Green card arrived

Peter&Dana · April 4, 2006

Peter's welcome to america letter and green card finally arrived today. We were approved on February 7, and the card didn't arrive until April 3! That's a long time compared to most people on here who received automatic approval - almost 2 months.

We just got back from our first anniversary trip to the Bahamas, and it was AWESOME. However, Peter didn't have his green card when we left so we had to go with just the I-551 stamp that we got through an Infopass appt a few weeks ago. The immigration officer at the port (we went on a cruise) took sooooo long to approve his re-entry. We held up the entire line. It's as if he had never seen an I-551. We weren't nervous or anything because we had checked and re-checked a dozen times with USCIS, the Bohemian consulate, and VJ (of course!) that we had all the right documentation, but it was still annoying. Finally after walking around trying to look important and talking to some head honchos, the officer asked Peter his birth date, his father's name (who just died... so that was a sad question), his mother's name, and his A#. After that they stamped his Ghanaian passport and he went right through.

Now that he has his GC, everything feels much more secure and official though! :dance: :dance: :dance: