teensy mistake on green card

[Leasel7 1]

After the all the excitement wore off over receiving my husband's green card a few days ago, I took another close look at it and discovered a teeny tiny mistake -- they misspelled the name of his country. How they managed that I do not know; one would think they select the green card holder's country from a pull down menu rather than typing it in. The mistake is minor though; instead of

SOLOMON ISLANDS

the card says

SOLOMON

S

ISLANDS

(extra letter highlighted in red!)

Since we're just talking an extra "S", and the country is clearly identifiable, I'm inclined to think we shouldn't bother having it corrected. My feeling was reinforced when I read the I-90 thread and found that we would have to send the green card back, file yet more immigration paperwork (I-90), possibly pay a fee (up to $260), and wait a month or two....or more....to get a corrected card. Ugh.

Thankfully they managed to spell his complicated Polynesian middle and last names correctly, got his birthdate right, and the other dates are right.

Any thoughts?

[sjoefl01 1]

I would ignore it. I doubt most Americans would know the difference.

[scotty 0]

not worth the hassle,

[ceriserose 1]

Just so you know, if they send you a green card that is incorrect due to their administrative error, the fee is waived.

I agree though, I doubt the one letter off would cause any difficulties for you, as most people wouldn't even notice the difference. Something like a name or gender (or like in my case, birthday) would be more crucial to change as it's a primary identifier.

[motu 5]

I agree - its immaterial - just ignore it. Its more hassle to send it back and wair for them to send you the corrected one. (If you are planning to send it back - get a state ID before you send it back - will be handy if they take long to send it.) Good Luck