US Immigration from Germany

Dear forum

my children received their LPR status end of Dec 2021. Given our special circumstances, they became US citizens upon being allowed into the US. Their green card was delivered to our family but not their SSN/card. The kids received their US passports in mid-March through the US consulate in Germany, the green card was mailed back to USCIS after receiving their passports but their SSN is nowhere to be found so far. It has neither arrived in the US despite answering the DS 260 question accordingly, nor was the card mailed to us in Germany after seeing the representative at the US Embassy in Frankfurt and applying for the SSN card again.

Now, I am not sure why it takes that long and it is somewhat stressful at this point as we haven't filed our taxes yet. Is there anything we can do? We are returning to the US this summer and my husband is leaving before us but it will still be too late for our taxes, plus I am not even sure if he can go to the SSN office without the kids as they are above 12 and he is the stepdad.

I am also on a super quick 24h business trip to Boston in a few days but again, I wouldn't have the time to wait for hours at the SSN office nor would my kids be able to come along.

Calling and emailing Frankfurt doesn't work. We haven't received a response and the phone line just plays an automatic message.

Any advice, suggestion or experience would help us a lot.

Hey there, My husband (USC) and me (CPR) are planning a 2 week trip to visit family in Germany. From reading previous forum posts, I'm 90% sure that I will be able to travel abroad and come back to the US just fine with only an I-551 passport stamp, but I was hoping someone could give me a piece of mind.

Backstory: I came here on a K-1 visa; we got married; filed for AOS; received green card. Turns out that our green card had a 10 year validity date, although we were married for less than 2 years at the time we filed for AOS. We sent the green card back to USCIS in June 2021 (filed a free I-90, indicating USCIS error), and since then I don't have a physical green card. We will be filing for ROC this summer and want to go to Germany after we filed. We are planning to travel in September (and be back before October, when my green card would expire - had I received a 2 year green card..).

I made an info pass appointment at the local USCIS office back in October 2021, and got an I-551 passport stamp, evidencing permanent residency for 1 year.

My understanding is that while my I-90 case is pending, the I-551 stamp in my passport is sufficient to travel internationally and return to the US (as long as I return before October 2022, when the stamp expires and coincidentally also my green card should expire if we get the replacement card in the meantime).

Could someone please confirm if this is correct, or if I need any additional documents besides the I-551 stamp + passport to board an airplane and be let back into the US?

Do I maybe even need a new I-551 stamp after we filed for ROC, since that happens before we travel? I.e. does filing for ROC change the status of the I-551 passport stamp in any case?

Thank you so much!!

Hi everyone, I hope this is the right place for my question.
So my husband and I got married in the US in 2016 and I came to the US in 2019 on an IR1 visa.
I never changed my passport to my married name because my hometown requires the spouse to be present for that and we didn t have the opportunity for that.
My IR1 visa was issued in my maiden name to match my passport and so was my greencard. The officer at my interview told me that I could later change my last name by filing an I90 form.
I would now like to change my last name to my married name on my greencard.
I started looking at the I90 form and understand that I can change my name if it has been legally changed since the current greencard was issued. I m confused because my marriage certificate was issued in 2016 and my greencard was issued in 2019 so technically nothing changed since my GC was issued.
Can I still use the I90 for with my marriage certificate to update my last name or are other steps needed to get that done?

Hey there

Been a while since I started my own topic. But now I'm a little lost and could need some guidance.

So, any help will be appreciated!

I have to file for ROC in a couple months and already started to get everything together. Problem is, we still haven't received anything from the IRS about our jointly filed 2020 taxes. And this would be the only joint tax return I could provide to the USCIS.

We paper filed in February 2021.

Unfortunately, we don't know the exact day because the only copy we kept wasn't signed or dated yet, as well as it was send without a tracking number or anything. So, we don't have a receipt either (stupid, I know). Both of us have called the IRS multiple times throughout the past year and requested inquiries. They tell us, they received the tax return, but haven't worked on it yet. In our online accounts or in the "where's my refund" section is no information at all. Not even that it was received.

Now it's been four months since either of us talked to the IRS because it's not possible to get anyone on the phone anymore.

I got a little desperate and nervous, so I thought, I'm gonna try a different strategy... I sent another 2020 tax return about a month ago. Hoping it would either trigger an error message and the IRS tells me they already received one and start working on it... or start working on the new one.

Well, neither has happened yet. But at least I kept a signed copy and also sent the letter with a tracking number, so I have proof and a receipt.

I'm still hoping, I will get ANY response by the time I have to file for ROC. But I've been wondering...

What happens, if I don't?

I was thinking that I could write a letter explaining the situation and also send the first unsigned copy, as well as the new signed copy and the receipt of the new one. But other than that, I have no idea what to do. Especially, if they're gonna send me an RFE for it. I most likely can't provide anything.

I'll be more than thankful, if someone with experience and knowledge can help me out! I'm starting to panic a little over here

So, based on the events happening in Ukraine the earliest appointment for a medical examination in Germany right now is the end of July which is really annoying.
Does anybody know where in Germany you can get your medical done? Is it only the doctors office in Frankfurt? Can you get it done in any other office like in Austria or somewhere? Thanks in advance.