Traveling on Expired Extension Letter

[gregoryagu 31]

My wife's Permanent Resident Card expired 3/24/20.

 

I751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence was filed 24 April 2021.  

 

I checked the USCIS website, and it shows the Petition was received.  Then on June 9, 2021, Case Was Updated To Show Fingerprints Were Taken.

 

On Nov 15, 2021, I received an extension letter of 24 months, which would extend the Perm Resident Car to 3/24/2022.  But that has already expired.

 

Now we want to go to England in December/Jan.

 

What do we need to do to ensure we can travel to London and back?  She currently has a Russian Passport.

 

Greg

 

 

[arken 4,197]

She needs to call the uscis, make an info pass, and get the ADIT stamp on her passport before travel. That stamp will act as a GC for one year.

[gregoryagu 31]

Hi Arken,

 

Thanks very much for the response.

 

Can you explain more on the InfoPass?  I searched for this, but the only thing I found is that the InfoPass is an online system, but cannot be used if you are in the US. (https://my.uscis.gov/en/appointment/v2)

 

I did find info on the ADIT stamp, and that does look like the correct thing to get.

 

So basically, I need to call the USCIS, make an appointment, and get them to stamp her passport?

 

Greg

[Crazy Cat 42,212]

47 minutes ago, gregoryagu said:

So basically, I need to call the USCIS, make an appointment, and get them to stamp her passport?

Exactly.

[arken 4,197]

1 hour ago, arken said:

She needs to call the uscis,

 

1 hour ago, gregoryagu said:

found is that the InfoPass is an online system, but cannot be used if you are in the US.

That's the reason i said to call for the infopass appointment.

 

1 hour ago, gregoryagu said:

So basically, I need to call the USCIS, make an appointment, and get them to stamp her passport?

Technically she needs to call but as long as she's with you when you call the uscis so she can tell them you are allowing him to talk on her behalf, all good. 

 

[gregoryagu 31]

Ok, so I called and requested an appointment.  They said, "We will contact you within 30 days with your appointment date."

 

So today I got an email from them.  Instead of an appointment, they said:

 

We are contacting you about your pending request to be scheduled for an in-person appointment at a USCIS field office. Unfortunately, there are no available appointments with the field office that you need to visit. We apologize for this inconvenience and appreciate your patience. 

 

So now what should I do?  We have already bought the plane tickets for our trip on Dec 16.

 

 

[mindthegap 2,601]

Try again. Keep trying. You are legally entitled (some could argue REQUIRED) to have a stamp as proof of status and for travel and work proof purposes and - speaking as someone who has had 12(?) stamps now - this kind of rubbish that they are currently pulling makes me angry. 

If they keep giving the same excuse, then you need to play them at their own game and give them an 'urgent' reason, which will get it marked as urgent, and will give you a callback and an appointment within a day or so.  Amongst others, they class as urgent stuff like imminent travel, emergency travel, medical reasons, proof of status being required for document purposes such as driving license, or for work i-9 certification purposes.  If this was to perhaps mean you have to book a fully something like a fully refundable ticket to show them, and then cancel that after attending your appointment, then so be it. 

 

Edited September 12, 2022 by mindthegap

[gregoryagu 31]

On 9/12/2022 at 1:14 PM, mindthegap said:

Try again. Keep trying. You are legally entitled (some could argue REQUIRED) to have a stamp as proof of status and for travel and work proof purposes and - speaking as someone who has had 12(?) stamps now - this kind of rubbish that they are currently pulling makes me angry. 

If they keep giving the same excuse, then you need to play them at their own game and give them an 'urgent' reason, which will get it marked as urgent, and will give you a callback and an appointment within a day or so.  Amongst others, they class as urgent stuff like imminent travel, emergency travel, medical reasons, proof of status being required for document purposes such as driving license, or for work i-9 certification purposes.  If this was to perhaps mean you have to book a fully something like a fully refundable ticket to show them, and then cancel that after attending your appointment, then so be it. 

 

Thank you so much, this is very encouraging.

 

They did in fact call me this morning - and I missed it by a minute (Slaps forehead).  I stepped out 

 

I didn't realize that they would call to make the appointment.  In any case, they left a message saying that they would call back again within 48 hours.  So, I will keep my phone close, and I have their number in my contacts, so I know when they call.  

 

 

[gregoryagu 31]

Oh, miracle of miracles, they just called me back.

 

And fortunately, my wife had not left the house yet, as they requested to speak to her (and not to me).

 

And now we have our appointment for Sept 30 at 7:20 AM! 

 

I am so happy right now.

 

Greg

[Palawan 131]

1 hour ago, gregoryagu said:

Oh, miracle of miracles, they just called me back.

 

And fortunately, my wife had not left the house yet, as they requested to speak to her (and not to me).

 

And now we have our appointment for Sept 30 at 7:20 AM! 

 

I am so happy right now.

 

Greg

My local USCIS offered walk in to get the stamp, you had to wait for the people with appointments to go first and if there was time you could get the stamp.  Glad you got an appt.

[beloved_dingo 1,983]

1 hour ago, gregoryagu said:

Oh, miracle of miracles, they just called me back.

 

And fortunately, my wife had not left the house yet, as they requested to speak to her (and not to me).

 

And now we have our appointment for Sept 30 at 7:20 AM! 

 

I am so happy right now.

 

Greg

Great news! I'm sure it is a relief

[gregoryagu 31]

Sadly, Hurrian Ian came along, and the office was closed on the day of my appointment.  I immediately called to request a new appointment, but here we are 30 days later, and still nothing.

 

I called, and they said they still have the request for the appointment, but that we are still on the wait list and do not have an "Emergency" because it is just travel.

 

So today we are going to show up at the office and see if there is some way to get the stamp based on the earlier appointment.

 

It's a little frustrating.

[gregoryagu 31]

Good news - We got our ADIT stamp today!

 

What I did was just show up at the local office with my expired appointment and told them the story.

 

After a supervisor was consulted, they decided to go ahead and do our interview on an immediate basis.  Took about 30 minutes, and now it's done

 

Greg

[Mike E 11,742]

42 minutes ago, gregoryagu said:

 , they decided to go ahead and do our interview on an immediate basis.  Took about 30 minutes, and now it's done

They  gave you a walk in interview?

[gregoryagu 31]

47 minutes ago, Mike E said:

They  gave you a walk in interview?

Yes, but this was a very special circumstance:  We had an appointment which was canceled by them due to the Storm that came to Florida.  I don't think they would have done it otherwise.  They made me show the earlier appointment paperwork before they let us in.    So it wasn't exactly a walk-in.  Also, I did it late in the day so that it was more likely that they had an open person to help us out.  There were only a few people in the waiting room (maybe 3) so i think my strategy worked.

Edited October 28, 2022 by gregoryagu