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ConcordUser   18

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I have been a LPR for last 30 years and I have Green Card that does not expire. I have been recommened to get a replacement green card since my picture on my orignal green card has changed. I applied for replacement card and completed the biometrics and waiting for the replacement card. I am thinking of applying for N-400 early next year. My question, when I file for the N-400 do I have to go through another appointment for the Biometrics/ Back ground check and all other formailiteis ? Or will my current Biometric results would be good for certain amount of time in the future?

David-and-Mae Experienced

David-and-Mae   15

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Supposedly your Biometrics are valid for at least 12 months. Some people here skipped that step.

N-400 NATURALIZATION

04/04/2011 - Mailed N-400 to AZ Lockbox

04/06/2011 - Received

04/07/2011 - NOA

04/07/2011 - Check cashed

04/14/2011 - Biometrics appointment in the mail

04/21/2011 - Early Biometrics (was scheduled on May 4, 2011)

05/09/2011 - Case Status Notification - In line for interview and testing

05/10/2011 - Case Status Notification - Interview scheduled

05/14/2011 - Interview Appointment Letter in the mail

06/21/2011 - Interview Appointment Date

06/29/2011 - Case Status Notification - Placed in the oath scheduling que

08/16/2011 - Case Status Notification - Oath ceremony scheduled

09/15/2011 - Oath Taking - good riddance!

09/23/2011 - Applied for Passport

10/08/2011 - Passport in the mail

10/17/2011 - Certificate of Naturalization in the mail -- OFFICIALLY DONE!

"Love is a noble act of self-giving, offering trust, faith, and loyalty.

The more you love, the more you lose a part of yourself, yet you don't become less of who you are;

you end up being complete with your loved ones."

Udella&Wiz Mentor

Udella&Wiz   325

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I believe you pay for it regardless of whether you have recent ones or not as well.

Wiz(USC) and Udella(Cdn & USC!)

Naturalization

02/22/11 - Filed

02/28/11 - NOA

03/28/11 - FP

06/17/11 - status change - scheduled for interview

06/20?/11 - received physical interview letter

07/13/11 - Interview in Fairfax,VA - easiest 10 minutes of my life

07/19/11 - Oath ceremony in Fairfax, VA

******************

Removal of Conditions

12/1/09 - received at VSC

12/2/09 - NOA's for self and daughter

01/12/10 - Biometrics completed

03/15/10 - 10 Green Card Received - self and daughter

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OKflyboy Rising Star

OKflyboy   35

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I believe you might skip the bio, if you did it as recently as 12 months before you apply, but they charge you regardless.

Ara & Anya - Tucson, Arizona

IR-5 for my (Anya's) mother
00 Filed: 03/08/2013

536 POE: 08/26/2014

Father

00 I-130 mailed to Phoenix Lockbox: 05/28/2014

455 POE LAX: 09/03/2015

Brother (9 years old, A2A through LPR mother)

I-130

00 Filed: 09/12/2014

03 Petition accepted at California Service Center, NOA-1 mailed: 09/15/2014

07 NOA-1 received; Priority date is 09/15/2014: 09/19/2014

176 RFE received: 03/07/2015

238 RFE response mailed to CSC: 05/08/2015

242 RFE response received at CSC; Decision to be made before 07/11/2015: 05/12/2015

308 Approved; NOA-2 mailed: 07/17/2015

314 NOA-2 received; Case sent to NVC: 07/23/2015

371 Welcome Letter received; Choice of Agent form submitted: 09/18/2015

374 AoS fee paid: 09/21/2015

416 IV fee paid; IV application submitted: 11/02/2015

452 IV and AoS packets mailed: 12/08/2015

455 Documents received at NVC; Waiting for CC: 12/11/2015

502 Case Complete; Wating for IL: 01/27/2016

504 Interview scheduled for 03/11/2016: 01/29/2016

523 Medical exam: 02/17/2016 Passed

546 Interview: 03/11/2016 PASSED!

549 Visa issued: 03/14/2016

588 POE LAX: 04/22/2016

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NickD   203

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Why even bother upgrading your old green card, no law you have to. Then if you are applying for citizenship, they are going to take that green card away from you and tear it up into a million little pieces.

And this way, you are assured of only have to make one biometrics trip. We were as little as ten months apart, but the further away you live, the more certain you can be, that you will have to make that extra trip. Yep, its 85 bucks either way. Emilio told congress, it cost him 85 books to look your last biometrics, maximum of 15 months, just to look it up and retrieve it.

At the current IRS standard mileage rates, cost us over 250 bucks a trip, but that is for reference only, this kind of mileage is not tax deductible. We drove well over 2,000 miles just for biometrics.

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Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Yes.

The three most desirable things for a foreigner in the U.S. are:

1) being kissed by the gods

2) winning big in the lottery

3) having a Green card that has no expiration date.

Giving that up is like cself-circumcision with a piece of glass after 30 years: pretty insane!

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.

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ConcordUser Collaborator

ConcordUser   18

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Yes.

The three most desirable things for a foreigner in the U.S. are:

1) being kissed by the gods

2) winning big in the lottery

3) having a Green card that has no expiration date.

Giving that up is like cself-circumcision with a piece of glass after 30 years: pretty insane!

I agree, I do not want to replace it either. But every time I fly and return to US they complain at the border. We can not tell you to get a new card but the picture on the card is so old and get this card is not machine readable, please get a new card that is machine readable. I am tired of listening to it. I should have went ahead and apply for the N-400 instead of I90 replacement. I thought N400 takes year or two, but looks like they are processing in the 5 month time frame.

 
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