CG expiration date

[sunshineman]

My GC (AS6) was approved in 2006. I actually never received (because it was lost, I did the I-90 .....) til yesterday
it is valid until from 2005 to 2017. I thought it was 10 ans. is it a mistake?

 

[Jackolantern]

They probably gave you 10 years after the replacement was produced, so that gives you 2017, and backdated the start date to 2005 because you are an asylee.

 

[sunshineman]

Oh ok Because I never heard of a '12 years' green card. I was just checking in case it was a mistake.

 

[Triple Citizen]

USCIS is trying to make up for losing your first card You are fine. Hopefuly you will be a citizen long before you need to renew your GC.

Oh ok Because I never heard of a '12 years' green card. I was just checking in case it was a mistake.

 

[Jackolantern]

Oh ok Because I never heard of a '12 years' green card. I was just checking in case it was a mistake.

On paper it might look like 12 years, but in reality you'll have it for not more than 10 years.

 

[sunshineman]

Can you please give more details? are you saying it will be not valid after 10 years?

 

[Triple Citizen]

The card will expire on the given date in 2007. Your status will not. You will need to get a new card if you are not a citizen by then.

 

[sunshineman]

just curious; do you know some people who are thinking of never becoming USC? and keep their CG for lets say 20 years. Isnt it a problem for IO because they have the proof that the GC holder has no intend to change his status.

 

[Jackolantern]

There is no obligation to apply for US citizenship. Some people stay with only a green card for 40+ years until they die. For some there are many disadvantages to obtaining US citizenship, especially if it means they would lose their birth country's citizenship.

 

[Triple Citizen]

There are GC holders who have been in the US for 30 years plus and have not become US citizens by choice.

just curious; do you know some people who are thinking of never becoming USC?