Kürbis&Tannenbaum

Very interesting about the +4 years working! True; you still have to show all your docs, but at least if you check in online, you can get your boarding pass already. I had to stand in line for over an hour to get my boarding pass in person and then you also have to stand in line later for the security check. Just a potential delay I'm always trying to avoid if I can help it

Okay, I see what you meant now earlier with the May greencard being the "real" one. I'll use that one for travel. Thank you, I appreciate it!

Hi there, the other users have already answered your question, but I figured I'd just add my 5 cents. I have never travelled with an expired greencard + extension letter, but I've travelled with a greencard stamp in my passport + a letter about a pending I-90 case that my card is being replaced. If anything, it was the foreign airline in Germany that gave me troubles, because they were not familiar with such documents. They had to call in their supervisor, and then the supervisor called the USCIS to confirm, and once USCIS confirmed, I was allowed to check in for my flight. And when I arrived in the US, the customs officer basically just waved me through, because he sees those types of "weird greencard combos" (I.e. stamp + letter) all the time. Hence, I would think it'd be the same for the expired GC + letter. Likely no trouble at all at the US border, but maybe the airline will give you trouble, especially if it's not a US-based airline. At a minimum, online check-in usually doesn't work for those types of docs. They only accept the "actual" greencard, but no letters, in my experience. Edit: Just to clarify - by "trouble" I just mean nuisances that are fixable. Nothing that would prevent you from re-entering the country.

Thanks all for your responses, I really appreciate it! Something I'm still iffy on is owed to the fact that I don't know if a newly issued greencard invalidates the previously issued one. I know that the expiration dates state that both cards should be valid until 2034, but I'm worried from a system-readable standpoint. Such as, if you get a new credit card, once you activate it, the previous one is invalid and can no longer be used. Similarly, I wonder if that's a thing with greencards, because they do run them through their system when you travel, I thought. And so, my remaining worry is that if I travel with only one greencard (let's say the one that's associated with the approved ROC case), that they run it through, and it dings and they tell me that it's not valid and I'm not allowed to enter... Maybe this is an unwarranted fear, but I guess I don't really understand the "behind the scenes works" of the digital document check.

Thanks for your reply! Yes, the "Resident Since" date matches on both cards; it's set to Oct 2020. I also figured that's probably the most important part of it, and I'm glad that there is no mismatch in that regard. I might not actually file for citizenship, so I wonder if in 10 years I need to renew, I should just file in time for the "earlier" (May 2034) expiration date to be on the safe side. I'm also not sure if I'm now expected to travel with 2 GCs. I picture an awkward situation at Customs where I hand them one GC and then it tells them it's not valid and then I'm like "Hold on, I've got another one, try this one." My dad thinks that's an easy way to look suspicious...

Something similar happened to me - I received a 10-year GC instead of a 2-year GC after my AOS interview. I treated it like a mistake and filed I-90, and then close to the 2 years I filed a Removal of Conditions case. Then I had 2 cases pending, and earlier this year, I got two 10-year greencards - one for each case, lol. I just created a post about this, since I'm not sure about my 2 GCs. Regarding your situation, I think OldUser might have had a good suggestion, but I'm not familiar with filing FOIA. I wonder if the alternative would be to file ROC if you are still within the filing timeframe if your 10-year card were a 2-year one? Ugh! Gotta love immigration! Keep us posted!

Hi Visajourney, I'm looking for some advice on what to do if I received 2x a 10-year greencard with the expiration dates being approximately 2 months apart. I'm not sure which one is valid, and I'm assuming it will matter in 10 years if I have to renew. Backstory: Back in October 2020, after a successful AOS interview, I was granted a greencard. However, the USCIS made a mistake and gave me a 10-year greencard instead of the 2-year conditional one that you'd get if you got married on a K-1 visa. (Greencard category IR6 instead of CR). Upon researching and consulting visajourney, I filed an I-90 to correct the mistake and explained that I should have gotten a 2-year GC. I didn't hear back. Then, in summer 2022, we filed for ROC, and referenced the pending I-90 case. Then, this year in May (2024), my ROC case was approved and they mailed me a 10-year GC with an expiration in May (ten years from now). Upon receiving the new GC in May 2024, I sent a letter to the I-90 case cancellation address via tracked mail to cancel my pending I-90 case, and at the same time also uploaded a signed copy of said letter to the USCIS online account as "additional evidence" to the pending I-90 case. I never heard back, until July 2024, when they updated the USCIS online case status to say that my I-90 case was approved and my GC is being printed... And about 2 weeks later, I received a second GC in the mail, this one is also a 10-year GC, but with an expiration date in July (ten years from now). I closely compared them and the details are mostly the same. The only differences that I found are: - the expiration date (both are 10 years from now, but different MM/DD) - the 8-digit number on the back of the card (top left corner) - the machine-readable letter/number combination on the back of the card (one of them has my I-90 case receipt, and the other has my ROC case receipt) - some of the numbers in the second line of the machine-readable part on the back of the card in line #2. - one card is "paler" than the other one, but I think that's just a printing issue and not relevant, haha. Long story short - which GC do you think would be the "valid" one, or are both valid? Personally, I feel like the one that was issued more recently should the the valid one, voiding any previous cards, but some of my family members disagree, arguing that the one that's tied to the actual ROC case should be the valid one (which is the "older" one from May). I am even debating driving to the local USCIS office with both GCs and just showing them to the person at the door and ask nicely to be let in, because I need to know which document is valid, lol. I appreciate any advice. Thank you!!