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Pandora01   0

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Hello everyone! :)

It's been a while since I posted, been really busy with our house and horses. I hope everybody is doing well. I moved last November and applied for AOS, EAD and AP in January. I received my AP and EAD at the beginning of April. My case for adjustment of status was transferred to California so I figured it would take a loooooonnnnnnng time before it got processed. Well, surprise, I received my welcoming letter on April 15. Wow, that's quick! In there, they say that I should be receiving my card within 3 weeks. Surprise again, I received it two days later! Wooohoo! :dance: Talk about fast! :thumbs:

So now I'm done with all my paperwork for a while, even have my ND driver license now. Makes me a happy person, that's for sure! :) :) :)

I do have one question though. My work authorization card is valid for one year and I will have to have conditions removed on my permanent residence in two years. I thought that what is called the green card is the work authorization but now I read in the guide for new immigrants that the permanent resident card is sometimes called the green card. Since I received my permanent residence, do I still need the work authorization card? Do I need to renew it or I can just forget about it?

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Otto Grand Master

Otto   83

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Once you have the PR/Green Card - the EAD (Employment Authorization Document) is no longer needed (and does not need to be renewed) - ours is now in a scrap book. (Same goes for the AP documents you received.)

Congrats... :thumbs:

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Congratulations! Yes, your PR card is your green card and you no longer need the EAD or the AP. They are souvenirs!

Starting 90 days before the 2nd anniversary of your green card a 'window' opens during which time you apply to remove the conditions on your 2 year card and apply for your 10 year card. What you can start doing now is set aside a box and put into it documents that arrive or that you generate on a daily basis that prove the validity of your marriage - joint account statements; joint bills; joint utilities; hehehe - documents related to the wellbeing and management of the horses in both of your names; deeds; wills;, letters, cards - anything and everything that shows you living together as a married couple. Then when the time comes around you just need to select the appropriate documents from this box that proves you have a real marriage, fill out the application and send it off.

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My EAD was worthless right from the beginning. I received my green card before the EAD came. Filed for both at the same time. You don't need your EAD now.

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Congrads on the green card.. best to put the EAD in a completely different spot than your GC.. I've almost taken my EAD on trips.. not a good thing to do!! :)

AOS:

2007-02-22: Sent AOS /EAD

2007-03-06 : NOA1 AOS /EAD

2007-03-28: Transferred to CSC

2007-05-17: EAD Card Production Ordered

2007-05-21: I485 Approved

2007-05-24: EAD Card Received

2007-06-01: Green Card Received!!

Removal of Conditions:

2009-02-27: Sent I-751

2009-03-07: NOA I-751

2009-03-31: Biometrics Appt. Hartford

2009-07-21: Touched (first time since biometrics) Perhaps address change?

2009-07-28: Approved at VSC

2009-08-25: Received card in the mail

Naturalization

2012-08-20: Submitted N-400

2013-01-18: Became Citizen

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Congrads on the green card.. best to put the EAD in a completely different spot than your GC.. I've almost taken my EAD on trips.. not a good thing to do!! :)

Funny. Mine was taken away at the interview?

"...My hair's mostly wind,

My eyes filled with grit

My skin's white then brown

My lips chapped and split

I've lain on the prairie and heard grasses sigh

I've stared at the vast open bowl of the sky

I've seen all the castles and faces in clouds

My home is the prairie and for that I am proud…

If You're not from the Prairie, you can't know my soul

You don't know our blizzards; you've not fought our cold

You can't know my mind, nor ever my heart

Unless deep within you there's somehow a part…

A part of these things that I've said that I know,

The wind, sky and earth, the storms and the snow.

Best say that you have - and then we'll be one,

For we will have shared that same blazing sun." - David Bouchard

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Congrads on the green card.. best to put the EAD in a completely different spot than your GC.. I've almost taken my EAD on trips.. not a good thing to do!! :)

Funny. Mine was taken away at the interview?

I think Eman was approved w/o an interview (transfer to CSC) same as me.... so I still have my EAD as well. I think if you have an interview they do take away your EAD/AP.

K-1

I-129F sent to Vermont: 2/19/08

NOA1: 2/21/08

NOA2: 3/10/08

Packet 3 recd: 3/25/08

Packet 3 sent: 4/18/08

Appt letter recd: 6/16/08

Interview at Montreal Consulate: 7/10/08 **APPROVED!!**

K1 recd: 7/15/08

US Entry at Buffalo, New York: 11/15/08

Wedding in Philadelphia: 11/22/08

AOS

AOS/EAD/AP filed at Chicago Lockbox: 12/17/08

NOA: 12/29/08

Case transferred to CSC: 1/7/09

AOS Approval: 4/2/09

Biometrics appt: 1/16/09

EAD received: 3/12/09

AP received: 3/13/09

AOS approval notice sent: 4/2/09

GC received: 4/9/09

ROC

Sent package to VSC: 1/5/11

NOA1: 1/7/11

Biometrics: 2/14/11

Approval letter received: 8/1/11

GC received: 8/11/11

Citizenship:

N-400 sent to Dallas lockbox: 3/1/12

NOA1: 3/6/12

Biometrics: 4/9/12

Interview: 5/25/12

Oath Ceremony: 6/4/2012

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Congrads on the green card.. best to put the EAD in a completely different spot than your GC.. I've almost taken my EAD on trips.. not a good thing to do!! :)

Funny. Mine was taken away at the interview?

I think Eman was approved w/o an interview (transfer to CSC) same as me.... so I still have my EAD as well. I think if you have an interview they do take away your EAD/AP.

Righto.. never had an interview, have 2 cards which LOOK identical.. will have 3 if my permanent GC comes through w/o interview :) I'll have to start shredding them then soooo confusing :wacko:

AOS:

2007-02-22: Sent AOS /EAD

2007-03-06 : NOA1 AOS /EAD

2007-03-28: Transferred to CSC

2007-05-17: EAD Card Production Ordered

2007-05-21: I485 Approved

2007-05-24: EAD Card Received

2007-06-01: Green Card Received!!

Removal of Conditions:

2009-02-27: Sent I-751

2009-03-07: NOA I-751

2009-03-31: Biometrics Appt. Hartford

2009-07-21: Touched (first time since biometrics) Perhaps address change?

2009-07-28: Approved at VSC

2009-08-25: Received card in the mail

Naturalization

2012-08-20: Submitted N-400

2013-01-18: Became Citizen

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Congrads on the green card.. best to put the EAD in a completely different spot than your GC.. I've almost taken my EAD on trips.. not a good thing to do!! :)

Funny. Mine was taken away at the interview?

They can't take it away if you don't have an interview though.

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Didn't realize that. Sort of seems to me they should make you cut it up or something. You could always sell it to an illegal. :lol:

"...My hair's mostly wind,

My eyes filled with grit

My skin's white then brown

My lips chapped and split

I've lain on the prairie and heard grasses sigh

I've stared at the vast open bowl of the sky

I've seen all the castles and faces in clouds

My home is the prairie and for that I am proud…

If You're not from the Prairie, you can't know my soul

You don't know our blizzards; you've not fought our cold

You can't know my mind, nor ever my heart

Unless deep within you there's somehow a part…

A part of these things that I've said that I know,

The wind, sky and earth, the storms and the snow.

Best say that you have - and then we'll be one,

For we will have shared that same blazing sun." - David Bouchard

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