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Hi all! So, I just received my permanent green card today with all the correct information on it. YAY!!!! Now I can stop carrying around my Canadian passport with my temporary green card in it - which TECHNICALLY wasn't really valid. whistling.gif And to think...it only took me almost 5 months and an I-90 Application to get it.

For all those yet to receive their visas, may I offer this advice: ensure you look at the date on the stamp on your visa (to ensure it has the correct month, day, and year) at your POE BEFORE leaving. It may sound silly, but trust me I know first hand that it really isn't silly. I didn't look at the date (thought I really didn't have to scrutinize it) and when I received my first permanent green card about a month after my entry into the US, the 'Resident since' and 'Expires on' dates were wrong. When I checked my Immigrant visa in my passport, I then realized WHY the dates were wrong: at my POE, the date stamped by the CBP official was October 11, 2010 (my visa wasn't issued until September 28, 2011). mad.gif Luckily for me, since this was a USCIS error, I got the $450 I-90 application fee waived. It's been a pain in the you know what - couldn't even transfer my licence to get a valid CT one due to the incorrect date.

So I have my permanent green card with all the correct info on it, and don't have to deal with USCIS anymore until starting July 11, 2013, when I can apply to get conditions removed. smile.gif

As I said, check the date of your visa at your POE BEFORE leaving to make sure it's correct, and prevent yourself from even more waiting!

IR-1/CR-1 Visa
11/26/2010: Marriage (Marlborough, CT on Black Friday)
USCIS
02/04/2011 I-130: Sent
02/10/2011 I-130: NOA1
05/16/2010 I-130: NOA2 (I-130 Approved)
NVC (Electronic)
05/17/2011: NVC Received
06/11-14/2011: OPT IN for EP (accepted 06/14/2011)/Completed DS-261/Pay I-864 Bill
06/15/2011: Receive IV Bill
06/21/2011: Pay IV Bill
06/23/2011: I-864EZ Completed & Submitted
07/15/2011: DS-260 Submitted
08/04/2011: Scanned documents submitted
08/16/2011: Case Completed at NVC
MONTREAL
08/16-17/2011: Consulate Received/Packet 4 Received
Medical: 09/23/2011 (Medisys in Montreal)
Interview Date: 09/28/2011 (APPROVED!)
Left Montreal for Kitchener, ON to see my sister: 09/29/2011 (wife and stepdaughter arrive 10/08/2011 for Canadian Thanksgiving)
Visa Received at DHL in Kitchener/Waterloo: 10/03/2011
US
10/11/2011 : POE - Niagara Falls, NY via the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge
10/21/2011 : SSN Received
10/21/2011(#1)/10/31/2011(#2)/ 11/03/2011(#3): Welcome letters received
11/05/2011: Permanent green card received with errors in 'Resident since' and 'Expires' dates as both have the wrong year - new card needed
01/25/2012: Biometrics taken at ASC in East Hartford, CT for replacement permanent green card
02/16/2012: Notification of replacement green card production
02/22/2012: New green card sent
02/23/2012: Received new green card with correct information

ROC (Vermont Service Center)

10/09/2013: I-751 sent

10/11/2013: Check cashed

10/15/2013: Received NOA1

10/23/2013: Received biometrics appointment letter for 11/14/2013, during the week of family vacation. Reschedule request submitted.

11/04/2013: Received new biometrics appointment letter for 11/22/2013.

11/20/2013: Received notification that case was transferred to California Service Center (Notice date 11/15/2013)

11/22/2013: Biometrics appointment - informed card should be received in 3 - 6 months

03/20/2014: Received RFE (dated 03/13/2014)

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