welcome letter
Apr 28th 2002, 5:40 am
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welcome letter
I just recieved my "welcome letter" from the INS.
On there it said I would receive my green card within the next three weeks, and that
I should call a certain number if I did not receive it.
Now I have just been in the country for about 2 weeks (after DCF through Amsterdam)
and I did not expect anything close to a green card for another 9 months or so.
What is the catch here? Am I actually receiving it within the next three weeks, or
are those three weeks just the default wording in the letter that they never bothered
to change and I still have to wait for about 9 months or more? Anyone?
Maarten
On there it said I would receive my green card within the next three weeks, and that
I should call a certain number if I did not receive it.
Now I have just been in the country for about 2 weeks (after DCF through Amsterdam)
and I did not expect anything close to a green card for another 9 months or so.
What is the catch here? Am I actually receiving it within the next three weeks, or
are those three weeks just the default wording in the letter that they never bothered
to change and I still have to wait for about 9 months or more? Anyone?
Maarten
Apr 28th 2002, 6:40 am
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Re: welcome letter
I got my letter(s) and green card same day (separate envelopes), only 17 days after
our AOS interview...at my interview they had told me to expect it between 4 and 12
months. Apparently, they send out the welcome letter just before sending the card, so
you can probably expect it soon.
--
Crazy Canuck married to a Dam Yankee Entered as Visitor 07/04/01 Married 08/25/01
Filed @ VSC-AOS, EAD, AP 01/07/02 1st NOA 02/06/02 2nd NOA 02/07/02 EAD approved
02/26/02 AP Approved 02/28/02 AOS appointment letter rec'd 03/07/02 Fingerprint
letter rec'd 03/07/02 AOS interview 04/02/02 AOS APPROVED 04/02/02!!! GC arrived in
mail 04/19/02 next step..removing conditions..April 2004
some helpful sites on the net:
http://www.mindspring.com/~docsteen/...o/visainfo.htm
http://www.k1faq.com/faq_index.htm
http://www.geocities.com/immigration...-130/index.htm "Maarten W.G.
Andriessen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I just recieved my "welcome letter" from the INS.
>
> On there it said I would receive my green card within the next three
weeks,
> and that I should call a certain number if I did not receive it.
>
> Now I have just been in the country for about 2 weeks (after DCF through Amsterdam)
> and I did not expect anything close to a green card for another
9
> months or so.
>
> What is the catch here? Am I actually receiving it within the next three weeks, or
> are those three weeks just the default wording in the letter
that
> they never bothered to change and I still have to wait for about 9 months
or
> more? Anyone?
>
> Maarten
our AOS interview...at my interview they had told me to expect it between 4 and 12
months. Apparently, they send out the welcome letter just before sending the card, so
you can probably expect it soon.
--
Crazy Canuck married to a Dam Yankee
Entered as Visitor 07/04/01 Married 08/25/01Filed @ VSC-AOS, EAD, AP 01/07/02 1st NOA 02/06/02 2nd NOA 02/07/02 EAD approved
02/26/02 AP Approved 02/28/02 AOS appointment letter rec'd 03/07/02 Fingerprint
letter rec'd 03/07/02 AOS interview 04/02/02 AOS APPROVED 04/02/02!!! GC arrived in
mail 04/19/02 next step..removing conditions..April 2004
some helpful sites on the net:
http://www.mindspring.com/~docsteen/...o/visainfo.htm
http://www.k1faq.com/faq_index.htm
http://www.geocities.com/immigration...-130/index.htm "Maarten W.G.
Andriessen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I just recieved my "welcome letter" from the INS.
>
> On there it said I would receive my green card within the next three
weeks,
> and that I should call a certain number if I did not receive it.
>
> Now I have just been in the country for about 2 weeks (after DCF through Amsterdam)
> and I did not expect anything close to a green card for another
9
> months or so.
>
> What is the catch here? Am I actually receiving it within the next three weeks, or
> are those three weeks just the default wording in the letter
that
> they never bothered to change and I still have to wait for about 9 months
or
> more? Anyone?
>
> Maarten
Apr 28th 2002, 7:10 am
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Re: welcome letter
"Maarten W.G. Andriessen" wrote:
>
> I just recieved my "welcome letter" from the INS.
>
> On there it said I would receive my green card within the next three weeks, and
> that I should call a certain number if I did not receive it.
>
> Now I have just been in the country for about 2 weeks (after DCF through Amsterdam)
> and I did not expect anything close to a green card for another 9 months or so.
>
> What is the catch here? Am I actually receiving it within the next three weeks, or
> are those three weeks just the default wording in the letter that they never
> bothered to change and I still have to wait for about 9 months or more? Anyone?
No 'catch' at all. My wife entered the US 7 March after DCF in London last year.
Her green card arrived less than 30 days later (before or at the same time as 2
'welcome letters'). Green cards after AOS in the US seem to be arriving fairly
quickly as well.
My guess is that you will get the card sooner rather than later. We were told 6
months until the card would arrive at the POE (Newark) but that is obviously just an
estimate they give and may or may not be true, like all estimates.
>
> I just recieved my "welcome letter" from the INS.
>
> On there it said I would receive my green card within the next three weeks, and
> that I should call a certain number if I did not receive it.
>
> Now I have just been in the country for about 2 weeks (after DCF through Amsterdam)
> and I did not expect anything close to a green card for another 9 months or so.
>
> What is the catch here? Am I actually receiving it within the next three weeks, or
> are those three weeks just the default wording in the letter that they never
> bothered to change and I still have to wait for about 9 months or more? Anyone?
No 'catch' at all. My wife entered the US 7 March after DCF in London last year.
Her green card arrived less than 30 days later (before or at the same time as 2
'welcome letters'). Green cards after AOS in the US seem to be arriving fairly
quickly as well.
My guess is that you will get the card sooner rather than later. We were told 6
months until the card would arrive at the POE (Newark) but that is obviously just an
estimate they give and may or may not be true, like all estimates.
Apr 28th 2002, 3:10 pm
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Re: welcome letter
>From: "Maarten W.G. Andriessen" [email protected] Date: 4/28/02 1:09 AM Eastern
>Daylight Time
>I just recieved my "welcome letter" from the INS.
>
>On there it said I would receive my green card within the next three weeks, and that
>I should call a certain number if I did not receive it.
>
>Now I have just been in the country for about 2 weeks (after DCF through Amsterdam)
>and I did not expect anything close to a green card for another 9 months or so.
>
>What is the catch here? Am I actually receiving it within the next three weeks, or
>are those three weeks just the default wording in the letter that they never
>bothered to change and I still have to wait for about 9 months or more? Anyone?
>
>Maarten
>
>
>
>
My husband received two welcome letters. We had to laugh because they came from
Houston, the place he was detained for thirty days and from where he was deported.
His card came within three weeks.
>Daylight Time
>I just recieved my "welcome letter" from the INS.
>
>On there it said I would receive my green card within the next three weeks, and that
>I should call a certain number if I did not receive it.
>
>Now I have just been in the country for about 2 weeks (after DCF through Amsterdam)
>and I did not expect anything close to a green card for another 9 months or so.
>
>What is the catch here? Am I actually receiving it within the next three weeks, or
>are those three weeks just the default wording in the letter that they never
>bothered to change and I still have to wait for about 9 months or more? Anyone?
>
>Maarten
>
>
>
>
My husband received two welcome letters. We had to laugh because they came from
Houston, the place he was detained for thirty days and from where he was deported.
His card came within three weeks.
Apr 28th 2002, 5:29 pm
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Joined: Jun 2001
Location: Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
Posts: 307
Re: welcome letter
I got two welcome letters and a green card inside two weeks of AOS approval at the Dallas office.
No catch, just smile when you get it ;-)
Brian.
No catch, just smile when you get it ;-)
Brian.
