I-131 Re-entry permit question

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Anyone else have submitted a re-entry permit application and travelled outside the US before USCIS provided notice?

I have entered via US/Canada border last week and submitted an I-131 re-entry permit and on the next day moved back to Canada as we still have a lot to work on (ex: need professional certifications before allowed to work as health care professional).

 

I have seen some who already have their greencard and submitted their re-entry permit application then travelled the next day without waiting for USCIS notice and got notice after a few weeks that biometrics are no longer needed however after after several months got their re-entry permit declined because it shows that they left the US before the application was received. 

 

I've also seen some where they left the country the day after submitting the re-entry permit and got notice for biometrics however I have not seen an update if they eventually got approved.

 

As a Canadian living near the US border, I can re-enter US easily if needed to do biometrics however I am worried that I might not even be given that chance as I left immediately.  Anyone in the same situation and what was eventually the result?

 

Thanks!

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[Demise 1,304]

You need to be in US to give biometrics, but nothing in the instructions or regulations prevents you from doing what you're planning. File, leave, swing back by to give biometrics, and leave again.

[kaito141 3]

38 minutes ago, Demise said:

You need to be in US to give biometrics, but nothing in the instructions or regulations prevents you from doing what you're planning. File, leave, swing back by to give biometrics, and leave again.

 

A requirement is that you need to be present in the US when you file the i131. The problem is that they're defining file by the receipt date, and not by when you mail the form.

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Postmark date will not help in this instance , filing date will be on receipt notice . 
Additionally one should not exit on the same day as filing date on notice . 
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Then my application likely would be denied if they base it on receipt notice vs at the time of mailing.

Will the denial show right away during receipt notice or will it take months? I am going back to the US next month for a couple of weeks and was wondering if I should re-apply for re-entry permit and hope we get the receipt within that time frame.

On the other hand, If they ask for biometrics, does that mean I just go for the biometrics and I should be okay? 

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3 minutes ago, PMVX said:

Then my application likely would be denied if they base it on receipt notice vs at the time of mailing.

Will the denial show right away during receipt notice or will it take months? I am going back to the US next month for a couple of weeks and was wondering if I should re-apply for re-entry permit and hope we get the receipt within that time frame.

On the other hand, If they ask for biometrics, does that mean I just go for the biometrics and I should be okay? 

 

There was another post about i131 denial, and they didn't get denied until the very end of the entire process.

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2 hours ago, kaito141 said:

 

There was another post about i131 denial, and they didn't get denied until the very end of the entire process.

I'm not sure if that was about one from Sweden? If I recall correctly, the reason was something like records indicate that you left US before day of receipt and did not come back so denied. 
It's disgusting that they they have to wait that long until they get a decision when they could have easily checked the date of departure and did outright denial.  Anyway, I'm hoping that us going back next month would make a difference. Otherwise I'll continue to cross borders with my temp i-155 and showing them I have applied for re-entry. And if decision ultimately shows denied, I may have already gone back to the US for good. I just need about a year to prep for professional certifications otherwise I can't work as my profession is highly regulated.

 

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50 minutes ago, PMVX said:

I'm not sure if that was about one from Sweden? If I recall correctly, the reason was something like records indicate that you left US before day of receipt and did not come back so denied. 
It's disgusting that they they have to wait that long until they get a decision when they could have easily checked the date of departure and did outright denial.  Anyway, I'm hoping that us going back next month would make a difference. Otherwise I'll continue to cross borders with my temp i-155 and showing them I have applied for re-entry. And if decision ultimately shows denied, I may have already gone back to the US for good. I just need about a year to prep for professional certifications otherwise I can't work as my profession is highly regulated.

 

 

Yes that's the one I'm referring to. That person left right after they mailed out their forms.

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Update on this: I am so lucky they used the mailing date as the receipt date!!!

Sent it on Friday, Delivered on Saturday and not likely opened until Monday. I just got the receipt notice today and the receipt date was showing May 3rd.

 

Would CBP have visibility if we have a pending re-entry permit?

Edited May 10 by PMVX

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On 5/11/2024 at 1:48 AM, PMVX said:

Update on this: I am so lucky they used the mailing date as the receipt date!!!

Sent it on Friday, Delivered on Saturday and not likely opened until Monday. I just got the receipt notice today and the receipt date was showing May 3rd.

 

Would CBP have visibility if we have a pending re-entry permit?

Hi, I am now in a similar situation, will have a very limited time to submit I-131 before leaving the US. The plan is to submit on Jan 2, 2025, with Fedex next morning delivery on Jan 3 (Friday). My flight is on Jan5 (Sunday). Was just wondering if everything worked okay with your biometrics and if you already have a final approval. 

[kaito141 3]

2 hours ago, Olga_Daly said:

 

Hi, I am now in a similar situation, will have a very limited time to submit I-131 before leaving the US. The plan is to submit on Jan 2, 2025, with Fedex next morning delivery on Jan 3 (Friday). My flight is on Jan5 (Sunday). Was just wondering if everything worked okay with your biometrics and if you already have a final approval. 

 

I shipped via usps and it says it got received on the case the same day that usps delivered it package to the lockbox. Not sure about Fedex, as I do remember seeing that deliveries via fedex just gets forwarded to the po box. So there might be a delay in the when the package gets delivered and when fedex sends it to the lockbox. I was unfortunate and my biometrics wasn't waived so I had to go back and do my biometrics. After that I'm still waiting for approval. (It's been about half a year now)

Edited Wednesday at 03:48 PM by kaito141

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