Expiring Green Card next month..send N400 today

[cymruusa 0]

Hi all, my first post here.

We've been here 10 yrs, green cards expire in April. Send off our naturalization paperwork today.

1)Do we still need to renew Green Cards?

2) Should we have send paperwork in for our daughter (born in UK)...I was waiting to get our citizenship & then follow with hers...maybe that was not the right move.

We're in Denver..came over on E31 GC's if tht makes a difference.

Thanks for any advice

Tracy

[NickD 203]

Hi all, my first post here.

We've been here 10 yrs, green cards expire in April. Send off our naturalization paperwork today.

1)Do we still need to renew Green Cards?

2) Should we have send paperwork in for our daughter (born in UK)...I was waiting to get our citizenship & then follow with hers...maybe that was not the right move.

We're in Denver..came over on E31 GC's if tht makes a difference.

Thanks for any advice

Tracy

Not the person to answer this question as my wife only had her ten year card for about seven weeks. But maybe by posting will get the ball rolling. Know you need that green card to work or travel. In our case and others, could make an infopass appointment to get an I-94, bring two passport photos with you or an I-751 stamp in your current foreign passport book. And see what they say when you tell them you are applying for US citizenship. But its up to you to keep yourself legal, don't expect any reminders from the USCIS.

Only way to know about your daughter is to know her age. But understand, could have gone to your US embassy to have her birth registered if one of the parents was a US citizen.

[milimelo 4,583]

Not the person to answer this question as my wife only had her ten year card for about seven weeks. But maybe by posting will get the ball rolling. Know you need that green card to work or travel. In our case and others, could make an infopass appointment to get an I-94, bring two passport photos with you or an I-751 stamp in your current foreign passport book. And see what they say when you tell them you are applying for US citizenship. But its up to you to keep yourself legal, don't expect any reminders from the USCIS.

Only way to know about your daughter is to know her age. But understand, could have gone to your US embassy to have her birth registered if one of the parents was a US citizen.

Nick, you're confused. OP and her husband are both British nationals who got their permanent residency through work visas, not by marrying USCs. Of course they couldn't have registered their child with US Embassy and gotten her the citizenship.

OP, don't send in for renewal of GCs - you're still a perm res even if GC has expired. Follow through with naturalization. Your child, if below 18 when you naturalize, will also become a USC at that time.

[cymruusa 0]

Nick, you're confused. OP and her husband are both British nationals who got their permanent residency through work visas, not by marrying USCs. Of course they couldn't have registered their child with US Embassy and gotten her the citizenship.

OP, don't send in for renewal of GCs - you're still a perm res even if GC has expired. Follow through with naturalization. Your child, if below 18 when you naturalize, will also become a USC at that time.

Thanks so much, she is 13 so I guess we're covered. Panic over

[NickD 203]

Nick, you're confused. OP and her husband are both British nationals who got their permanent residency through work visas, not by marrying USCs. Of course they couldn't have registered their child with US Embassy and gotten her the citizenship.

OP, don't send in for renewal of GCs - you're still a perm res even if GC has expired. Follow through with naturalization. Your child, if below 18 when you naturalize, will also become a USC at that time.

Least I got the ball rolling, all I can say is my wife had proof her green card was applied for that she showed to be admitted into the field office for her citizen interview, but really didn't try it without that proof. And they wanted that practically brand new ten year card back at her oath ceremony. Really don't know if they accept and expired one.

The rest of it, her employer told her she would be dismissed at the expiration date of her green card, the Wisconsin DMV would only renew her drivers' license to the expiration of her green card. And our daughter barely reached the age of 18 and was told she would have to wait the full five year to apply for herself. But see the OP said her daughter was 13, no problem there.

So just asking, can you apply for citizenship with an expired green card? With an average rate of three months after you send in your application, will be expired at the date of your interview.

Has anyone managed to get their US citizenship with an expired green card? I feel it is better to do something about it now than wait to find out. But this board is opened to all for those to share their experiences.

[cymruusa 0]

Least I got the ball rolling, all I can say is my wife had proof her green card was applied for that she showed to be admitted into the field office for her citizen interview, but really didn't try it without that proof. And they wanted that practically brand new ten year card back at her oath ceremony. Really don't know if they accept and expired one.

The rest of it, her employer told her she would be dismissed at the expiration date of her green card, the Wisconsin DMV would only renew her drivers' license to the expiration of her green card. And our daughter barely reached the age of 18 and was told she would have to wait the full five year to apply for herself. But see the OP said her daughter was 13, no problem there.

So just asking, can you apply for citizenship with an expired green card? With an average rate of three months after you send in your application, will be expired at the date of your interview.

Has anyone managed to get their US citizenship with an expired green card? I feel it is better to do something about it now than wait to find out. But this board is opened to all for those to share their experiences.

Great questions! I hope someone knows the answers...

I just renewed my drivers licence last month...the status of my green card was never mentioned. My DL is good for 5 yrs.

My employer has never asked to see my green card..though since I'm currently loking for a new position this could become an issue I didn't account for....

[milimelo 4,583]

Great questions! I hope someone knows the answers...

I just renewed my drivers licence last month...the status of my green card was never mentioned. My DL is good for 5 yrs.

My employer has never asked to see my green card..though since I'm currently loking for a new position this could become an issue I didn't account for....

Not a single employer can demand from you to show them your green card. YOU decide which items from columns A, B, C of I-9 you want to show them. In most cases, a valid DL and SSN is enough.

Look up the adjudicators field manual at uscis.gov on naturalization.

It should cover instances of expired green card - there's even mentioning that if your 10-yr GC expired and you applied for naturalization you don't have to get another one (it would be a waste of money anyways).

http://www.uscis.gov...190aRCRD&CH=afm

Edited March 16, 2011 by milimelo

[NickD 203]

Not a single employer can demand from you to show them your green card. YOU decide which items from columns A, B, C of I-9 you want to show them. In most cases, a valid DL and SSN is enough.

Look up the adjudicators field manual at uscis.gov on naturalization.

It should cover instances of expired green card - there's even mentioning that if your 10-yr GC expired and you applied for naturalization you don't have to get another one (it would be a waste of money anyways).

http://www.uscis.gov...190aRCRD&CH=afm

More generally, that you are a documented resident, and more specifically, depends upon which state you live and work in. In Wisconsin for example, an employer can be fined $16,300.00 for employing an undocumented resident. If your state doesn't have that requirement, then no problem. With Wisconsin DMV, only have to check that you are a US citizen, but that can have very damaging consequences if you do and are not. If you don't, have to show some sort of proof that you are documented in another area, in my wifes' case, was her LPR card. Again state dependent.

We have various subdivision, city, township, county, state, and federal laws to follow, ha, the USCIS citizen test was a snap for my wife and daughter. Who said we are a country of laws? Really didn't have to say that. Even in applying for a marriage license noted different requirements from county to county and fees.

Where does it say anywhere in the USCIS requirements to bring in proof of paid traffic violations? Yet another variation from IO to IO. Don't mean to sound critical, just basing this on seven long years of experience with dealing with the USCIS. Have you ever called that USCIS 1-800 and were given straight facts?