![]() ![]() ![]() They are in fact a lawful permanent resident and it's one of those catch 22s that can oftentimes come up. It's a temporary travel document and it's a notice of that individual's status. So the 551 is useful but bear in mind that the 551 is temporary in and of itself, it is temporary. This is problematic for the same reason that Trump's travel ban became problematic because many airlines will probably not let that individual onto a plane if their 551 has already expired and if they don’t have their new actual lawful permanent resident card, the actual card itself. That being said, after the one year period of time has expired, if that individual is outside of the country that can become very problematic especially if they do not have actual possession of their green card card. It can even be used to travel in and out of the United States for the first year of presence of lawful permanent residence in the country. So the I-551 is in and of itself a temporary green card that is literally what it is. Presumably, during that one year period, a green card will be mailed out to that foreign spouse, which that green card will then show the lawful permanent resident nature of that individual's status. Effectively, this is a temporary green card for the first year for that foreign spouse in the United States. Customs of Border Protection in the United States, the foreign national spouse is going to be stamped into the country with what is called an I-551 stamp. What Is the I-551 Stamp? Well the culmination of the entire visa process, let’s take this from a family immigration, one has married to a Thai national, an American say is married to a Thai national, they've undertaken the process of obtaining let's say a CR-1 visa which is an immigrant visa to the United States which confers lawful permanent residence upon admission to the United States. In this video, we're going to be talking about the I-551 Stamp. ![]()
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