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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country:
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I have received a letter in the mail for my oath ceremony date and it states I need to bring all my current and expired green cards. I have my old employment authorization card and current green card but I appear to have lost or misplaces the 3 years green card I had a while ago. That card expired back in 2018, if I remember correctly and I can’t file a form for a lost green card that is no longer valid. 
Has anyone else run into this issue and how big of a problem will this be?

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Taiwan
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Take what you have.  Explain if asked..... The form states

"All Permanent Resident Cards ("green card") that you may have, valid or expired."

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country:
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13 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

Take what you have.  Explain if asked..... The form states

"All Permanent Resident Cards ("green card") that you may have, valid or expired."

Thanks for the quick reply. Do I need a police statement to explain my expired green card is lost or an additional paper to bring with me and sign? I’m going crazy looking everywhere and I still have the paper it came with which has the barcode to scan if lost.

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Taiwan
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1 minute ago, FROWNcat said:

Do I need a police statement to explain my expired green card is lost

I wouldn't worry about it.  Do you have a 10 year card?

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Taiwan
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3 minutes ago, FROWNcat said:

 
Yes I do

I wouldn't worry about the 2-year card at this point.  

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Sweden
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8 hours ago, FROWNcat said:

Thanks for the quick reply. Do I need a police statement to explain my expired green card is lost or an additional paper to bring with me and sign? I’m going crazy looking everywhere and I still have the paper it came with which has the barcode to scan if lost.

No, you don't need to show any documents/reports. I didn't bring my conditional greencard, only my 10 year one, it was never an issue. They asked, and I said I couldn't find it. That was it. I did find it later on, now storing it as a nostalgic memory with the few immigration papers I decided to keep. 

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K-1: 12-22-2015 - 09-07-2016

AP: 12-20-2016 - 04-07-2017

EAD: 01-18-2017 - 05-30-2017

AOS: 12-20-2016 - 07-26-2017

ROC: 04-22-2019 - 04-22-2020
Naturalization: 05-01-2020 - 03-16-2021

U.S. passport: 03-30-2021 - 05-08-2021

En livstid i krig. Göteborg killed it. Epic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBs3G1PvyfM&ab_channel=Sabaton

 

Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country:
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4 hours ago, Scandi said:

No, you don't need to show any documents/reports. I didn't bring my conditional greencard, only my 10 year one, it was never an issue. They asked, and I said I couldn't find it. That was it. I did find it later on, now storing it as a nostalgic memory with the few immigration papers I decided to keep. 

That is incredibly helpful since you were in the same situation. Thank you.

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Sweden
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18 hours ago, FROWNcat said:

I have received a letter in the mail for my oath ceremony date and it states I need to bring all my current and expired green cards. I have my old employment authorization card and current green card but I appear to have lost or misplaces the 3 years green card I had a while ago. That card expired back in 2018, if I remember correctly and I can’t file a form for a lost green card that is no longer valid. 
Has anyone else run into this issue and how big of a problem will this be?

 

Same experience as the others, I returned my 10-year card, didn't bother to bring the old expired conditional card or EAD and they never even asked for those.

 
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