I 751 Approval Letter on plain white paper?

[Lullaby78 0]

Hi All,

I just received approval letter in the mail from USCIS today. Only the letter in the mailbox, no card, no email or text message notifications. The letter says "Congratulations! Your request for the removal of the conditional basis of your permanent resident status has been approved. You are deemed to be a lawful Permanent Resident of the United States as of the date of your original admission or adjustment of status."

Also the letter suggested I should receive a new card within 60 days. The date of decision on the letter is 01/10/2011. However, I'm a little surprised that the approval letter was printed on just a plain white paper, not a USCIS letterhead like other letter I used to get from them. So I have a few questions for those who already got their approval letter.

1. Do the approval letters you guys get were printed on a plain white paper just like me?

2. For me, on the bottom left corner, it was printed the address of my local office, however, the envelope was postmarked and sent from Lincoln, NE. Is this the same as everyone?

I'm still a little skeptical since I've been waiting for a long time (almost 5 months), and also there's no email updates for me like others. I just checked the USCIS website, it's still pending. So I'm not sure if I should celebrate just yet.

[SisJ 13]

you can always call USCIS if you're not sure abt the approval, or check your case status online.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Pa-ra-noi-a.

The fear that everything is bad. Kind of.

Would you be okay with raising the cost of the I-751 by a few dollars in exchange for fancier paper with an impressive letterhead?

What you got is the letter telling you that your ROC petition has been approved. You'll have your 10-year Green Card in the mail within 7 to 10 days.

Congratulations.

[mari&Ryan 93]

Hi All,

I just received approval letter in the mail from USCIS today. Only the letter in the mailbox, no card, no email or text message notifications. The letter says "Congratulations! Your request for the removal of the conditional basis of your permanent resident status has been approved. You are deemed to be a lawful Permanent Resident of the United States as of the date of your original admission or adjustment of status."

Also the letter suggested I should receive a new card within 60 days. The date of decision on the letter is 01/10/2011. However, I'm a little surprised that the approval letter was printed on just a plain white paper, not a USCIS letterhead like other letter I used to get from them. So I have a few questions for those who already got their approval letter.

1. Do the approval letters you guys get were printed on a plain white paper just like me?

2. For me, on the bottom left corner, it was printed the address of my local office, however, the envelope was postmarked and sent from Lincoln, NE. Is this the same as everyone?

I'm still a little skeptical since I've been waiting for a long time (almost 5 months), and also there's no email updates for me like others. I just checked the USCIS website, it's still pending. So I'm not sure if I should celebrate just yet.

1.: Yes.

2.: Yes.

P.S. Relax and enjoy your approval. Forget what USCIS website says. You'll get your green card in a few days. That's it.

Congrats.

[ellla 0]

Celebrate! I got letter just like yours today also. And I received my GC yesterday, so it is legit!

[Yurika & Jim 77]

At first, congrats on your approval Lullaby78 !!

Here is my curious question

How about approval letter from VSC? Printed on plain white paper too these days?

Because mine was printed on fancy (same as NOA and Bio letter) paper and postmark was same as VSC zipcode (back in Mar 2010)

[Lullaby78 0]

Thanks everybody for your replies. I guess I'm a little too paranoid about everything and that's just my nature. Also, after almost 5 months of waiting and being one of the last filers in August's list who got approved while 75% of September filers did get approved before me, I already thought I will be called for interview for sure. Thank God it didn't happen.

It still says pending on USCIS website but I guess it doesn't matter since I got my approval letter. Thanks again everybody.

PS. Yurika&Jim, it's interesting you got your approval letter on fancy paper. Maybe it was a VSC thing, I'm not sure.

[flipilychee820 5]

I think USCIS is putting some changes as to how they send their letters. I actually did not get any approval letter just like yours, but I received my Green Card in a USPS flat rate mailing envelope instead of the normal USCIS letterhead Envelope that I always get. It did not even come with the Welcome Letter they used to print in fancy paper, like the one that I received when I got the 2 year Conditional card. I just got the letter saying "Your application has been approved, here is your new card..." I guess they did approve your petition. Congratulations on that, however, if you're not sure, you can always call them... Don't worry, I get paranoid too..

Edited March 7, 2011 by flipilychee820