Permanent Green Card...

[Stevo]

Well, the wifey got her card in the mail yesterday, just 6 weeks after having her passport stamped.  So much for the "12-15 months" they told us at the INS office.

They go to the trouble of making this super duper high tech card that is virtually impossible to forge, but they can't even get the info on the card right.  For the "resident since" date, the idiots put my wife's birthday!  I can understand getting the date wrong, but you'd THINK that they'd notice when the birthdate and the resident date are the SAME on the card (but then, you'd be WRONG!).

Something I DIDN'T know...even if you don't apply for card renewal after it expires, your status is unaffected.  I guess you only need to get a new 10-year card if you think you are travelling outside the USA, or if you think you need it for proof of ability to work, etc.

Stevo

[RickM]

... in response to Permanent Green Card..., posted by Stevo on Aug 21, 2004

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[Stevo]

... in response to Your Talking About I-751 In HOW LONG? N/..., posted by RickM on Aug 21, 2004

approval by VSC in late June of this year (just before the expiration of the 2-year card), followed by stamp in passport early July at the local INS office, followed by the actual 10-year card in the mail yesterday.  So total time from application to green card in hand was 16 months, give or take a week.

[RickM]

... in response to Removal of conditions application mid-Ap..., posted by Stevo on Aug 21, 2004

In any case,CONGRATULATIONS!!!

So,how did or rather "what" did Vermont approve in late June this year?

Seems you obviously applied "in late June this year" for the I-751 Removal Of Conditions from the I-551 stamp and Conditional Residency (2 year green card)? Did you apply in person somewhere rather than mailing it and think that is why it went faster than what is normal right now?

"Total Time 16 Months"...Do you mean to say you applied late July "LAST" year???

My wife applied by mail approximately 90 days before her 2 year green card was to expire and she received a letter in a few weeks telling her that her 2 year green card was extended another year and that they would be in touch.That was about 10 months ago...

[Stevo]

... in response to I Don't Quite Understand..., posted by RickM on Aug 21, 2004

[This message has been edited by Stevo]

the VSC.  Approval letter was received in late June of THIS year from VSC.  She went to the local INS to get her passport stamped in early July and was told it would be 12-15 months before she got her permanent green card in the mail...but she just got it, only 6 weeks after she got her passport stamped.  So...16 months to actual card-in-hand from the initial application, versus the approx. 26 weeks based on the estimate from the INS.

BTW, maybe what was confusing was when I originally posted that she received her approval just before the 2-year card expired.  I should have been clear that it was expiration of the 2-year card PLUS the one year extension she received in the mail just like your wife did after filing the initial application.  And the approval I was referring to was  of her Removal of Conditions (not the 1-year extension letter).

Stevo

[RickM]

... in response to Like I said, wife applied LAST year (Apr..., posted by Stevo on Aug 22, 2004

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[Jeff S]

... in response to Permanent Green Card..., posted by Stevo on Aug 21, 2004

My daughter just got her renewal 10 year card. You can do it all by mail, so it's no big deal. Just mail in some new pics and a check. There's really no reason to do without. Given the current state of political affairs, you never know what kind of new laws might be in the works.

- Jeff