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Silly question, but what picture do they put on your Green Card?

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LienAn   0

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I know this might sound really silly to some people, which I guess it is :) It's not a really big deal, but I was just wondering.

What picture do they use to put on your Green Card? Is it the one you sent in with your application, or the one that they took at your biometrics (which is also on your EAD)? The reason I'm asking is because I look drugged on my EAD, and I HATE that picture. And seeing that I will have it for 10 years, I'm not too happy about that, haha :)

Have a great day !!!

VanessaTony Grand Master

VanessaTony   3,567

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I know this might sound really silly to some people, which I guess it is :) It's not a really big deal, but I was just wondering.

What picture do they use to put on your Green Card? Is it the one you sent in with your application, or the one that they took at your biometrics (which is also on your EAD)? The reason I'm asking is because I look drugged on my EAD, and I HATE that picture. And seeing that I will have it for 10 years, I'm not too happy about that, haha :)

Have a great day !!

Sorry to inform you, biometrics pic!

Luckily mine's only a 2 year card and i won't be flashing it around too much hopefully.. it's not bad, but not as good as the one I sent in :)

Aussie K1 process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/206016-australian-beneficiaries-packet-3-to-interview-date/
AOS, EAD & AP - the Aussie Way (including document list) - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/235331-aos-ead-ap-from-k1-the-aussie-way-doc-list-included/
ROC April 2012 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/358760-i-751-april-2012-filers/ (includes document list)
N-400 April 2013 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/ (includes document list)

N-400 Interview review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6381814

N-400 Oath Ceremony review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6537699
Aussie Chat page continued - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/331922-new-2011-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/
Aussie Name Change on Passport Process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/248400-australian-passport-name-change-process/
Travel on maiden name passport with married name GC, tickets in married name - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/183541-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/page__view__findpost__p__4135806
Shipping Costs from Aus to US - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/293179-shipping-costs-aus-to-usa/

Notes:
- For my "standard" timeline please see timeline to the left
- For timeline with Aussie specifics & more detailed info, please see the "About Me" section of my profile

amykathleen2005 Proficient

amykathleen2005   441

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They used my husband's biometrics one for EAD and green card even though we sent in plenty of perfectly good passport photos with the original applications.....

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And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times

It's you, it's you, You make me sing.

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ROC Timeline

Sent: 7/21/12

NOA1: 7/23/12

Touch: 7/24/2012

Biometrics: 8/24/2012

Card Production Ordered: 3/6/2013

*Eligible for Naturalization: October 13, 2013*

LienAn Rookie

LienAn   0

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Sorry to inform you, biometrics pic!

Luckily mine's only a 2 year card and i won't be flashing it around too much hopefully.. it's not bad, but not as good as the one I sent in :)

Hahaha, that's not good... Ah well...

I does make me wonder why in the world they needed 7 pictures, if they only used one for my Advance Parole document. Where did the other ones go?

VanessaTony Grand Master

VanessaTony   3,567

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Hahaha, that's not good... Ah well...

I does make me wonder why in the world they needed 7 pictures, if they only used one for my Advance Parole document. Where did the other ones go?

Honestly I don't know. I think perhaps they need to update their instructions 'cause it doesn't make sense to me either... but I'm not gunna send less just in case it DOES matter...

Aussie K1 process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/206016-australian-beneficiaries-packet-3-to-interview-date/
AOS, EAD & AP - the Aussie Way (including document list) - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/235331-aos-ead-ap-from-k1-the-aussie-way-doc-list-included/
ROC April 2012 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/358760-i-751-april-2012-filers/ (includes document list)
N-400 April 2013 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/ (includes document list)

N-400 Interview review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6381814

N-400 Oath Ceremony review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6537699
Aussie Chat page continued - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/331922-new-2011-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/
Aussie Name Change on Passport Process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/248400-australian-passport-name-change-process/
Travel on maiden name passport with married name GC, tickets in married name - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/183541-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/page__view__findpost__p__4135806
Shipping Costs from Aus to US - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/293179-shipping-costs-aus-to-usa/

Notes:
- For my "standard" timeline please see timeline to the left
- For timeline with Aussie specifics & more detailed info, please see the "About Me" section of my profile

amykathleen2005 Proficient

amykathleen2005   441

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Hahaha, that's not good... Ah well...

I does make me wonder why in the world they needed 7 pictures, if they only used one for my Advance Parole document. Where did the other ones go?

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England.gif England!

And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times

It's you, it's you, You make me sing.

You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.

b0cb1a39c4.png

ROC Timeline

Sent: 7/21/12

NOA1: 7/23/12

Touch: 7/24/2012

Biometrics: 8/24/2012

Card Production Ordered: 3/6/2013

*Eligible for Naturalization: October 13, 2013*

Andz Apprentice

Andz   1

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i received the AP today and they used the picture that i sent with my application not the one taken in the biometrics appointment :)

AOS

Aug 9,2010 : married!

Aug 20,2010 : mailed AOS package

Aug 23,2010 : AOS package received by USCIS

Aug 31,2010 : received text confirmation

Sept 1,2010 : check cashed

Sept 4,2010 : received hard copy of NOA1 for AOS,EAD,AP

Sept 7,2010 : received biometrics letter. Scheduled for Sept 27,2010

Sept 9,2010 : 1st try-Walk-in Biometrics, not successful

Sept 14,2010 :2nd try-Walk-in Biometrics, successful!!!

Sept 15,2010 : Touched!

Sept 16,2010 : Touched!

Oct 9,2010 : received interview appointment letter in the mail, scheduled for Nov.9 ( mailed on Oct 5)

Oct 22,2010 : got EAD approval e-mail! (dated Oct. 21)

Ocr 22,2010 : AP got approved too!

Oct 29, 2010 : received AP in the mail.

Nov 1,2010 : received EAD card.

Nov 9,2010 : AOS interview, approved!

Nov 10,2010 : GC production order!

Nov 18,2010 : received the welcome letter.

Nov 20,2010 : received the GC!

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HeatDeath   430

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i received the AP today and they used the picture that i sent with my application not the one taken in the biometrics appointment :)

Yep.

AP Docs use the passport photo.

EAD and GC use the biometrics photo.

According to USCIS's FAQs regarding the new Naturalization Certificate, which has just been upgraded to use the biometrics photo instead of gluing one of the passport photos to the sheet (Wow! Welcome to the 1990s! :) ), they will still want passport photos for backup purposes, in case of "unforseen circumstances".

Personally I think, in addition to taking the passport photos as backups, they use them as additional security to make sure it's really you who sent in the form. They compare them with the pictures they already have of you to make sure it's really you again. It's much harder to fake a passport photo than a signature. [Mitigating against this theory is the fact that the I-751 doesn't need passport photos. <Shrug>]

DON'T PANIC

"It says wonderful things about the two countries [Canada and the US] that neither one feels itself being inundated by each other's immigrants."

-Douglas Coupland

 
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