comingsoon28

Hi,

I received my new green card on the mail last week, but we were in the middle of the process of buying a house when I filed, jusk like your husband.

All I was requested to present was my expired green card along with the extension letter. I'm not sure if the real estate laws change from state to state (we live in Tacoma/Washington), but I don't think this is going to be a problem at all.

Just to be on the safe side, I would ask your real estate agent. Better yet, your lender.

Only one advice: make sure as soon as you close on the house and sign the contract to go on the USCIS website and change your address. You can do it online, it's very simple.

Along with that your husband still have to file an AR-11 form to make sure they will have his new address on their master data-base.

I made the mistake of only changing the address online on their website and my green card ended up being sent to my old address and I only found out about it 10 days later.

So, DO NOT FORGET THE AR-11 form!!

I hope this helps and I wish you and your husband all the luck.

Congratulations on your new house!!!

Thanks so much for this information! I will definitely make sure to change our address both online and through the form

your husband is an LPR and is in process to get his 10yr green card. his IDs are as valid as yours. i dont think you need to be freaking out, you just need to be ready to answer other people's questions (because they arent immigration-savvy like VJers are!)

Thanks so much!!

That is just crazy!! Why would a lender need to see any of those (other than a picture ID)?? We refinanced in July and they only asked for ID.

Yes, it's pretty excessive. We already have the loan commitment so we are hoping they don't have a problem with anything at closing. They have already seen my husband's expired card + extension and they didn't say anything. We will try to speak to our loan officer, b/c it's the underwriter who is asking for all of these ridiculous things!

Thanks for all the replies. Our lender is asking us to bring driver's license, passport, visa/entry permit, social security, voter registration, and green card to closing. We are hoping they won't give us any issues.

My husband filed in April in Vermont Service Center, and like the rest of you, has not yet received his new green card. We are currently in the process of buying a house and we close next week. I suddenly started freaking out about this affecting our ability to close. Has anyone shown their foreign passport + expired green card + extension letter for something as big as this without a problem? Or does anyone have any experience/advice they can share? Thanks in advance.

My husband filed in April in Vermont Service Center, and like the rest of you, has not yet received his new green card. We are currently in the process of buying a house and we close next week. I suddenly started freaking out about this affecting our ability to close. Has anyone shown their foreign passport + expired green card + extension letter for something as big as this without a problem? Or does anyone have any experience/advice they can share? Thanks in advance.