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Finally received the Green Card on Tuesday. I may be the last one to receive it but heyyy better late than never eh! :-D

Congratulations maxy925. You may be the last one who posts to let us know. I updated the spreadsheet and there are a few that probably have received their GC but are still out celebrating and have not posted the good news. Enjoy your 18 month break from USCIS.

Congratulations maxy925!! You've had a long wait.

Congratulations jojo_gee and amylou on receiving your GCs. See you back here when we all file for the next step.

Sorry, I have been out of the country for the last 2 weeks, but got back yesterday to find my Green Card in the mail

Not sure when it arrived exactly, but it is dated 2/9. Whew.

I travelled on my AP with no problems at all. Had to go through secondary screeing at Atlanta, but the officer was very friendly.

Congratulations DallasJeeper and welcome back.

Congratulations Mike to you and your family.

@ maxy925, congrats on finally getting the interview scheduled. Keep us posted.

@ Mike, yes, that email sequence is what we received. I think the approval notice email is when the card is actually mailed out. You should receive it in a few days.

@ jojo_gee, great news on the interview. Congratulations.

Hi Joe,

We actually arrived in So Cal this past week. Heading into OC tomorrow morning to look for short term apt rentals. Continuing the job search for the next three months, now as a "local" applicant.

Will you be accompanying Valeria for her trip to the US? You must be so excited!

Greg

Joe, it's great to hear that Valeria got her replacement Visa, even though it was quiet a journey. She needs to keep a copy of her vaccination record which will be needed for the medical part of the AOS filing. Also, if she has a copy of the medical exam, that's good to keep too. It's not needed, but sometimes people get an RFE for a full medical, even though the "sealed" one is submitted at POE.

We're very happy for you Joe. Hope Valeria can join you soon.

Greg

Yes Greg, it was really good to get those notifications following the USCIS Officer who said it would take 90 days!

As to when we get the actual mail... mail to Riverton, Wyoming takes an extra two days no matter where it is sent from (outside of Wyoming). So if it normally takes three days, we will not see it for at least 5 days. That's just the way it is here. It will eventually come.

Your GC is good for 10 years, right? Our USCIS Officer said ours would be for 14 years. I was more than a little surprised by that. Is he just suffering from CRS syndrome?

Our first GC is good for 2 years, but I've always heard the that the nonconditional GC is 10 years. I've not heard of a 14 year card.

Ten minutes after I posted the previous item I got SMS messages about an update of the cases. I went to the web and this is what I saw for each of them:

Document production or Oath Ceremony

On February 23, 2010, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you

Hooray!

Congratulations Mike on the approvals!!

Great that you were able to get the online updates just in time and get your approval email. So many people have been told that their approvals will be pending and then they receive the approval email within days.

Greg

Congratulations to all! I got my residency card too!!!! =)

Congratulations kitikchat on receiving your GC. See you back here in 1 yr and 9 mo for the ROC. :-)

Good luck Mike to you and Beth. I know that everything will come out fine. It's been an unexpectedly long journey for you, but now you are at the end. We are anxious to hear the results or your interview.

We each take so many different paths to resolution. Through it all we have the love of our partners. VJ gives us valuable guidance and support of the community.

Our October filers group has been especially active throught this process. I feel very blessed with the friendship of those I have met here.

Mike, I looking forward to hearing the resulting of your interview. I'm sure it will be positive.

Jellie, for us we needed two police checks, one from Hong Kong (where we were) and one from Australia. The Hong Kong one was easy. Just went to police HQ, had the fingerprints done and they submit the check directly to the US Embassy in about a week.

Australia was another story. We ordered a "name check only" and it took about a month to receive. At the interview the US Embassy in Hong Kong would not accept a name check only when we had to order another one with fingerprints which took another month plus another fee.

Perhaps the requirments vary by US Embassy. The turnaround times do vary by country.

Good luck to you on your journey.

And now for a little levity! My wife Beth and her daughter's cases (over four months since the NOA date) were today made live on the USCIS website.

As posted earlier - the interviews are next Tuesday. We are ready - we hope. The house is now jointly titled with right of survivorship. Her car is jointly titled. We have a joint bank account. We have all the basic records, the marriage certificate and photos, plus school report cards, and other school things for our daughter including her swim team photo. I am bringing the quit-claim deed which added Beth to ownership of the house, the car title and bank statements for the joint account. Hopefully that will meet their requirements.

Wow Mike. Finally they put your cases on their website!

Good luck with your interview next week. I'm sure you'll do fine. We took a mountain of paperwork and proof, but didn't need any of it. But I would not have felt comfortable unless we were fully prepared. I hope you get the approval at the interview and not the wait for the supervisors approval. You've waited long enough. With your cases on the web you can sign up for email updates and receive an email when they order production of the GC.

Congratulations gennyangel on receiving the GC! and to maxy925 on receiving the EAD.

@ joshue, sorry you were not approved on the spot, but others had similar experiences. Some IO need to have their supervisor do the final approval. I think they just give you a long estimate (4 - 6 weeks). Hopefully you'll receive the "card production" email within a week.

My wife's green card arrived in the mail yesterday, February 12th. It might have arrived sooner, because we were snowed in, and mail wasn't delivered for a few days.

Congratulations Kevin and Leilei on receiving the GC.

Good luck to Joshue who has the interview tomorrow!

When I got home from work on Friday I found that my Green Card had arrived!!!!

Thanks to everyone here that provided me with guidance when I needed it. This site definitely made the process much more clear and saved me mucho $ in lawyers fees since I was able to do the whole thing on my own.

Take care,

W.

Congratulations on receiving the GC.

GREEN CARD!!!!!!

Congratulations Kelvan on receiving your GC. Too bad the biometrics slowed you down a bit, but you have it now!

Thank you Gregg and Rebecca I'm sure everything else is just a matter or time now :-D

Quick question on obtaining a license with Ead and SSN. Does the dmv accept social security cards with the restriction? I live in Mass but I wanna hear it from other states as well.

The EAD and restricted SSN were accepted in Hawaii for the DL.

Hi maxy925, thanks for the updates. You're back on track now. I'm sure you'll be receiving your EAD card soon and interview letter.

Congratulations luckykaren on receiving your GC. See you back here in 1 year and 9 months.

First of all I would like to thank this forum and the wonderful people that answered all my questions.

My wife had her interview today at 11.00. We were there at 10.30 along with our daughter. We were called at 11.30 and our daughter was getting restless. Wife had to keep feeding her jelly beans to keep her under control. The officer was a middle aged guy , very polite and a good sense of humor. When he called us in he apologized for being late and said not everyone's case is as straight forward as yours with a wink. He had a file of all the documents I had sent for I-485. He first asked us to raise our right hand before and swear that we tell the truth. He asked for our drivers licenses and citizenship proofs. My wife's drivers license had an old address. He asked why are living separate. My wife immediately said she did not update the records and started digging the folder which had tons of bills with her name and current address on it. My daughter became busy in playing with stationery on the table while I was making ready for all the documents he may ask. He asked for our copies of daughter's birth certificate, auto insurance policy, credit cards and joint account bank statements. He said that was more than enough though I always thought I was under prepared. He took away the original EAD and Advanced parole. He stamped my wife's passport with permanent resident stamp and said you are free to travel. After 2 yrs and 9 months you are eligible to apply for US citizenship he said and again apologized for the delay.

Woohoo!

Good luck to everyone !

Congratulations Desi4ever on your approval!!

Yipee!!! Finally got the Green Card

Congratulations laurelmike.

Congratulations Genny on your approval.

DallasJeeper, too bad the IO couldn't approve you on the spot, but you'll probably get approved within a day or two. Also, too bad you have to make another appointment just to get the I-551 stamp. Like you say, a little more waiting.

Congrats abhijith on receiving the GC in the mail.

Thanks Gregg,im ready for the interview but what annoying is my EAD never arrived though i recieved two notification in the mail last December. I tried to call the USCIS but i couldnt follow up my case cuz it always says i entered a lacking digit. Its been over a month for that EAD grrrr.....I hope its not a big deal if i dont have EAD to show to the IO on thursday. Cant wait this things over and oh its pouring rain outta here in honolulu...

BTW Genny, at the interview we were not asked for the EAD card or the AP. Even if they do, just say you didn't receive it. Should not be a problem.

Another VJ member had their interview in Honolulu on 1/22 and was approved. Their experience was similar to ours.

Good luck. Let us know how it goes.