Applying for the Schengen visa with the stamped passport

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fine&jadwin

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Hi everybody,

I wonder if anybody had an experiance of applying for the Schengen visa after I-485 had beem approved, passport stamped, but no actual Permanent resident card yet received?

As we all know a stamp in apssport does not look like a serious document.

Thanks.
 
fine&jadwin said:
Hi everybody,

I wonder if anybody had an experiance of applying for the Schengen visa after I-485 had beem approved, passport stamped, but no actual Permanent resident card yet received?

As we all know a stamp in apssport does not look like a serious document.

Thanks.
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I too kind of agree with you but never heard any contradicting experiences.
Apprently , you can use passport stamp for all purposes where GC card might required.
 
JoeF said:
Just like the actual GC, the stamp only has validity within the US.
Other countries may or may not accept the stamp or the GC as a valid travel document.
Depending on your citizenship, if you transit through countries of the Schengen treaty, you may need a visa. People with the actual GC don't need a visa, as far as I know (I am a citizen of one of the EU countries, so I don't need a visa in any case...)
If you want to visit a country of the Schengen treaty, again depending on your citizenship, you need a visa. In that case, it does not matter if you have a US GC, or the stamp. You would need a visa in any case.
Only Switzerland allows entry without visa for people who have the actual card. But Switzerland is not a party of the Schengen treaty.
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Hi, JoeF,

Thanks. I know this. I do need a visa, but this never was a problem. I visited Schengen countries at least 10 times during the last 10-11 years (Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Denmark). I also know that I do not need a transit visa (based on my citizenship). But this was not my question.

My question was the following; when one applies for the Schengen visa (business or tourist) in the US one needs to provide the documents proving his/her visa status in the US. If one has an H-1 visa, EAD card + Advance Parole, or green card - usually this is all what is needed. Unfortunately a PR with a stamp in passport BUT without the actual card does not have a *serious* document to prove
his/her visa status in the US. Stamp is only good because it contains the A number
(the same is with the Approval Notice), so the US immigration official can check in the US immigration database your status by your A number. However I doubt that say German Consulate has access to this database, so for Germans this stamp might look like a piece of ...

I know that Canadians and Mexicans honor this I-551 stamp, but this is another story I guess.

if anybody had actual experiance dealing with the Schengen Consulates in this situation please let me know. so far i could not get a consistent answer from the Consulate's web site and other sources.

Thanks.
 
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fine&jadwin said:
Hi everybody,

I wonder if anybody had an experiance of applying for the Schengen visa after I-485 had beem approved, passport stamped, but no actual Permanent resident card yet received?

As we all know a stamp in apssport does not look like a serious document.

Thanks.
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Yes, I did have such an experience, although not very recently.
In July 2003 I applied for a Schengen visa at the Italian consulate in Chicago
(to visit Italy in June 2003). I did not have a physical plastic card at that time, and only had a temporary stamp in my passport.
They did give me a visa then and I travelled to Italy with no problems.


However, I think that Schengen visa rules have been tightened since then and it is not clear what the situation is now.
 
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