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11 minutes ago, nyoleg said:

which airlines did you fly?

KLM/Delta 

I travelled on the stamp twice from Europe and was never sent to secondary upon arrival. Airline third party agent in Zurich struggled to check me in one time but after calling the airline they figured it out.

Enjoy your trip! 

21 hours ago, Waltersisulu said:

How long does it take to receive the corrected green card back ?

55 minutes ago, Pengunista said:

I agree it takes a while.  I should know since I still haven’t receive my correct green card.  Last October I got my conditional green card with the wrong “resident since” date. So I sent my card back a long with I-90.  They got it October 14, 2019. End of November I did biometrics and until now, nothing. 

Once the I-90 has been accepted send an expedite request straight to the service center. I had the same problem, wrong birth date, on my 10 year GC. The whole thing was resolved in a bit over a month. 

49 minutes ago, blujewel said:

You said you ahd already files online before sending original Gc to them with expedited request right?

No never filed electronically. I’m not sure to be honest, I guess when you get the receipt in the mail you would copy that and send it + GC to whatever service center is listed on the receipt, probably with a short letter explaining the situation, list your A number and receipt number on every page you send them. Seems like Potomac handles I90s, that’s where I sent my expedite request. Perhaps they will send you further instructions with the receipt. But I would call USCIS and ask where to send the GC or start a new topic here on VJ. Don’t want to give you the wrong info. 

Hi! 
I sent it with the original i90, in the same envelope. So applied by mail not electronically since I was afraid they would loose the GC and claim they never got it. 

11 hours ago, BingoH said:

I was watching a « Border Security » episode yesterday, one of the segments was about a woman coming back from Ukraine with her conditional GC after divorcing her American husband, the CBP officer told her that her card was linked to her marriage and she had to surrender it at the border but she was allowed in as a tourist tho… well it’s worth what it’s worth it’s a show but it may be helpful.

I remember that episode. Although the lady was living back in Ukraine again just using her GC as a visitors visa, trying to keep it alive, in case she decided she wanted to move back at some point. It’s season 1 ep 21 of Border Security, available on Netflix. 

9 hours ago, payxibka said:

I'm a million mile flyer and have never been asked this

Delta asks this for certain countries, Ghana being one of the. Every time my mother in law goes to Accra for a visit, and we bought her a ticket we have to go to the airport and show the credit card. She is in NYC and we are in Minneapolis, but we just go to MSP and they clear something in the reservation and then she can check in. Definitely worth calling the airline in advance. 

Hi. No I did the paper application but I imagine that electronically would be faster. You get your case number faster and can proceed with the expedite request. 

I think I did paper because I had to send back the faulty GC as well. So I did it all in one pack. 

I wrote a short letter with the title “Expedite request due to USCIS error”.

Then listed A number and I90 receipt number.

Then a paragraph no more than ten lines explaining that they had put the wrong year in my date of birth on GC and informing them that I had already filed an I90.

Then I listed the proof included with letter. 

Put my address phone number at the bottom and signed it. 

I included copies of GC with wrong dob, passport with correct dob, copy of 2 year GC with correct dob, copy of drivers license with correct dob. I circled the mistake and also circled the correct year pointing out what my corrected GC should say.

Put it all in an envelope sent it off to the Potomac address, with expedite request written on the front of the envelope. Two weeks later I got an email saying they approved my request and a week later I had the corrected GC. 

Hope that helps!!

https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume1-PartA-Chapter12.html

You could send an expedite request directly to the Potomac Service center, by regular mail. 

This is is what happened to me: 

I got my 10 year GC in early may 2018: they put the wrong date of birth on it. I filed an I90 right away. As soon as I had the receipt number I sent an expedite directly to Potomac, a letter with a few pages of evidence pointing out their mistake. I got my corrected GC Monday last week, with an apology of sorts.

mark the envelope “expedite request”

good luck

Hi, I travelled back from Europe, with the stamp, after my 10 year GC had been issued and mailed to my address in the US. No problem besides having to reassure the check-in agent that the stamp is an equivalent of a GC. Hope that helps!!

9 hours ago, N-o-l-a said:

 

I was certain I had seen them at Target, but they seem to be constantly switching up their yogurt/dairy sections.  They must of cut it when they made more room for non-dairy options next to the milk.   I'm just glad they have skyr, my kids eat that by the boatload.  

 

Speaking of which, about a year ago Target got rid of Wasa crispbread.  My local store only carries light rye, so that was kind of annoying.  

The grocery stores around here carries Wasa and also Leksands Knäckebröd which is a favorite of mine, so I’m lucky I guess ;-)

Did you know that Costco sells Arla Havarti Cheese/Hushållsost, sliced, by the big pack. It takes me about two months to get through but if you have kids I imagine it would be convenient.

On 2018-05-09 at 4:15 AM, LizM said:

Hej alla. Just checking in here to say thanks for all the help I've received from the this forum so far. I picked up my visa yesterday and I'm leaving Sweden for the US on the 24th of May. It all feels so surreal.

 

Until then, please let me know what I need to bring from Sweden that I can't easily get in the US (good chocolate is already on my list) . Cheers & good day to you all!

Congrats!!

For me the product I was going to miss the most was Filmjölk. Fortunately we found that there is a company, Siggi’s Dairy, that makes what they call Swedish style filmjölk - non-fat drinkable yoghurt here in the U.S. I would say that it is pretty similar to the mellanfil back home and come in plain, raspberry, blueberry and vanilla. The flavored ones are a bit too sweet but the plain one do the trick for me. They carry them at Whole Foods, at least here in the Minneapolis area and they used to have them at Target but that didn’t last long.

58 minutes ago, onedaycloser said:

Congratulations!!! Did you apply for N-400 the 90 before your 3rd LPR anniversary? 

 

Your approval gives me hope

Thank you!! No I haven’t applied for N-400 yet, I travel a lot so really wanted that 10 year GC in case the citizenship process kept on dragging out. But now with the GCs having the wrong info on them I might have to get used to travelling with the stamp, we’ll see. Will start my N-400 asap though. 

Were you you also transferred to Texas Service Center?

6 hours ago, Ck207 said:

Did your status change? 

Yes, but only on the new website, the one that requires a one-time password to log in. The older one still says “My name was updated”.

54 minutes ago, shell20 said:

Congratulations!! Go celebrate after such a long wait.  Weird how they update birthdates just before they approve, must be a little quirk of theirs.   I see you were a Texas transfer, shame they didnt transfer everyone. I hope your GC doesn't have the wrong date. I received an update on my N400 case today and they did the wrong date when they last touched my case, but its the USCIS, they have three speeds, slow, stop. reverse. Any way this is a joyous day a time to celebrate. So pleased for you!!

Thank you Shell, I appreciate it! Will do what most of you guys already have and start the citizenship application soon.

I’m a February 2017 CSC filer and was just approved, according to the my.uscis.gov case check website anyway.

Here is my timeline:

NOA 1: February 13- 2017

Biometrics: March 10 - 2017

Texas transfer: March 14 - 2018

Got Stamp: March 28- 2018

Name, dob update : April 25 - 2018

Approved - April 26 - 2018

Now preparing myself for a GC with the wrong resident since info on it!!

9 minutes ago, BenjaRu said:

Seriously? WOW, pretty good at keeping their site updated *sarcastic face* That's good to know though - thanks for sharing that! Does give me hope again!

Oh nice, I'll have to check round then. Thx for that!

I wonder how fast they will process our cases... my extension letter expires today but is that extending the expiry of my card for 12 months or should I go ahead with the stamp in passport process because my letter has expired?

The letter extends the date on the card for another 12 months. My card with extension is expiring on may 11 so I will get the stamp about 30 days before that. Yeah at this point any news at all is pretty exciting!! 

58 minutes ago, BenjaRu said:

Has anybody else's case been transferred to the MSP field office? I just read something that said they are the slowest field office in the country!! I am a Feb 2017 filer and my case was transferred yesterday (26th). I haven't been able to get an INfoPass appt yet - near impossible - it also says when trying to make an appt that they are moving their office in April so will be closed from April 19-25... AAArrrgghhhh!!!

I'm at the MSP office and also had my case transferred, supposedly. The info about the office moving is from last year when they moved from Bloomington to downtown Minneapolis. The info pass slots open up after midnight and had tons available last week when I was looking every day.