Left the country without I-551 stamp on my passport

[Crazy Cat 41,886]

So, based on @Mike E's calculations, the OP's husband does NOT have a valid extension letter.........  That changes EVERYTHING!!!!!

The airline is correct.

Edited September 5, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[arken 4,197]

15 hours ago, mgonzalez8988 said:

yes I do have a valid extension letter

So now the question is if your extension letter is still valid? What does it say? If it's already expired, no matter where you try to enter the US from, you will face the same issues.

Edited September 5, 2022 by arken

[Crazy Cat 41,886]

4 minutes ago, arken said:

So now the question is the extension letter still valid? What does your extension letter say? If it's already expired, no matter where you try to enter the US from, you will face the same issues.

I also would like to know the expiration date on the Green Card.  Odd that the OP has not answered that question.

Edited September 5, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[Family 3,988]

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

So doing math his green card expired June 2018 or earlier.  The 18 month extension letter extended his green card to December 2019.  At best.  
 

Thank you @Mike E for checking OP’s “file” ..so to speak, because I assumed his I-751 extension letter was indeed 18 months from the expiration of the physical green card,..and I think OP relied on the attorney’s “ Stunningly Wrong” assumption that the 18 Extension Letter was valid from date of his last stamp. 
 

[Family 3,988]

2 hours ago, Mike E said:

 

Your husband needs to file I-131a or find his way to Mexico.  
 

These are his ONLY options .
1. If he wants to attempt the boarding foil , he stays put in Guatemala until he gets a response …so make the calls to embassy and read instructions 

https://www.uscis.gov/i-131a

 

2. If he finds his way to landed POE in Mexico, he prepares for an intense secondary inspection..

 

3. He should NOT carry his phone, as it is subject to search ( willy nilly ) ….especially as there was history of marital issues  related to the I-751 delay.

 

4. Seriously review your relationship with the current attorney….because all this could have been avoided 

[Family 3,988]

36 minutes ago, arken said:

16 hours ago, mgonzalez8988 said:

yes I do have a valid extension letter

So now the question is if your extension letter is still valid? What does it say? If it's already expired, no matter where you try to enter the US from, you will face the same issues.

Edited 32 minutes ago by arken

The extension letter is not valid , I personally believe they will deny boarding foil ,

so the ONLY option remains getting in through landed POE , Mexico….

agreed with many issues but he gets IN even if it means facing the possibility of  NTA., a few days/weeks detained , he can bond out .

An expensive consequence to poor legal advice…but worth getting a new attorney to help if he is issued NTA.

 

 

 

 

[Adventine 3,196]

This is a really sad situation. Perhaps the most disastrous case I've seen of blindly trusting an attorney without checking the rules yourself. 

[Mike E 11,739]

9 minutes ago, Adventine said:

This is a really sad situation. Perhaps the most disastrous case I've seen of blindly trusting an attorney without checking the rules yourself. 

Reading between the lines of the following I would not be too quick to fault the lawyer. From what the husband has posted, I gather he had an I-551 stamp. I will suggest these combined possibilities:

 

* The I-551 stamp had not expired when he left the USA and it expired during his stay in Guatemala 

 

* The lawyer was not aware the husband was staying beyond the expiration of the I-551 stamp.  Or the husband extended his planned stay beyond the expiration of the I-551 stamp. 
 

I also fear that the husband has stayed more than 180 days outside the USA.  
 

11 hours ago, davidm4rt1n3z said:

The staff of Aeromexico told me that the letter i797 said that I have 18 months from the last stamp , and the last stamp expired 3 months ago. The stamp on my passport expired on March 2020 . What can I do. They don't allow me to fly from Guatemala.

 

Edited September 5, 2022 by Mike E

[Adventine 3,196]

You're right, it could also be that the attorney's advice was correct at the time it was given. But the situation could have changed and the advice was no longer valid for the changed circumstances... which means that someone didn't check the rules themselves.

[Family 3,988]

Avoid carrying your phone for anticipated  secondary inspection w CBP …
 

The sum of an individual’s private life can be reconstructed through a thousand photographs labeled with dates, locations, and descriptions . . .”

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/publications/blt/2020/04/border-searches/

 

The DHS said the privacy risks of using the tools are low because only trained forensics technicians will have access to the tools, and only data relevant to investigations will be extracted. 

That assurance is in stark contrast from what lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation found, after a lawsuit revealed that agents had searched through travelers' devices without any restrictions, and often

https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/homeland-security-details-new-tools-for-extracting-device-data-at-us-borders/

 

[Family 3,988]

17 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Reading between the lines of

@Mike E , I would trust you reading my  tea leaves than OP’s attorney at this point. 

Edited September 5, 2022 by Family

[Mike E 11,739]

10 minutes ago, Family said:

Avoid carrying your phone for anticipated  secondary inspection w CBP …

 

 

See also:

 

 

[Family 3,988]

17 hours ago, mgonzalez8988 said:

left on emergency my mother was very sick, I do currently have an attorney she did not tell me I need it to get my passport stamped she told me the letter would be sufficient. 

I could ask my Attorney on Tuesday

Although OPs attorney may have “ Back on Tuesday ..Not taking calls on weekends, holidays and In Case of Emergency I Wish you Good Luck..try VJ” telephone answering service…please email this attorney, if you have not already…..He likely has a smart phone and checks his emails….

 

Edited September 5, 2022 by Family

[mgonzalez8988 6]

10 hours ago, CNMN said:

Can he enter Mexico ? if yes fly to Tijuana and walk to the border.

No, Guatemalan people need a visa to enter Mexico. 

[Crazy Cat 41,886]

5 minutes ago, mgonzalez8988 said:

No, Guatemalan people need a visa to enter Mexico. 

Can you clarify something for me?  What is the expiration date on the Green Card?