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weary

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I'm planing to file an I-90 in person at the a local USCIS office and hand over my card along with a copy of my birth certificate and a copy of the original 485 submitted which has my country of birth listed properly. I think I don't need to pay since this is an error on their part.

Anything else I might need to submit or any other paperwork to take with me?

Any ideas on how long it will take to get the corrected card?

I was almost going to e-file but read somewhere on the website that if you're requesting a fee-waiver you can't use e-filing. Has anyone got stuff corrected free of charge by filing an I-90 online?
 
So I submitted the I-90 yesterday and was told it would take at least 1 year and probably 2 years to get a new card with the correction. (I stood there in shock saying "two years!?" several times before I resigned to my fate)

I asked if I could just use it with the mistake and the officer said "I don't know I'm not an Immigration Inspector". So I decided to get it corrected.

I'm glad I handed over the application in person however, because I got a stamped copy of my application showing the old green card also. Apparently that piece of paper will enable me to keep getting my passport stamp extended while I wait.
 
got the corrected card!

Amazingly I got the corrected card in the mail last week! The first time in my life the immigration system has pleasantly surprised me about anything.

So if anyone is debating whether to get stuff corrected I guess my case shows you should go ahead...
 
I submittd my I-90 this morning

weary said:
Amazingly I got the corrected card in the mail last week! The first time in my life the immigration system has pleasantly surprised me about anything.

So if anyone is debating whether to get stuff corrected I guess my case shows you should go ahead...
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Like you, my card was also issued with an administrative error. I filed I-90 today at L.A. District Office and was told the new card will be issued in couple of months. After reading your update, I felt confident that the processing time might be a whole lot shorter. Thanks for the update.
 
Did CIS waive the fee in either of your cases since the error was theirs? I would normally assume no.

rgds,
sadiq
 
Mr. Frustrated,

How long did it take for you to receive the corrected card? What kind of documents did you bring with you to the infopass appointment? Did you hand over your old GC?

Thanks.
 
weary said:
Amazingly I got the corrected card in the mail last week! The first time in my life the immigration system has pleasantly surprised me about anything.

So if anyone is debating whether to get stuff corrected I guess my case shows you should go ahead...
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--- where did you submited the I-90, your Local USCIS office name??
---- your service center name that approved I-485??
 
I-90 fee was waived for me because it was an administrative error.

As I remember I brought a photocopy of the original I485 application that showed my country of birth listed correctly. I also brought my passport and birth certificate (and copy of birth certificate) to prove my country of birth. I submitted the completed I-90 to the San Francisco USCIS office in person. Yes, I had to hand over the old GC. As I said in a previous post, they give a photocopy of the first page of the I-90 with the old GC attached, so you can use that for travel and also for getting the stamp on your passport extended.

I was told at the San Francisco USCIS that it takes 1 to 2 years to correct. But it reality it took just a month to recieve the corrected card in the mail, as my posts above show.

The service center that approved my I-485 was the place in Laguna Nigel, the California service center. Hopefully I've answered all the questions.
 
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weary said:
I was told at the San Francisco USCIS that it takes 1 to 2 years to correct. But it reality it took just a month to recieve the corrected card in the mail, as my posts above show.
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SF USCIS have a habit of using the "1-2 years" mantra... Everyone I know, including myself and spouse, received our cards in less than 60 days.
 
When everybody asks for how long a particular process would take when everybody should know that everybody's case is different, I would tell everybody it would take 1-2 years too!...well, how about 3 years? ;)
Why not just wait...the workload is greater than you can realize...you will get it as soon as it's ready!
 
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