Legal Permanent Residency Interview and applying for an I-131
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Legal Permanent Residency Interview and applying for an I-131
Hey, just some quick questions!
So here is my dilemma- I arrived in September on a K1-Visa and am now married and I have my Legal Permanent Residency interview mid May time. woo hoo first of all! I would like to go back to England mid-July for a wedding. Based on any of your own experiences, how long after your interview did it take to be accepted as a legal permanent resident so that you had the freedom to travel again???
If it takes months again I was going to apply for an I-131, are you able to use that form to go home simply for a wedding or does it have to be an emergency?
if i am able to use that form, i would have to apply now as they say allow 3 months, so what to do, what to do?
also i dont really want to pay $170 to the USCIS if i dont have to as i have given them plenty already!
i know you cant say how many days but just give me an idea from your own experiences, what do they actually do after the interview!
thanks!
So here is my dilemma- I arrived in September on a K1-Visa and am now married and I have my Legal Permanent Residency interview mid May time. woo hoo first of all! I would like to go back to England mid-July for a wedding. Based on any of your own experiences, how long after your interview did it take to be accepted as a legal permanent resident so that you had the freedom to travel again???
If it takes months again I was going to apply for an I-131, are you able to use that form to go home simply for a wedding or does it have to be an emergency?
if i am able to use that form, i would have to apply now as they say allow 3 months, so what to do, what to do?
also i dont really want to pay $170 to the USCIS if i dont have to as i have given them plenty already!
i know you cant say how many days but just give me an idea from your own experiences, what do they actually do after the interview!
thanks!
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Re: Legal Permanent Residency Interview and applying for an I-131
Originally Posted by MissPatriotic
Hey, just some quick questions!
So here is my dilemma- I arrived in September on a K1-Visa and am now married and I have my Legal Permanent Residency interview mid May time. woo hoo first of all! I would like to go back to England mid-July for a wedding. Based on any of your own experiences, how long after your interview did it take to be accepted as a legal permanent resident so that you had the freedom to travel again???
So here is my dilemma- I arrived in September on a K1-Visa and am now married and I have my Legal Permanent Residency interview mid May time. woo hoo first of all! I would like to go back to England mid-July for a wedding. Based on any of your own experiences, how long after your interview did it take to be accepted as a legal permanent resident so that you had the freedom to travel again???
Are you feeling lucky!!!
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Re: Legal Permanent Residency Interview and applying for an I-131
Originally Posted by Ray
Yo may get the I-551 stamp in your passport at the interview ....and the green card a week later... or you may still be waiting for a security clearance 2 years later ....
Are you feeling lucky!!!
Are you feeling lucky!!!
One of my sons had his 'successful' interview in December. Still no GC though. Security clearance can be a big black hole...
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Re: Legal Permanent Residency Interview and applying for an I-131
Originally Posted by MissPatriotic
Hey, just some quick questions!
So here is my dilemma- I arrived in September on a K1-Visa and am now married and I have my Legal Permanent Residency interview mid May time. woo hoo first of all! I would like to go back to England mid-July for a wedding. Based on any of your own experiences, how long after your interview did it take to be accepted as a legal permanent resident so that you had the freedom to travel again???
If it takes months again I was going to apply for an I-131, are you able to use that form to go home simply for a wedding or does it have to be an emergency?
if i am able to use that form, i would have to apply now as they say allow 3 months, so what to do, what to do?
also i dont really want to pay $170 to the USCIS if i dont have to as i have given them plenty already!
i know you cant say how many days but just give me an idea from your own experiences, what do they actually do after the interview!
thanks!
So here is my dilemma- I arrived in September on a K1-Visa and am now married and I have my Legal Permanent Residency interview mid May time. woo hoo first of all! I would like to go back to England mid-July for a wedding. Based on any of your own experiences, how long after your interview did it take to be accepted as a legal permanent resident so that you had the freedom to travel again???
If it takes months again I was going to apply for an I-131, are you able to use that form to go home simply for a wedding or does it have to be an emergency?
if i am able to use that form, i would have to apply now as they say allow 3 months, so what to do, what to do?
also i dont really want to pay $170 to the USCIS if i dont have to as i have given them plenty already!
i know you cant say how many days but just give me an idea from your own experiences, what do they actually do after the interview!
thanks!
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Re: Legal Permanent Residency Interview and applying for an I-131
At your interview (if succesfull) the officer will stamp your passport and write a ref number in ..... that will also be your green card number when you get it. He will tell you you are free to travel, but ask for a cover letter to go with the stamp. INS will let you out without the GC or cover letter but the airline want to see your GC or cover letter on return before they let you board the return flight ............. I speak from experience !
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Re: Legal Permanent Residency Interview and applying for an I-131
Originally Posted by Patrick Hasler
At your interview (if succesfull) the officer will stamp your passport and write a ref number in ..... that will also be your green card number when you get it. He will tell you you are free to travel, but ask for a cover letter to go with the stamp. INS will let you out without the GC or cover letter but the airline want to see your GC or cover letter on return before they let you board the return flight ............. I speak from experience !
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Re: Legal Permanent Residency Interview and applying for an I-131
Originally Posted by Ray
JeeZ!!!! you talk utter nonsense....
You seem to have a negative response to everything anyone says so why look at the site ?
The only person on this site I have ever noticed to talk utter nonsense continuously seems to be you
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Re: Legal Permanent Residency Interview and applying for an I-131
Originally Posted by Patrick Hasler
I have been through the entire proceedure within the last 5 years, when were you put through it ?
You seem to have a negative response to everything anyone says so why look at the site ?
The only person on this site I have ever noticed to talk utter nonsense continuously seems to be you
You seem to have a negative response to everything anyone says so why look at the site ?
The only person on this site I have ever noticed to talk utter nonsense continuously seems to be you
How long have been around here ...arrived as a tosser and still a tosser ....
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Re: Legal Permanent Residency Interview and applying for an I-131
Originally Posted by Patrick Hasler
At your interview (if succesfull) the officer will stamp your passport and write a ref number in ..... that will also be your green card number when you get it. He will tell you you are free to travel, but ask for a cover letter to go with the stamp. INS will let you out without the GC or cover letter but the airline want to see your GC or cover letter on return before they let you board the return flight ............. I speak from experience !
I received my GC 6 days after the interview, there was a Bank Holiday in between and it may have been their sooner, we have a PO Box and I do not go every day. I think I was told to expect it within 2 weeks. But as Ray said, nothing is guaranteed. The longest I have seen someone say they have been waiting is 3 years.
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My Office, Denver, does not stamp passports. I asked for a stamp and was told that they no longer stamp due to forgery issues with our friends south of the Border. His actual words. Most offices seem to be stamping, but probably eventually none will.
A stamp in the passport is as good as the Card, you need nothing else.
INS is no more.
The only letter that would be applicable would be if you apply for AP. I was in a similar situation in deciding whether or not to renew my AP, I applied did not need it. Do you feel lucky?
And allow 3 months for AP.
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Re: Legal Permanent Residency Interview and applying for an I-131
Originally Posted by Ray
Yo may get the I-551 stamp in your passport at the interview ....and the green card a week later... or you may still be waiting for a security clearance 2 years later ....
Are you feeling lucky!!!
Are you feeling lucky!!!
#11
Re: Legal Permanent Residency Interview and applying for an I-131
Originally Posted by Patrick Hasler
At your interview (if succesfull) the officer will stamp your passport and write a ref number in ..... that will also be your green card number when you get it. !
The stamp is the I-551 which is the equivalent to the green card
the number will be your A number
He will tell you you are free to travel, but ask for a cover letter to go with the stamp.
INS will let you out without the GC or cover letter but the airline want to see your GC or cover letter on return before they let you board the return flight ............. I speak from experience !
you could well be just a tourist getting a visa waiver form on the flight ...
in your case you had the stamp... if you had a problem ..it was for some other reason..
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Re: Legal Permanent Residency Interview and applying for an I-131
Originally Posted by Ray
Seems you learnt sod all then ...... Do I really have to go thru the details of your posting to show what crap you wrote ...
How long have been around here ...arrived as a tosser and still a tosser ....
How long have been around here ...arrived as a tosser and still a tosser ....
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Re: Legal Permanent Residency Interview and applying for an I-131
Originally Posted by Patrick Hasler
I have had the decency to refrain from telling you that you are a prize wanker up till now .... but you are
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Re: Legal Permanent Residency Interview and applying for an I-131
Originally Posted by Patrick Hasler
I have had the decency to refrain from telling you that you are a prize wanker up till now .... but you are
Shshshshsh!!!
Have you seen his gun collection???!!!!!! :scared:
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Re: Legal Permanent Residency Interview and applying for an I-131
Originally Posted by Ray
J...your brain starts to rot from all that festering stagnation and cognitive dysfunction...
Festering stagnation AND cognitive dysfunction???
Gosh you are eloquent today!!!