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Where are you keeping your greencard

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warlord Proficient

warlord   73

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I see ICE cars fairly frequently too. Not so much in my neighborhood, but all over the state in general.

I keep mine in my wallet- I'm not worried about losing it.

I know a number of people were saying that they never kept it on them since they weren't working illegally or weren't sneaking across the borders. Plus the fact they were Canadian and looked just like any other real American the chances of ever having to show their GC while in the US was pretty much zero.

But yeah it states to always carry it, so pretty sure I still did...

I'm just a wanderer in the desert winds...

Timeline

1997

Oct - Job offer in US

Nov - Received my TN-1 to be authorized to work in the US

Nov - Moved to US

1998-2001

Recieved 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th TN

2002

May - Met future wife at arts fest

Nov - Recieved 6th TN

2003

Nov - Recieved 7th TN

Jul - Our Wedding

Aug - Filed for AOS

Sep - Recieved EAD

Sep - Recieved Advanced Parole

2004

Jan - Interview, accepted for Green Card

Feb - Green Card Arrived in mail

2005

Oct - I-751 sent off

2006

Jan - 10 year Green Card accepted

Mar - 10 year Green Card arrived

Oct - Filed N-400 for Naturalization

Nov - Biometrics done

Nov - Just recieved Naturalization Interview date for Jan.

2007

Jan - Naturalization Interview Completed

Feb - Oath Letter recieved

Feb - Oath Ceremony

Feb 21 - Finally a US CITIZEN (yay)

THE END

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Brother Hesekiel Mentor

Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Yeah, I figure the chances of me losing it are greater than the chances of being stopped by a police officer and asked to prove that I'm not an illegal. They could ask my husband that, also, and he wouldn't be able to do so, either. Guess we're screwed! lol

A police officer belongs to STATE law enforcement and is thus PROHIBITED by law to even inquire about your immigration status, let alone ask you to see your Green Card. You identify yourself with your STATE driver license or STATE-issued ID.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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warlord Proficient

warlord   73

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A police officer belongs to STATE law enforcement and is thus PROHIBITED by law to even inquire about your immigration status, let alone ask you to see your Green Card. You identify yourself with your STATE driver license or STATE-issued ID.

Actually this will depend on the state. For instance in Virginia police officers have the right to inquire about immigration status as long as they have resonable suspicion. Arizona is another state where certain areas will be possibly implementing at least parts of the SB1070 bill, including allowing officers the right to inquire about status as well...

I'm just a wanderer in the desert winds...

Timeline

1997

Oct - Job offer in US

Nov - Received my TN-1 to be authorized to work in the US

Nov - Moved to US

1998-2001

Recieved 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th TN

2002

May - Met future wife at arts fest

Nov - Recieved 6th TN

2003

Nov - Recieved 7th TN

Jul - Our Wedding

Aug - Filed for AOS

Sep - Recieved EAD

Sep - Recieved Advanced Parole

2004

Jan - Interview, accepted for Green Card

Feb - Green Card Arrived in mail

2005

Oct - I-751 sent off

2006

Jan - 10 year Green Card accepted

Mar - 10 year Green Card arrived

Oct - Filed N-400 for Naturalization

Nov - Biometrics done

Nov - Just recieved Naturalization Interview date for Jan.

2007

Jan - Naturalization Interview Completed

Feb - Oath Letter recieved

Feb - Oath Ceremony

Feb 21 - Finally a US CITIZEN (yay)

THE END

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bradcanuck Rising Star

bradcanuck   1

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You are supposed to have it on you at all times. I keep mine in the sleeve in the back of my wallet 24/7.

Current Status
July, 2011 - US Citizen

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OBX Mentor

OBX   51

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I keep mine at home with my passport in the fire safe when I'm not travelling. I keep a colour copy in my wallet that I carry with me here in the US.

USCIS

NOA1 08/19/08

NOA2 01/20/09

NVC

Received 01/26/09

Completed 02/13/09 (19 Days)

Interview Assigned 03/27/09 (6 weeks after NVC completion)

Medical

04/14/09 (Toronto)

Interview

Montreal 05/12/09 (88 days after NVC completion) **APPROVED**

POE

06/16/09 Buffalo

07/02/09 Welcome Letter Received

07/07/09 Applied for SSN

07/10/09 "Card production ordered" email received

07/13/09 SSN received

07/14/09 "Approval notice sent" email received

07/17/09 GREEN CARD received

Removal of Conditions

03/21/11 I-751 mailed to VSC

03/23/11 I-751 received at VSC

03/29/11 Cheque Cashed

03/30/11 NOA1 received (3/24/11)

04/11/11 Biometrics appointment notice received

05/05/11 Biometric appointment

12/13/11 **Approval date** (5 days short of 9 months!)

12/19/11 Approval letter and green card received

Naturalization

05/16/2019 Filed online (estimated completion February 2020)

05/18/2019 Biometrics scheduled

05/21/2019 Receipt notice and biometrics notices posted to online account.05/23/2019 Hard copy of NOA1 received

05/24/2019 Hard copy of biometrics appointment received

06/07/2019 Biometrics appointment (estimated completion January 2020)

12/31/2019 Email received "Interview scheduled"

01/01/2020 Interview date notice posted to online account (02/19/2020)

01/05/2019 Hard copy of interview appointment received

02/19/2020 Interview (**Approved**) and same day Oath Ceremony. 

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VanessaTony Grand Master

VanessaTony   3,567

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I did carry mine in my wallet until 2 days ago.. a friend of mine had her wallet stolen and with the new fees a replacement is going to cost her $455.. seeing she's only conditional and that it takes (so they say) around 6 months to get the replacement, AND that she needs to ROC in 18 months, it seems pointless to apply for the new card.

As JustBob stated, state-ID is sufficient and I just got my learners permit (I'm upgrading soon.. that's another story) so that should be sufficient till I can get a colour copy of my GC in my wallet.

As a side note, if they want you to carry it, and they know that some people are horrible people and steal peoples wallets, they should minimise the fee to a more reasonable amount upon production of a police report. All they need to do is reprint the card, surely that's not $455 worth of work...

Edited by Vanessa&Tony

Aussie K1 process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/206016-australian-beneficiaries-packet-3-to-interview-date/
AOS, EAD & AP - the Aussie Way (including document list) - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/235331-aos-ead-ap-from-k1-the-aussie-way-doc-list-included/
ROC April 2012 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/358760-i-751-april-2012-filers/ (includes document list)
N-400 April 2013 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/ (includes document list)

N-400 Interview review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6381814

N-400 Oath Ceremony review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6537699
Aussie Chat page continued - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/331922-new-2011-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/
Aussie Name Change on Passport Process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/248400-australian-passport-name-change-process/
Travel on maiden name passport with married name GC, tickets in married name - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/183541-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/page__view__findpost__p__4135806
Shipping Costs from Aus to US - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/293179-shipping-costs-aus-to-usa/

Notes:
- For my "standard" timeline please see timeline to the left
- For timeline with Aussie specifics & more detailed info, please see the "About Me" section of my profile

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Canadianmade   1

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I always keep my green card in my wallet as USCIS adviced.

Removal of Conditions

05/20/2011.....................Sent off package today, so now playing the waiting game.(Day 1)

05/23/2011.....................Package was received(Day 3)

05/28/2011.....................Received NOA/one year extention letter dated 5/23/2011(Day 8)

06/04/2011.....................I got my biometrics letter in the mail, my appointment is for 06/13/2011@11:00am (Day 14)

06/13/2011.....................Biometrics appointment today @Cleveland, Ohio @11:00am (Day 23)

09/20/2011.....................Approved for 10yr green card, wooohooooo next step citizenship

09/24/2011.....................Received 10yr green card in the mail.

My window for Citizenship 05/20/2012

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coraliesolms   47

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Mine is tucked in my passport in the middle zip up pocket of my purse. Ive never thought about it going missing or being stolen, I just assumed that it would be a good idea to keep it on me at all times.

Invictus..

Out of the night that covers me,

Black as the Pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll.

I am the master of my fate:

I am the captain of my soul.

William Ernest Henley

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Brother Hesekiel Mentor

Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Mine is inside my passport, which is in the "passports" folder of the locked Steelcase file cabinet I have in a safe location.

I take it out every time I need my passport, which is when I go on an international trip (happened once since 1994) or need to deal with USCIS. On Thanksgiving I drove all the way down to San Diego on the 5 Fwy through the CBP checkpoint and even on that trip I didn't bother to take it with me. Guess an older white guy with a blond gal in a Mercedes doesn't really look like the proverbial "illegal immigrant" . . .

I will turn my 10-year Green Card in "as new"; however, my 2-year Card will be preserved for my daughter's grandchildren to show around when they joint the Space Academy of the Confederate Fleet.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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I keep it with all my documents regarding the immigration process and my passport. I am not even worried about being stopped by the police and questioned about my status. I have plenty of Pennsylvania ID.

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