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    Moved after Citiznshp intrview. Does one need to visit every 6 months to maintain GC?

    If you have completed 5 yrs residency requirement and did your interview and now waiting FBI clearance and oath, do u still need to visit US every 6 months to update your green card. This question is about a friend who moved oversease 6 yrs after getting his GC Thanks in advance!
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    Business Trip to Toronto on GC

    I will be driving to Toronto, Canada for a couple of days this week for a job assignment. I am a permanent U.S resident. 1- Since it’s a business trip and not a leisure one, do I need to obtain any special permit to go there just for 2 days? 2- What do I need to carry with me other than...
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    Toronto Business Trips

    Our company acquired a small company in Toronto. I will be going to Toronto quite often. Is this a problem going to Toronto on green card for job/business purpose?
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    Worst POE experience ever

    I arrived at JFK couple days ago from an overseas trip with my elderly parents on wheel chairs. They are on visit visas. At the immigration counter, the officer asked usual stuff about my parents like how long they are going to stay here, etc. They were both granted 6 months entry. She scanned...
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    Question for JoeF

    Joe, I know you don't like being addressed directly like this in the subject matter but I wanted to know your thoughts on this urgently. My brother is an MD and works in a hospital in Texas. He is still waiting for his I485 approval. He recently traveled to a country that requires...
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    Son's U.S passport renewal

    I am planning an overseas trip in December. My son's U.S passport expires in November. I was looking at the website http://travel.state.gov/get_forms.html for renewing his passport. According to the information posted, it seems that you cannot really renew a passport unless you are 16 or...
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    Son's U.S passport renewal

    I am planning an overseas trip in December. My son's U.S passport expires in November. I was looking at the website http://travel.state.gov/get_forms.html for renewing his passport. According to the information posted, it seems that you cannot really renew a passport unless you are 16 or...
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    travel on advance parole from Pakistan

    A friend of mine who is at the last step of I-485, carrying an advance parole document, is retuning back from Pakistan in about a week... Has any1 traveled on advance parole from Pakistan? - Whats involved in doing that? Does he need to go the consulate to get anything or just those simple...
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    US to end special registration

    In there any truth in this? LOS ANGELES, May 6: The US Department of Homeland Security is in final stages of developing a new US Visitor and Immigrant Status Technology (VISIT) system that will effectively end the special registration process towards the end of this year, sources said...
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    Will U.S PRs need visa to visit Canada in the future?

    The law requiring Canadian permanant residents to have U.S visa to visit USA went into effect last week. I have heard that Canada will also eventually impose the same law against US green card holders. Is this true to any extent? Has anyone heard about this?
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    Got GC

    Got GC - NSC I received my Plastic card yesterday (11/06/02). My passport was stamped back in Feb this year (2002) in Detroit My wife still doesn't have it yet.
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    Got GC - NSC

    I received my Plastic card yesterday (11/06/02). My passport was stamped back in Feb this year (2002) in Detroit. My wife still doesn't have it yet.
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    Online status has changed

    My online status has finally changed to the following: "On October 30, 2002, after approving your application, we ordered you a new card. Processing normally takes between 420 and 450 days. Your card will be mailed to you as soon as it is ready. " My wife's status is still the same old...
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    AVM after PP Stamping - NSC

    My case was approved and the passport stamped back in Feb 2002. Still waiting for the plastic. The online status still has the old message saying that the "This case is approved...etc" The AVM message plays the same message as well. I read in one of the posts that the AVM message...
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    AVM after PP Stamping - NSC

    My case was approved and the passport stamped back in Feb 2002. Still waiting for the plastic. The online status still has the old message saying that the "This case is approved...etc" The AVM message plays the same message as well. I read in one of the posts that the AVM message...
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    Jury Questionnaire while out of country

    I have received jury questionaire for my wife and she is on vacation to back home for over a month. She is supposed to send the questionaire back within 10 days. I can easily forge her sign but it doesn't feel right. What do you guys suggest? This is fifth time she has got it in last 3 years...
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    I don\'t like the new discussion board - Its harder to read

    I don\'t like the new discussion board - Its harder to read. The rplies are on the main page rather than inside a thread. There are other major differences. What do you guys think? If you don\'t know what I am talking about, visit http://boards.immigrationportal.com
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    Frustration continues after I-485 approval, getting an updated SSN

    Ok, so here I am again loosing my sleep over this issue, dealing with another U.S government office. I got my passort stamped after I-485 approval on Friday. I went to a nearby SSA office to get the restriction "Not Valid For Employment" removed by getting a replacement card. The lady...
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    how safe is it to change the address after I-485 approval and after PP stamping

    how safe is it to change the address after I-485 approval and after PP stamping? I have heard horror stories of Plastic card getting lost in mail and being sent to the old address even after changing the address at NSC etc... any comments?
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    Does renewing PP after I485 matter?

    My I485 was approved on Feb 16th. I have sent my passport for renewal. Will I have any problem getting the new passport stamped?
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