POE experience on IR-1 visa at JFK Terminal 7, 5th December 2017
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Re: POE experience on IR-1 visa at JFK Terminal 7, 5th December 2017
I know YMMV applies here, but I'm starting to feel all the more convinced that there's going to be some kind of error/delay in the sending/receipt of my green card. They lost my paperwork in secondary, then were quite uncertain and noncommittal when it came to answering my questions about what name the card would be issued in, and told me I'd paid the fee already when I hadn't... I just have a feeling in my bones that something's gone wrong. I paid the fee one week after arriving (so four weeks ago) and everyone else seems to be receiving their green cards quite quickly.
The USCIS website won't let me log in to my account due to 'inactivity' (it has said as much and asked me to re-set my password every single time I've logged in, for months), so I've not checked for any change in status yet. But we'll see - I'll give it six months before I start worrying.
The USCIS website won't let me log in to my account due to 'inactivity' (it has said as much and asked me to re-set my password every single time I've logged in, for months), so I've not checked for any change in status yet. But we'll see - I'll give it six months before I start worrying.
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Re: POE experience on IR-1 visa at JFK Terminal 7, 5th December 2017
Many thanks to all who offered advice re the misspelled name on my social security card.
Just as an update to this thread, on 29th December (24 days after my POE arrival in New York City) my green card arrived in the mail at my in-laws' house. And as a bonus, the name was spelled correctly, so it is just the good folks at the Department of Social Security who messed up
The fact that I am now a US permanent resident actually feels a lot more real knowing that the physical card has been produced, dispatched and is winging its way across the ocean to me than it did after my underwhelming immigration experience at JFK, which is kinda funny given that I am now back on British soil for several months
Just as an update to this thread, on 29th December (24 days after my POE arrival in New York City) my green card arrived in the mail at my in-laws' house. And as a bonus, the name was spelled correctly, so it is just the good folks at the Department of Social Security who messed up
The fact that I am now a US permanent resident actually feels a lot more real knowing that the physical card has been produced, dispatched and is winging its way across the ocean to me than it did after my underwhelming immigration experience at JFK, which is kinda funny given that I am now back on British soil for several months
Last edited by LandOfLincoln; Jan 4th 2018 at 11:47 pm. Reason: Updated final sentence for clarity
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Re: POE experience on IR-1 visa at JFK Terminal 7, 5th December 2017
Many thanks to all who offered advice re the misspelled name on my social security card.
Just as an update to this thread, on 29th December (24 days after my POE arrival in New York City) my green card arrived in the mail at my in-laws' house. And as a bonus, the name was spelled correctly, so it is just the good folks at the Department of Social Security who messed up
The fact that I am now a US permanent resident actually feels a lot more real knowing that the physical card has been produced, dispatched and is winging its way across the ocean to me than it did after my underwhelming immigration experience at JFK, which is kinda funny given that I am now back on British soil for several months
Just as an update to this thread, on 29th December (24 days after my POE arrival in New York City) my green card arrived in the mail at my in-laws' house. And as a bonus, the name was spelled correctly, so it is just the good folks at the Department of Social Security who messed up
The fact that I am now a US permanent resident actually feels a lot more real knowing that the physical card has been produced, dispatched and is winging its way across the ocean to me than it did after my underwhelming immigration experience at JFK, which is kinda funny given that I am now back on British soil for several months
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Re: POE experience on IR-1 visa at JFK Terminal 7, 5th December 2017
I know YMMV applies here, but I'm starting to feel all the more convinced that there's going to be some kind of error/delay in the sending/receipt of my green card. They lost my paperwork in secondary, then were quite uncertain and noncommittal when it came to answering my questions about what name the card would be issued in, and told me I'd paid the fee already when I hadn't... I just have a feeling in my bones that something's gone wrong. I paid the fee one week after arriving (so four weeks ago) and everyone else seems to be receiving their green cards quite quickly.
The USCIS website won't let me log in to my account due to 'inactivity' (it has said as much and asked me to re-set my password every single time I've logged in, for months), so I've not checked for any change in status yet. But we'll see - I'll give it six months before I start worrying.
The USCIS website won't let me log in to my account due to 'inactivity' (it has said as much and asked me to re-set my password every single time I've logged in, for months), so I've not checked for any change in status yet. But we'll see - I'll give it six months before I start worrying.
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Re: POE experience on IR-1 visa at JFK Terminal 7, 5th December 2017
https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/aft...nent-residence
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Re: POE experience on IR-1 visa at JFK Terminal 7, 5th December 2017
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