ClevelandGuru
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I was in situation where I got an approval email for me and my wife, 2 days before our travel date. We can't travel outside the country without the stamping. We took an appointment and went there with our tickets and approval email copy. The immigration officer was kind enough to check our tickets and process our I-551 stamping without the approval notice. He checked his computer and took a printout from a "Claims database". The printout had the entire timeline of our case(date and status history of our case). He highlighted the approval status and attached it to form in place of the approval notice. He said, he is not supposed to this(I think they are authorized to do it), but he anyway did it .
I am just posting this, so that in future, if anyone is similar situation, give a try and you might be able to get the stamping without an approval notice.
I am just posting this, so that in future, if anyone is similar situation, give a try and you might be able to get the stamping without an approval notice.