d_medina

If you have come through JFK...what exactly was stamped on your passport? Did you get a red stamp saying admitted the date...class until......?

If it was another POE do you have the stamp on your passport that I describe above?

Please I need answers to this. If anyone can answer, I'd appreciate.

Thanks

Rete

Is there a problem? Jim got a similar stamp as you described in his passport in 1998 when he entered at the drive through at Lake Champlain, New York. Also the same stamps whenever he activated a new advance parole.

Rete

SecretGarden

Hi,
My now husband entered in February through Chicago on a K1 and has the stamp that you describe. The officer wrote in "K1" for class of admission and the date his K1 expires.

~SecretGarden

lpdiver

We got a red stamp in the passport indicating K-3 status and a validity date of two years. We also had the I-94 stapled into the passport to avoid losing it. I had a small problem working out of the country and lost my I-94. Since then I always staple it into my passport. I have never lost my passsport yet, but always make several copies when traveling or working abroad.

d_medina

Rete...I ask because I'm confused about something.

d_medina

My husband's stamp says the day he was admitted, class until R-1 and underneath that line his A#.

What is R-1?

SecretGarden

Yes, I should have said this as well. The officer in Chicago stapled the I-94 into the passport. When we made copies of it for his AOS application, we removed it from the passport, made the copies, and immediately stapled it back in again to avoid losing it!

~SG

Rete

[Permanent] Resident-1 (1 = Immediate Family Classification)

There is no C in there is there? If not then his status is non-conditional.

Usually people report it is written as LPR-1 Legal/Lawful Permanent Resident or CPR-1 Conditional Permanent Resident.

Hope this helps, unless, you didnt want me to respond in which case I will delete my reply :-)

Rete

SecretGarden

I don't know what R-1 is, but is it possible that it's just a case of messy handwriting? Was he a K-1? If so, the officer may have just closed up the top of the K so that it looks like an R? The officer in Chicago did not have the neatest handwriting either.....

~SG

SecretGarden

Ok, just saw Rete's reply! Never mind........

~SG

Rete

Just to add to my original reply, did your husband also get an I-551 stamp in his passport and was he fingerprinted and perhaps photographed for his green card while at the POE.

d_medina

Unconditional? What does that mean? There is no C anywhere in his passport. Does this mean he can travel?

Your replys don't bother me...what would make you think so? I'm just confused about something here and I need help figuring it out. I very much appreciate your help. I'm clueless as to what's going on with my husband....he went to the consulate this morning and I was so confused about what they told him. This is why I need some answers if anyone may help.

d_medina

Secret garden...it's definately an R there...very clearly...

He didn't get a I-551 stamp...he was fingerprinted and a picture was taken.

Rete

I'm sorry now I am on the one who is very very confused after reading your timeline.

How did your husband enter the US when he was given the R-1 classification? K-3 or on an US Consulate approved I-130? Your answer will help a lot. Also knowing exactly what you are confused about and what the US Consulate told me.

Rete

d_medina

He came in on a K1 and when he entered he got the R-1 stamp I'm describing...I don't know if it was a mistake or what...but I'm being told he may return because of that stamp...this is what the consulate told my husband....and he asked them many times "are you sure?" they were like yes go! are you flying today?...he had gone to the consulate originally to ask about the K3 process becase we started it thinking he cannot return as he entered US on K1, but then this is on his passport so I'm not sure anymore. They even called the supervisor out to ask and was told that he can travel back.