800 days

[Krikit 1,164]

Wow. Good vibes and prayers going out to LaL, Helinna, AOS Despair, and Huskerfan for a 2008 approval date.

[CKS 0]

CKS, if your application is held up long enough, you won't have to apply to remove conditions. This is yet another silly side effect of the hold-ups. Our application has been pending for two years now. Our second anniversary was last month, so when my husband's green card is finally issued, it should be a 10-year card. It gets tricky--and I think this is what you're concerned about--if the application is held up for a while but not quite two years. For example, let's say that my husband's green card was finally issued November 30, 2007. Because we we were a few days shy of two years, he'd have to apply to remove conditions 21 months later, at which point we'd have been married for nearly four years. In the namecheck thread, a few of us posted when we'd passed the two-year anniversary mark (for marriage, that is), celebrating that at least we'd be able to skip the removal of conditions step.

I'd say a major drag--aside from the obvious pisser of the general anxiety and having to fork over hundreds of dollars to renew interim benefits--is that the time spent in name check delay doesn't count toward the residency required for citizenship. If my husband had received his green card shortly after the interview, we'd be thinking about applying for naturalization next year. As it is, it will be at least three years from when he finally receives the card, which hasn't happened yet. Now, that sucks.

My husband's third EAD is currently in process.

Babblesgirl, the regular EAD isn't as complicated as the temporary EAD. Regular EADs are good for a year. You just have to be careful to reapply 90 days before the previous one expires to ensure that there isn't a gap in employment authorization. I don't think there's a sure way to avoid a gap w/ the temp EAD.

Thanks for the reply. That clear's up a lot of things for us. In a nutshell I may not need to file for lifting of conditions if the green card comes after the 2 year anniversary but the shitty side is that the time spent waiting for the green card is not going to count towards applying to become a citizen.

[Empress of Groovy 373]

Thanks for the reply. That clear's up a lot of things for us. In a nutshell I may not need to file for lifting of conditions if the green card comes after the 2 year anniversary but the shitty side is that the time spent waiting for the green card is not going to count towards applying to become a citizen.

Right. And having to keep track of, and continue to pay for, EAD and AP renewal. Which are now $340 and $305, respectively.

May you have a short wait, making all this irrelevant! Most people are not stuck this long.

[rebeccajo 14]

Thanks for the reply. That clear's up a lot of things for us. In a nutshell I may not need to file for lifting of conditions if the green card comes after the 2 year anniversary but the shitty side is that the time spent waiting for the green card is not going to count towards applying to become a citizen.

Right. And having to keep track of, and continue to pay for, EAD and AP renewal. Which are now $340 and $305, respectively.

May you have a short wait, making all this irrelevant! Most people are not stuck this long.

But enough are to make it relevant.

To remind other readers that waiting 90 days or so for a greencard is NOT long.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Laura and Julie, and everyone else that has been waiting longer than 120 days for your Green Card, I'm really sorry that you've been waiting this bloody long. I hope that a change in course in this country will include resolving such immigration boondoggling.

[rebeccajo 14]

My husband told me he was passing his greencard around at work the other day.

Most Americans have never seen one.

Yes, he was being the 'performing immigrant'....lol

[CKS 0]

It's been over 5 months since we went for our interview. The last update was August 8th, 2007 on the infamous USCIS site. Today, both receipt numbers for the I-485 and I-765 received touches. Don't know what it means and why they both would show touches since the EAD was already approved a while back but I sure hope it is something good. I was already in the process of filing for the I-131 and after seeing this last update, I don't know if I should wait since it is going to cost $305 to get the travel document. Wish this nightmare would come to an end. Sigh.

[Ephesia 0]

LOL! That's hilarious, Becca!

My husband told me he was passing his greencard around at work the other day.

Most Americans have never seen one.

Yes, he was being the 'performing immigrant'....lol

Helinna posted yesterday that his wife finally got her approval.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=104757