Friend of mine got his plastic this saturday 4/23/05 his Nd is FEb 2000 but the thing is that the GC says PERMENANT RESDIENT SINCE 95 and it is exactly the day he came to the USA, his case was approved in court in 1998, so they gave him the green card back dated to the day he came not even from the approval,, I saw the card with my own eyes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!