GC with incorrect data received !

[A + M 29]

HELP !

Today, I finally received my GC . . . AND there is incorrect data on it. My country of birth isn' t Slovak Republic ( what the hell is Slovak Republic anyway ? There is only Slovakia ! ) My country of birth is Slovenia. The same data is correct on my AP & EAD ! I already have an info - pass for the upcoming Tuesday to discuss the issue with the USCIS local office here in WI. On the USCIS website I read there is a need to fill a certain form ( I - 90 ) with a fee ( around 300 $ ) Is USCIS gonna try to charge us for their own error ? What happens next ? There is NO WAY we' re paying for someone else' s mistake. I have such a headache !

[Inky 1,110]

If you can prove that it is their error you wont have to pay. If you don't have copies of your forms that you originally filed that say the correct country name on it then you will probably have to pay.

[Y&E 12]

Send them the i-90 and the GC that they've sent you along with copies of any other paper work that they've sent you that show the country correctly. All your original forms will be on file and I assume that you wrote the country in there correctly, you should probably send them a copy of your original application though as this will back up your other evidence. Write them a cover letter explaining that you haven't included the fee as this is an administrative mistake and list the evidence you've included that shows this.

I received my GC with my surname spelled wrong and that is what I have done. They also spelled it wrong on AP and EAD and apparently the service request for the name to be correct on my GC case number never reached CSC. It is entirely their mistake as someone somewhere along the way changed the spelling of my name on their system!

Basically send them as much evidence as you can that they have made the mistake.

Good luck at the infopass.

Edited January 30, 2011 by Y&E

[A + M 29]

Thank you guys for your responses AND this is what I was able to find :

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-90instr.pdf - Part D explains it all !

[Y&E 12]

How did your infopass go? I hope that you got the passport stamp and that they gave you the correct information!

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

I actually think you are blessed with that. If your stated country of birth is a country that doesn't exist, you'll never have to go through the hell people have to go through you would chew off one of their limbs in order to get the place of birth removed from their US passport. Nick can tell you a story or two, or three about this! I'd love to have something like Transylvania as place of birth in my passport!