From Interview to green card ariving

[allserene 0]

Yo Veejay tribe

Our AOS interview is may 17 and i have a return ticket to the yookay June 2

I hear they take your AP form away at the interview and not all offices give a 551 stamp in the passport.

What chance it arriving ?

Whats the average folks ?

[Jenn! 918]

It seems to vary widely. Anywhere from 5 days to over 2 months. The average looks to be ablout 2 weeks, but there are certainly no guarantees.

Best of luck!

[rejane 1]

I got my card around 3 weeks after the interview....

[raymaga 25]

My daughter's AOS interview was Feb. 22 and she received the GC Mar. 6 (12 days).

I would ask if they could make an exception and stamp your passport with the I-551 because you are planning on leaving the country soon after your AOS interview. They were not stamping passports anymore by the time my daughter had her AOS interview, but they were giving the stamp at the time of my AOS interview (a year earlier).

[Anastasia 1]

If they don't stamp your passport at the interview you can make an infopass appointment, explain your situation and ask them to stamp your passport.

[darth bangkok 0]

thats only if you are really approved. many of us are still waiting for some mysterious background check even though we 'passed' the interview already. I'd apply for an AP document now if you must travel. We did'nt bc we wanted to travel 2 months after the interview, but now we are stuck and can't go on our planned journey.

[allserene 0]

Tricky stuff as ever - thanks folks i will really try for that stamp - i wonder why they stopped stamping..

If they refuse the stamp, and keep the AP too then it is a risk i suppose - if the GC gets lost in the mail or with USCIS or it comes and my spousal member of the gentle sex mails it to me in the yookay, then there is lots to go wrong...

and that is if they get the right name on it....

oh well - not to worry eh.....lets hope my fbi isnt done and they let me keep the ap perhaps

[Jasman0717 9]

I think you can see this if you do a timeline search

[Autumnal 25]

Ask for a stamp in your passport if you intend to travel and you have to relinquish your AP. Alternately schedule an infopass appointment to get the things you need to travel.

[darth bangkok 0]

you won't get a i-551 stamp unless you are approved. the OP won't know if he's approved or not until only two weeks before traveling. I say get the AP.