Hey everybody, it's nice to be a part of this community 
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Unfortunately most of us here because somebody is giving us a hard time, but nevertheless it's nice to have helping hands in these stressing matters.
I am new to all the lingo, and a lot of you have such an organized journaling, way more organized than some of the people taking care of our document processing, it even feels intimidating a little .
Anyway, I got stamped with I-551 in my passport on October 27th, 2006 in Federal Plaza (NYC). After 2 interviews and an appointment after that, our DOA stamped my passport. We got married in July 04, applied in 2 weeks after that, first interview was in March 05 and then had Stokes interview scheduled in September 06, at which he told us he'll let us know what to do. We got a letter in 2 weeks at which time mailbox in the building was broken into, but luckily mailman did not put that letter in after he saw the security of the whole mailbox was compromised. I had a feeling the letter came and was really worried because of mailbox troubles, but we fortunately got it and it required us to come October 27th, 2006 (less than in 6 weeks). In that letter he required us to bring some more paperwork and one of the things he required was to renew my passport.
Well my passport was expired because I haven't left for over 5 years, but it takes 3-4 month to renew it in my country (Azerbaijan) through my embassy in Washington. I did not do it before because I was not planning to leave the country anytime soon, it was never mentioned to me by officers and embassy of my country until March 06 only extended them for GC holders for one year. To get a brand new one I had to fly myself back there, which I couldn't do for few different reasons. By March- April 06 I was not risking on sending my expired passport away before my interview. Thankfully my Dad raised all the connection he had locally in Azerbaijan and after my old passport literally went over the Atlantic ocean three times because of bureaucratic procedure problems, I received my passport through a person (it can not be sent over mail directly but to an embassy) that was flying in to Chicago and Priority overnighted it to me in NYC on a day before interview. Pheeewww, goodness, it's like I was a part of James Bond suspense sequence.
So thankfully all that did not go in vain and our DOA put the stamp the next morning. When he handed me the passport my wife was all jumping happy behind me and couldn't wait to see it. He also mentioned to me of course - This is good for work and travel and you will get your permanent card in 6 to 8 month but probably much sooner.
That was on October 27th, 2006. In November 06 I went to change my SSC because it had that INS authorization required writing. After 3 month of nothing I've got a letter from SSA saying that Homeland security could not determine my status as a PLR. Ok, I wasn't surprised that much, I guess I gotta wait until I get the GC itself. Few days ago on April 5 I called 1800.375.5283 to check up on things. The lady told me that my case is still pending for approval and it stated that there was request for additional documentation on October 27, 2006 (that I fulfilled by the way). She gave me a confirmation number and told me that I will be contacted in 45 days about the status of my case. It's like my case wasn't even updated since October 06? I know it haven't been 6-8 month yet, but we all know in these matters we have to Always be proactive.
So my fellow immigration peoples, you guys have any idea or experience on how long does it take to get that coveted Welcome notice and GC after the I-551 IR-6 stamp? I have a feeling that me being from a country that is bordering Iran and having Azeri/Persian name is automatically setting off alarms in homeland office ; but of course I hope that's not the case.
P.S. Thank you for reading my stereotypically-longer-than-necessary-newbie post
.Unfortunately most of us here because somebody is giving us a hard time, but nevertheless it's nice to have helping hands in these stressing matters.
I am new to all the lingo, and a lot of you have such an organized journaling, way more organized than some of the people taking care of our document processing, it even feels intimidating a little
. Anyway, I got stamped with I-551 in my passport on October 27th, 2006 in Federal Plaza (NYC). After 2 interviews and an appointment after that, our DOA stamped my passport. We got married in July 04, applied in 2 weeks after that, first interview was in March 05 and then had Stokes interview scheduled in September 06, at which he told us he'll let us know what to do. We got a letter in 2 weeks at which time mailbox in the building was broken into, but luckily mailman did not put that letter in after he saw the security of the whole mailbox was compromised. I had a feeling the letter came and was really worried because of mailbox troubles, but we fortunately got it and it required us to come October 27th, 2006 (less than in 6 weeks). In that letter he required us to bring some more paperwork and one of the things he required was to renew my passport.
Well my passport was expired because I haven't left for over 5 years, but it takes 3-4 month to renew it in my country (Azerbaijan) through my embassy in Washington. I did not do it before because I was not planning to leave the country anytime soon, it was never mentioned to me by officers and embassy of my country until March 06 only extended them for GC holders for one year. To get a brand new one I had to fly myself back there, which I couldn't do for few different reasons. By March- April 06 I was not risking on sending my expired passport away before my interview. Thankfully my Dad raised all the connection he had locally in Azerbaijan and after my old passport literally went over the Atlantic ocean three times because of bureaucratic procedure problems, I received my passport through a person (it can not be sent over mail directly but to an embassy) that was flying in to Chicago and Priority overnighted it to me in NYC on a day before interview. Pheeewww, goodness, it's like I was a part of James Bond suspense sequence.
So thankfully all that did not go in vain and our DOA put the stamp the next morning. When he handed me the passport my wife was all jumping happy behind me and couldn't wait to see it. He also mentioned to me of course - This is good for work and travel and you will get your permanent card in 6 to 8 month but probably much sooner.
That was on October 27th, 2006. In November 06 I went to change my SSC because it had that INS authorization required writing. After 3 month of nothing I've got a letter from SSA saying that Homeland security could not determine my status as a PLR. Ok, I wasn't surprised that much, I guess I gotta wait until I get the GC itself. Few days ago on April 5 I called 1800.375.5283 to check up on things. The lady told me that my case is still pending for approval and it stated that there was request for additional documentation on October 27, 2006 (that I fulfilled by the way). She gave me a confirmation number and told me that I will be contacted in 45 days about the status of my case. It's like my case wasn't even updated since October 06? I know it haven't been 6-8 month yet, but we all know in these matters we have to Always be proactive.
So my fellow immigration peoples, you guys have any idea or experience on how long does it take to get that coveted Welcome notice and GC after the I-551 IR-6 stamp? I have a feeling that me being from a country that is bordering Iran and having Azeri/Persian name is automatically setting off alarms in homeland office
; but of course I hope that's not the case.P.S. Thank you for reading my stereotypically-longer-than-necessary-newbie post