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Ok I think this might be the right forum to post this question!

Does anyone know what I should put on the application? It asks for the expiration date of my A# (greencard essentially) and I am in the middle of removing the conditions from a 2yr greencard to the 10yr greencard. I have good credit and enough credit history now but I don't know what to put as the expiration date. I currently have a letter saying that I can live and work and am free to travel for up to 1 year of my filing date (Sept 2011) so, what would you put down?

Thanks to anyone who can help!

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I got my first U.S. credit card while being in the U.S. on a visitor's visa. I had zero credit history, so I put $1,000 in a secure bank account and got a credit card with a $1,000 credit limit.

I used it a lot, paid the balance off in time, and before the 6 months were over I got more credit card offers than I cared for. Within a year I had 6 unsecured credit cards which eventually gave me spending limit of $105,100.00 (I know this so well because I have an EXCEL list).

I have never heard of, and never seen a credit card application asking for anything related to immigration.

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I got my first U.S. credit card while being in the U.S. on a visitor's visa. I had zero credit history, so I put $1,000 in a secure bank account and got a credit card with a $1,000 credit limit.

I used it a lot, paid the balance off in time, and before the 6 months were over I got more credit card offers than I cared for. Within a year I had 6 unsecured credit cards which eventually gave me spending limit of $105,100.00 (I know this so well because I have an EXCEL list).

I have never heard of, and never seen a credit card application asking for anything related to immigration.

I already have a secured credit card and a store card, that's how I have a credit history. I am going for a 'real' credit card and it asks if I am a US citizen, then it asks for my A# and expiration date. How many years ago was your first unsecured credit card? Was it pre-9/11? Or was it before the financial meltdown of 2008? The application processes are much stricter these days.

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I got my Capital One credit card last year around May and nowhere did I see the request for an expiration date or Alien #. What credit card are you applying for?

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I got my Capital One credit card last year around May and nowhere did I see the request for an expiration date or Alien #. What credit card are you applying for?

Its a USAA one through my husband's membership. The interest rates are like 6% and no overdraft fees or annual fees so its very tempting!

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Its a USAA one through my husband's membership. The interest rates are like 6% and no overdraft fees or annual fees so its very tempting!

I was never asked for immigration details for my gas cards, or initial (very low limit) Capital One credit card.

I was however, asked for my Green Card expiry date (and a copy of it) for both my Wells Fargo credit card and mortgage applications. Both times they just seemed to want evidence I actually held a Green Card (and therefore had a degree of permanency here).

Both applications were made with a conditional (2 year) Green Card that was "expiring" in under 10 months. Neither application was affected by that relatively short "expiration" date.

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Its a USAA one through my husband's membership. The interest rates are like 6% and no overdraft fees or annual fees so its very tempting!

Definitely tempting!! USAA is special because it's military so I understand them wanting more info than the regular banks. For the expiry date I would put a date 1 year from the date on the letter.

Aussie K1 process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/206016-australian-beneficiaries-packet-3-to-interview-date/
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ROC April 2012 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/358760-i-751-april-2012-filers/ (includes document list)
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Its a USAA one through my husband's membership. The interest rates are like 6% and no overdraft fees or annual fees so its very tempting!

Indeed tempting! Capital One has a VERY high APR. Anyway, I would do what NM did - just include your current expiration date for now.

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Oh thank you that's very helpful. I will do that that's awesome.

Gives me some hope that maybe its not a lost cause!

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