Got stamping done at Newrak,NJ - Our experience

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HareRam

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485 was approved on april 5th'2002 from Vermont center.
RD -11/18/2001, ND 12/10/2001.


Location, 970 Broad street Federal Bldg ,Newark,NJ

Went at about 7.30 am, building was open at 8 am...took about 5 hours to get everything done. I was expecting a large number of people , but it wasn't that bad at all , i would say there were 125 - 150 applicants for stamping process .

INS took myself and Home minister's ( wife !!) finger print at 10.20 am , approval for the back ground check from where ever (FBI ??/CIA??) came at around 1 pm .
The Immigration officer was extremely friendly and polite..... no questions asked, took our EAD cards, original approval notice of 485, advance parole docs. She told us GC will be mailed within the next 6 months, also gave us forms incase we change our residence and the GC needs to be mailed to the new address.


Just FYI... the Manager( supervisor in charge of INS ,Newark) addressed all the people gathered for their approvals ( i would say 125 - 150 altogether ) to be extremely patient to get this stamping process done . The newly practised final background check done via finger printing at times lot of time, it can take upto 3-4 hours to get results back for certain cases from some agencies through the computer system...

anyway, good luck to all of you who are waiting for your turn to go for stamping ...
( hey the stamp is nothing spectacular, just says you are a permenant resident and allowed to work , has Alien #, EAC # etc .....
the sad thing is that the stamp itself doesnot say that your are a perm resident of USA....no reference to the word USA !!!)
 
HareRam, it was nice of you to share the experience with the forum members. However, what did you expect for stamping? This is a big conspiracy. They test your patience by not giving your card right immediately after the stamping. In stead you have to wait for the real piece that says who you are. Anyway, congrats and good luck.
 
Hi,
I was expecting that the stamp will have USA/ BCIS printed on it .
my concern was how a foreign country immigration officer would read from the stamp that actually it' issued by US BCIS ? I guess if u are travelling outside US before the GC is in your hand, just to be in the safe side u should carry the 485 approval receipt ....

as a normal procedure immigration officers from any country will not let u board a plane to a different country unless u have the visa or travel doc etc ..... but this stamp we are talking about here definitely doesn't reflect anything on the *country* you have got your permanent immigrant status .I was talking to buddy of mine who went to india with this stamp, just to be in the safe side he carried the 485 approval receipt ( your copy) and showed it to Indian Immigration guys before boarding the plane in Bombay.... it was fine , he did the same thing in Germany where he stayed for a few days....
 
Thanks for sharing .. I too got stamped the same day, same location as you.
I agree with you on the GC stamping. H1 stamping looks more detail and good on the passport than GC stamping..

Keep us posted when you receive your plastic card
 
I-551 stamp in passport

I-551 stamp in your passport is a full equivalent of the plastic GC. The only difference is that anyone entering the US with the stamp but sans card is subject to a secondary immigration inspection (same as with AP).

As for foreign immigration officials -- they need not be concerned about one's status in the US. It's the carrier (most likely airlines, although ships and bus companies also fit into the category) that should be checking whether the passenger will be admitted to the US. Any check-in counter employee of an airline making flights to the US should know what an I-551 stamp looks like.. In the event that he/she doesn't, the manager will.

Technically, there's no need to carry you I-485 approval notice with you, unless you have nothing else to fill your luggage with.
 
Secondary inspection

Verify that the I-551 stamp is real, not counterfeit.. Enter your name/passport # into computer.. Run a check again the DHS database... Nothing unusual and anyone who ever travelled on AP should be familiar with it.
 
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