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    To carry the green card or not?

    Are most people planning to carry their green cards with them at all times? What about your kids? I'm kinda worried about losing the card if I keep it in my wallet (and I can probably count on the kids losing theirs within a week...). I was thinking of just carrying a photocopy with me...
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    ETA's Dallas stamping experience

    Got stamped yesterday. See http://www.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=157077 for details. ETA
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    ETA's Dallas stamping experience

    FYI, my wife and I went for our stamping today at the Dallas service center. Our Infopass appointments were for 9:30am and 10:00am. We showed up at about 8:50am and at that time there were already about 50 people waiting in 3 lines, all outside (fortunately the weather was pretty nice here...
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    Kid's status rolled back to "Approved" from "Card Ordered"?

    Hi all. I'm just wondering if this has happened to anyone... My wife, myself and 2 kids were approved on 12/16/04 (details are in http://boards.immigration.com/showthread.php?t=155470). On 12/17/04, the status for my kids changed to "Card Ordered". The kids are 7 and 9 and my...
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    FAQ Topic: What to do after your I-485 is approved.

    So you (and possibly your spouse and kids) have had your I-485's approved. Congratulations on becoming Permanent Residents! But now what? What's the next step? You need to make an appointment to get your passport stamped through INFOPASS at https://infopass.uscis.gov/infopass.php...
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    New FAQ entry on what to do after I-485 approval.

    Hey all. I put together the information at http://boards.immigration.com/showthread.php?p=1006703#post1006703 to help people (like me) who have been approved recently and need to get stamped, get a new SSN card etc. Let me know if anyone sees any errors or omissions and I'll update that...
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    New FAQ entry on what to do after I-485 approval.

    Hey all. I put together the information at http://boards.immigration.com/showthread.php?p=1006703#post1006703 to help people (like me) who have been approved recently and need to get stamped, get a new SSN card etc. Let me know if anyone sees any errors or omissions and I'll update that...
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    New FAQ entry on what to do after I-485 approval.

    Hey all. I put together the information at http://boards.immigration.com/showthread.php?p=1006703#post1006703 to help people (like me) who have been approved recently and need to get stamped, get a new SSN card etc. Let me know if anyone sees any errors or omissions and I'll update that...
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    New FAQ entry on what to do after I-485 approval.

    Hey all. I put together the information at http://www.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?p=1006596#post1006596 to help people (like me) who have been approved recently and need to get stamped, get a new SSN card etc. Let me know if anyone sees any errors or omissions and I'll update...
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    ETA approved (I think) 12/16/04 (EB3 ND 10/23/03)

    Hey all. About 10 mins ago I checked my case status and saw that nothing had changed (showing old LUDs, status messages etc.). About 5 mins ago I checked again (yeah, I know) and saw that my LUD and my wife's LUD had changed to 12/16/04 and was able to see approved status messages for my...
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    FYI: 2003 tracker has > 40% completed now

    http://immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?p=1003786#post1003786 % TRANSFERRED (OUT OF ALL CASES ) 3.2% % APPROVED (OUT OF ALL CASES) 37.2% % COMPLETED (OUT OF ALL CASES) 40.4% ETA
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    added monthly progress table to 2003 tracker

    FYI, I added a table to the 2003 tracker to show the number and % approved / transferred / completed for each month. The full tracker is at http://immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?p=994282#post994282 and I've attached a spreadsheet here that contains only the new table. Take the numbers...
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    VSC showing some signs of life...

    Just updated the 2003 tracker (http://immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?p=993497#post993497 ) with an approval that I noticed on rupnet (for someone who was in the tracker already). tblade ND: 08/06/03 AD: 12/8/4. The tracker is up to 34.1% of all cases completed now (2.0% transferred)...
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    2003 tracker update: 30.5% of all cases approved now

    Last week alone, roughly 4.5% of all the cases were processed (mainly approvals, with a couple transfers). We also continue to see very few transfers overall among the cases in the tracker (only 1.6% so far). http://immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?p=989895#post989895 ETA
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    murthy's take on travel on H/L/AP without I-551 stamp

    FYI, I just got a response to the following question on the currently active murthy chat session: ETA: If one’s I-485 is approved just prior to travel outside the US on H/L status (without AP), is there any alternative to delaying the trip until after the I-551 stamp can be obtained? I...
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    Slow days

    Has anyone else noticed a pattern of very few approvals posted on Mondays (whether here or on other sites like rupnet.com)? I don't have the numbers to back me up but I think that generally most of the action seems to occur on Tuesday through Thursday... Anyway, today was another slow...
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    Editorial on Immigration from Wall Street Journal

    Give Thanks for Immigrants And for a president who understands their importance to America. BY RUPERT MURDOCH Wednesday, November 24, 2004 12:01 a.m. EST When B.C. Forbes sailed for America from Scotland in 1904, he was following a course well worn by generations of Scots. I know...
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    Poll: LUD changes prior to I-485 approvals

    Many people are reporting that their LUD changed prior to getting approved (these are changes to the LUD with no corresponding change to the status message which probably indicates that someone has looked at the case). Could approved people please respond to the following poll so we can get a...
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    100+ approvals in the tracker now

    FYI, the 2003 tracker (http://immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=118163&page=125&pp=15) now has 103 approvals in it. Again, if you are in the tracker and have been approved make sure we know about it :). ETA
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    Request for people in the 2003 I-140 / I-485 tracker

    Hey all. If your case information is in the 2003 I-140 / I-485 tracker and your I-485 has been approved (or was transferred / RFE sent) but you haven't posted the details, could you please post them here and I'll update the tracker? We've been trying to keep the tracker up to date so those...
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