ,  according to USCIS

 

Regardless of the document type — unexpired physical green card or temporary document — Form I-551 is valid proof of permanent resident status for the purpose of employment and reentry to the United States after travel abroad (of less than one year).Jul 25, 2021

 

https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/temporary-i-551-stamps-and-mrivs

[Chancy 6,243]

*** Moved from IR1/CR1 Process & Procedures to Working & Traveling During US Immigration -- OP's wife already has CR1 visa; topic is about re-entry with temporary I-551 ***

 

[Kai G. Llewellyn 838]

Yes, it's still valid. I used my endorsed IV after the GC had been produced and mailed out by USCIS before I had returned to the US from Canada.

Edited January 10, 2022 by Kai G. Llewellyn