typographical error in green card .. what to do?

[smileyDandelion 0]

Hi there,

I went for the AOS interview on Aug28. I received a welcome notice a few days after in my mailbox. I dont have middle name but I found they added a letter "N" as my middle name in the welcome letter.

I called the customer service center and the rep told me that it could only be a mistake from a person who typed the welcome notice and the error might not be shown on the green card. She suggested I wait until I receive the actual card.

Today (Sep 8 ) , I received my green card with that error on it.

Does anyone have similar experience or have problem with misspelling or typo error on the green card ? What do I need to do ? Do I need to mail the greencard back or can I keep this card ? Is there any form to

file or expense regarding this ?

How long does it take to get a new card ? My concern is that I plan to travel outside the US next month. I dont wanna cancel the trip .Can I use this green card or should i wait till I receive a new one ?

Since I dont have middle name, in my I-485 application, I put "NONE" in the middle name field.

I think it's possible that they understood that my middle name is "NONE"

English is not my first language and I thought I can put " none " can also means " dont have any " . I should have put N/A

In the general filing instruction, it says please answer all questions. If the answer is none, write none.

Among all the letters I got during my case is being processed,only the last two notices ( welcome notice & petition approval notice ) have the initial of middle name printed out . For the rest of the letters , only last name and first name are shown. There is no way I could verify this error ealier..

One last thing is that in the green card, last line

LASTNAME<<FIRSTNAME<<NMN, anyone knows what NMN is ?

I 'm new to this site but I hope my case would be helpful for other people.

Thanks a lot for your time and help!!

[MariaEric 0]

NMN = No Middle Name

[motu 5]

I do not recommend using "none" as the answer because I had the same problem once before on a Govt. info filing - since then I leave the middle name field blank. You may have to send it back and hopefully not have to pay for the correction - read the instructions on the card in which the Green card was attached. Good Luck (By the way I wonder if anyone will care if you keep using the card? Most places don't double check that carefully. Maybe someone can relate their experience.)

[tulpen 0]

USCIS' staff's stupidity never ceasses to amaze me. The same thing happened to me, they added N as my middle initial when I don't have one. I was told to submit an I-90 form, along with my green card to the Service Center that issued my card. On the form it says not to submit the fee if you are requesting a new card due to USCIS error. I submitted this 30 days ago, and still no Receipt Notice, which I am not sure they will send because there is no check. I have to call them this week and see what is going on...I am sure they will be very helpful. I am also travelling soon, from what I gather from other postings, you must go to your sub-office and get an I-555 stamp in your passport. I did not want to travel with this card as I was afraid I would have problems at the border.

[smileyDandelion 0]

Thank you so much for all your postings. They are very helpful and I feel better that i'm not alone.

In my card, they added "N" as an initial of my middle name while the bottom line of the card, "NMN " was printed next to my first name. If NMN means no middle name, the two info is totally conflicting on one card

Tulpen,

Could you please keep me posted when you hear back from uscis or when you get a new card ? I want to know approximately how long it takes to process this.

I'm going to call them this monday. I'll keep you post about my case & timeline too.

What service center did you mail your card to ? Should I mail it to the service center that its address was printed on the letter that comes with the greencard? I was told by the rep to fax my case to Vermont service center since I live in New York ( I filed my I485 package to Chicago tho).

However, I just checked in I-90, it says

" please refer to the letter that came with your I-551 card, also known as "Green Card". This letter provides the address for the Service Center/NBC that processed your previously filed I-90 application ".

I'm confused why the rep told me to contact Vermont since the service center addressed in the letter which comes with my green card is Missouri.

Lastly, what are supporting documents do you use? ( are passport, and birth certificate enough supporting doc ? )

Million thanks & good luck with you too!!!

[Dr_LHA 3]

Probably quicker and easier to legally change your name to add "NMN" as your middle name.

[l.j./1999 1]

NMN = No Middle Name

Yup! I had to fill out some forms for my job (I'm a government employee) and was told to write NMN instead of leaving my middle name blank. You would think that whoever generates the greencard would know that abbreviation, but I guess not.

They omitted my husband's midde name on his greencard (except for the first initial), which is quite annoying since all other IDs have to have the same name as the greencard, but we didn't think it was worth replacing the card. Good luck with getting your problem resolved !