Recent content by gczipper

Wow, of the many US immigration laws I have grappled with the past 17 years, this one has to be the most bizarre. The N-470 "uninterrupted 1-year stay" rule is like telling someone (a lawful permanent resident) that if you are going to be gone for a while, I will let you return only if I hold...

I have had a green card for almost 2 years. I work for an American company that intends to send me on an overseas assignment for the next 2 years. I understand approval of a 2-year re-entry permit and N-470 is required to preserve my continuous residency for naturalization. Here's the gotcha...

GC interview My I-485 # is WAC-03-016-5xxxx The officer did not ask us for photos either. My guess is they use the ones submitted with the I-485 application.

A (belated) update on my GC interview in San Jose: Timeline: Sept. 2000: I-140 approved. Oct. 2002: Filed I-485 (after 2+ years) Jan. 2004: case transferred from CSC (Laguna Niguel) to San Jose March 2004: interview call letter April 2004: interview & passport stamping ???: plastic card...