My wife and I are travelling to Canada to attend a wedding (She is from there). Her
passport has what I think is the I-551 stamp. It says:

Processed for I-551 Temporary Evidence of lawful admission for permanent residence
valid until Jul 12 2002 Employment Authorized

Is this the correct one which we can travel with? I think the "Processed for" is
confusing me. I thought it took longer to get the stamp, but when we went to INS to
change her status after our marriage, the officer said some things had been changed.

One other question: Do we file the I-751 two years AFTER the Jul 12 2002 date?

Thanks for any help and insight, Erik and Michelle

You can travel with the stamp. It is basically a temporary Green Card.

You need to file the I-751 between 1 yr. 9 mos. and 2 years after the date you were
granted CPR, which sounds like was 7/12/01. If you wait until 2 years they will start
deportation proceedings! So don't wait until the last minute! So about March 12, 2003
you want to file that with all the supporting documentation.

Good luck!

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Bruce & Linda Smith wrote:
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It means they have processed her for the green card... Consider the stamp as a
temporary green card equivalent. She is free to come and go. Many countries will give
visa preference to US permanent residents when they couldn't get visas otherwise Not
an issue with Canada, but it would be if she was Russian. The stamp is good for 1
year. You should have the card before then. If not, you can get another stamp.

I thought it took longer to get the stamp, but when
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No.. You file 1 year and 9 months after the status was changed to conditional
permanent resident.. So, that would be around April 2003. 1 year later, she can file
for naturalization.

Michael

hmmm thats what I said

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I thought you couldn't apply for Naturalization until you've been a permanent
resident for 5 yrs. (3 yrs. after you lift the conditions). Is it different if you
applied for AOS through marriage to a US citizen? Thanks in advance.

Sandy the newlywed

Sandy Gonzalez wrote:
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Nope.. The 2 years as a conditional PR count. This is documented in the INS Guide to
Naturalization.

Michael