Conditional Residence And Extension Letter Expiring Soon

[kgingras]

Hi,
I am a Canadian citizen with a green card through marriage . I was granted the conditional permanent resident on 5/8/2015. I filed my I-751 (and paid my fees) within 90 days of the second anniversary of this date to get the conditions removed. I did receive a one year extension which expires on 5/8/2018, That date is approaching and I (like many others on this forum) have yet to hear anything back on this. My wife and I would like to travel to Canada in June and Ireland in August so I am wondering if I need to do anything before hand? If I don't hear anything back from Homeland Security before my status expires on 5/8/2018 do I need to do anything? Will I have issues getting back into the country with my expired resident card and my one year extension letter that will also be expired at that point?

I did read about getting an I-551 stamp? Is that something I should be looking into?

Thanks.

[newacct]

Hi,
I am a Canadian citizen with a green card through marriage . I was granted the conditional permanent resident on 5/8/2015. I filed my I-751 (and paid my fees) within 90 days of the second anniversary of this date to get the conditions removed. I did receive a one year extension which expires on 5/8/2018, That date is approaching and I (like many others on this forum) have yet to hear anything back on this. My wife and I would like to travel to Canada in June and Ireland in August so I am wondering if I need to do anything before hand? If I don't hear anything back from Homeland Security before my status expires on 5/8/2018 do I need to do anything? Will I have issues getting back into the country with my expired resident card and my one year extension letter that will also be expired at that point?

I did read about getting an I-551 stamp? Is that something I should be looking into?

Thanks.

Your status doesn't expire on 5/8/2018. You remain a conditional permanent resident for as long as the I-751 is pending, no matter how long it takes. However, you will have no proof of that status after 5/8/2018, so you will not be able to board a plane back to the US in June and August, if you haven't gotten the new card by then. You should make an InfoPass appointment at your local USCIS office to get an I-551 stamp on your passport as temporary proof of permanent residency. Many offices have all appointments taken, so check early and often.

[kgingras]

Your status doesn't expire on 5/8/2018. You remain a conditional permanent resident for as long as the I-751 is pending, no matter how long it takes. However, you will have no proof of that status after 5/8/2018, so you will not be able to board a plane back to the US in June and August, if you haven't gotten the new card by then. You should make an InfoPass appointment at your local USCIS office to get an I-551 stamp on your passport as temporary proof of permanent residency. Many offices have all appointments taken, so check early and often.

Thanks for the advice! My local office actually has many open appointments so I will be booking something soon to get the I-551 stamp.

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

Hi,
I am a Canadian citizen with a green card through marriage . I was granted the conditional permanent resident on 5/8/2015. I filed my I-751 (and paid my fees) within 90 days of the second anniversary of this date to get the conditions removed. I did receive a one year extension which expires on 5/8/2018, That date is approaching and I (like many others on this forum) have yet to hear anything back on this. My wife and I would like to travel to Canada in June and Ireland in August so I am wondering if I need to do anything before hand? If I don't hear anything back from Homeland Security before my status expires on 5/8/2018 do I need to do anything? Will I have issues getting back into the country with my expired resident card and my one year extension letter that will also be expired at that point?

I did read about getting an I-551 stamp? Is that something I should be looking into?

Thanks.

You are actually eligible for citizenship and if you are considering becoming a citizen, you should not delay filing your N-400 because your I-751 has not been adjudicated. Conditional permanent residents are eligible to apply for citizenship. This is straight of the USCIS policy manual. Furthermore, your N-400 will likely be processed before you even hear anything on your I-751. This will cause the adjudicator to have to go grab your I-751 and either finalize it or put it at the top of the pile of whoever has it. Here is the timeline of someone from another site - vis@j0urn3y. Look at the dates and you'll see USCIS sat on this I-751 from 5/5/15 until its approval on 3/28/16.
Coincidentally, The person filed for citizenship on 03/22/16. NOA on 3/25/16. There are many cases like this one. You would be filing for citizenship based on marriage to a US citizen and your spouse would have to be present, and you will have to have some proof of bona fide marriage - nothing as hefty as the proof for the I-751- but clearly the marriage is real at the 3 year mark when you are applying for naturalization. So if there is a N-400 based on marriage to a US citizen, they just push that I-751 through because they will have the two of you there for an interview anyway.
Sure, you can make an infopass appointment and get a I-551 stamp. since Canada is down with dual citizenship, I Just wanted to make sure you knew this is also an option.

http://www. ******** ***.com/timelin....php?id=225612

Lifting Conditions
Event Date
CIS Office : Vermont Service Center
Date Filed : 2015-05-05
NOA Date : 2015-05-12
RFE(s) :
Bio. Appt. : 2015-06-10
Interview Date :
Approval / Denial Date : 2016-03-28
Approved : Yes
Got I551 Stamp : No
Green Card Received : 2016-04-12
Comments : Card production ordered 4/4/16.
Card mailed 4/7/16.
USPS tracking number 4/8/16.

List of documents I sent:
- 2013 & 2014 tax returns.
- Copy of 2013 & 2014 home leases.
- Copy of our driving licenses showing same home address.
- Copy of front page of my wife's passport showing her married name.
- Joint car insurance policy.
- Joint rental insurance policy.
- Bank statements from joint checking account (3 copies)
- Joint credit card.
- Joint cell phone bills (3 copies).
- Health insurance cards.
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance enrollment summaries showing spouse as beneficiary.
- Travel itineraries (9 trips: 5 international, 4 domestic)
- Photographs (13 photos mostly from the trips)
- Affidavits (one from wife's family, one from a long time close friend)

Citizenship
Event Date
Service Center : Lewisville TX Lockbox
CIS Office : Boston MA
Date Filed : 2016-03-22
NOA Date : 2016-03-25
Bio. Appt. : 2016-04-20
Interview Date : 2016-06-24
Approved : Yes
Oath Ceremony : 2016-07-21
Comments : Applied while ROC still pending. Sent a copy of my expired conditional green card and copies of I-751 extension letter & biometrics notice with my application. Naturalization eligibility began 3/14/16. Day 0: Sent package with overnight mail via USPS Priority Mail Express on 3/22/16. Day 1: Package arrived at Dallas Lockbox on 3/23/16. Credit card charged 680$ on 3/25/16. Received E-mail&Text for NOA dated 3/25/16 on 3/29/16. Letter came in mail 4/1/16, priority date was 3/23/16. Biometrics appointment letter came in mail 4/8/16. Day 20: Gave fingerprints on 4/20/16. Day 49: Received E-mail&Text for in-line for interview on 5/11/16. (Exactly 30 days before the 3rd anniversary of my GC). Day 54: Received E-mail&Text for the interview is scheduled on 5/16/16. Interview letter came in the mail on 5/19/16 for June 24th. Received 2nd Interview letter on 5/20/16 for June 29th. Day 93: Went for the first interview on 6/24/16 and they conducted the interview. Recommended for approval. Day 104: Received Text for in-line for oath ceremony on 7/5/16. Day 105: Received Text for oath ceremony scheduling on 7/6/16. Oath Ceremony letter came in the mail on 7/9/16. Day 120: Oath Ceremony on 7/21/16. List of documents referring to me and my spouse sent with my application: 1) Daughter's birth certificate. 2) 2013, 2014, 2015 IRS transcripts. 3) Bank statements (4 months). 4) Mortgage/Deed contracts. One monthly mortgage statement. 5) 2013&2014 home leases. 6) Joint home and auto insurance policies.

[montu86]

Hi,
I am a Canadian citizen with a green card through marriage . I was granted the conditional permanent resident on 5/8/2015. I filed my I-751 (and paid my fees) within 90 days of the second anniversary of this date to get the conditions removed. I did receive a one year extension which expires on 5/8/2018, That date is approaching and I (like many others on this forum) have yet to hear anything back on this. My wife and I would like to travel to Canada in June and Ireland in August so I am wondering if I need to do anything before hand? If I don't hear anything back from Homeland Security before my status expires on 5/8/2018 do I need to do anything? Will I have issues getting back into the country with my expired resident card and my one year extension letter that will also be expired at that point?

I did read about getting an I-551 stamp? Is that something I should be looking into?

Thanks.

Yes. You better get i-551 stamped before you leave. Get an appointment ASAP because it is very hard to get an infopass appointment. It gets booked within seconds and you have no slots open for 2 weeks. I got mine after a month and I checked 15 times daily if any slots were open within 100 miles of where I live.

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

Yes. You better get i-551 stamped before you leave. Get an appointment ASAP because it is very hard to get an infopass appointment. It gets booked within seconds and you have no slots open for 2 weeks. I got mine after a month and I checked 15 times daily if any slots were open within 100 miles of where I live.

Next time you need one, you can use two google extensions - Visual Ping & Super Auto Refresh. Google this as is, including quotation marks, "How to get an appointment on infopass". It will be the first result. It's a thread from another site. Explains how to use those two extensions. Very easy.