Mistake on my Green Card

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TroySJ

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Hi Guys,

I have received my GC and there is a mistake on it, the issue date instead of 2008 is 2002 on my Green Card.

How should I approach this?

I have an InfoPass to go and tell them the problem, Is this the best way to go? Do they withhold my Green Card? Can I travale at the time?

Please let me know if you have any experience on this,

Many thanks

Troy
 
Take your passport with you when you go to the Infopass appointment, and ask them to endorse it with an I551 stamp so that you can travel with that while you apply for a replacement GC. You will have to file for the replacement, but you won't be charged a fee.
 
lucky you!

TroySJ said:
Hi Guys,

I have received my GC and there is a mistake on it, the issue date instead of 2008 is 2002 on my Green Card.

How should I approach this?

I have an InfoPass to go and tell them the problem, Is this the best way to go? Do they withhold my Green Card? Can I travale at the time?

Please let me know if you have any experience on this,

Many thanks

Troy
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Don't bother.
You are plain lucky. Apply for citizenship right now!
goodluck
 
TroySJ said:
Hi Guys,

I have received my GC and there is a mistake on it, the issue date instead of 2008 is 2002 on my Green Card.

How should I approach this?
------------------file form I-90
I have an InfoPass to go and tell them the problem, Is this the best way to go?
----------------------Local USCIS office will be of no help to correct the info on Card. you need to file I-90.
Do they withhold my Green Card?
---------------Local USCIS will not take your Card. when you file I-90 you need to send the Card to them.
Can I travale at the time?
---------------YES, after your Trip you can file form I-90

Please let me know if you have any experience on this,

Many thanks

Troy
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TroySJ said:
Hi Guys,

I have received my GC and there is a mistake on it, the issue date instead of 2008 is 2002 on my Green Card.

How should I approach this?

I have an InfoPass to go and tell them the problem, Is this the best way to go? Do they withhold my Green Card? Can I travale at the time?

Please let me know if you have any experience on this,

Many thanks

Troy
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The card itself will be taken, your status will stay. If you want to renew your DL, travel, start work, change your SS card .....etc, just do it before you send the card. It may take one year to be fixed with new FP and much hassle.
 
Hi Guys,

thanks a lot for the Info,

I went to the local office to at least get the passport stamp and even that didn;t happen. they told me to file an I90 and after a month they told me to go there for the stamp.

Do you guys know what are the limitations of the stamp?
Do you have any idea of how long the I90 will approximately take?
what will happen if I use the same Green card and do not send it over, it is really painfull to send it back after all these years.

thanks a lot

Poorya
 
I've been looking but I haven't found any place that requires you to return the card because of an error. USCIS tells you how to apply for a replacement if your card has an error on it, but I can't find any information about being actually required to replace it.

So therefore it appears you can choose not to return the green card. Just make sure you keep the approval notice that you got (or the Welcome Notice) in a safe place to use it when the times comes to apply for citizenship. That notice should have the proper approval date on it. Since it doesn't appear you are required to return it, just keep it. Of course, don't try to apply for citizenship before 2013, because 1- they verify your LPR start date on their systems, and 2- others in your situation have tried it and failed.
 
Hi,

thanks for the Info, It is becomming a little bit confusing for me on what to do? I agree with you that it is not mandatory to send this back, however the IO told me to file I90 and send your Green Card in that package.

Can anyone tells me how to proceed?

Many thanks

Poorya
 
I think what jk0274 is saying is that it is not mandatory to have it corrected if it doesn't bother you, as they have their own information in the system, which is bound to be correct (one would hope). If you DO want a card that has the correct date, then you have to send the card along with the application for a replacement.
 
Hi,

So, what you guys mean is that there is no drawback if I do not send it back?

Many thanks,

Poorya
 
TroySJ said:
Hi,

So, what you guys mean is that there is no drawback if I do not send it back?
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It's not going to cause a problem with anything internal to the US (DL, SS, employment, etc.), as it's not your name or gender or date of birth that's wrong. But when you travel, an immigration officer at the airport could notice the discrepancy if they're paying attention to the details. Then they would send you to secondary inspection where you might be stuck for anywhere from a few minutes to hours, until they clear it up and are satisfied that you're not carrying a forged card.

So it's up to you which hassle you prefer ... the hassle of the I-90 process, or the potential hassle of being stuck and harassed at the port of entry. If you only travel outside the US once a year, you'll probably never encounter an IO that notices the discrepancy and gives you a problem. But if you're going to travel 10 times every year that's another matter.

Whatever you do, don't make the mistake of attempting to apply for citizenship early because of the 2002 date on the card.
 
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When does the card expire? Ten years after 2002, or ten years after 2008? If it expires in 2012, it would make sense to replace it now and get it over with, because you otherwise would have to renew it in 2012 anyway.
 
Jackolantern said:
But when you travel, an immigration officer at the airport could notice the discrepancy if they're paying attention to the details. Then they would send you to secondary inspection where you might be stuck for anywhere from a few minutes to hours, until they clear it up and are satisfied that you're not carrying a forged card.
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So just carry the Welcome Notice with you (assuming the date on it is correct) and you should be okay. Again, there appear to be no adverse effects from just keeping this card - except (as Jackolantern wrote) if it expires in 2012 instead of 2018, in which case you'll need to renew it at some point before 2012. But if it expires in 2018, just keep it; that's probably what I would do.
 
Hi,

My card expires at 2018, so based on your feedback I may decide to keep the card as is.

Many thanks,

Troy
 
TroySJ said:
My card expires at 2018, so based on your feedback I may decide to keep the card as is.
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Just be mentally prepared to possibly answer a lot of extra questions whenever you travel, in case you run into an immigration officer at the airport who notices the date mismatch and harasses you. At a minimum, you should always make sure to remember the actual month and year it was approved, so you can tell them something that matches what they see on their computer screen (if they notice the discrepancy, they'd be looking at the actual approval date on their screen and not the 2002 date).
 
Jackolantern said:
Just be mentally prepared to possibly answer a lot of extra questions whenever you travel, in case you run into an immigration officer at the airport who notices the date mismatch and harasses you. At a minimum, you should always make sure to remember the actual month and year it was approved, so you can tell them something that matches what they see on their computer screen (if they notice the discrepancy, they'd be looking at the actual approval date on their screen and not the 2002 date).
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Which is why I suggest yet again to carry your Welcome Notice with you when you travel, which has the priority / receipt / and approval dates on it.
 
cafeconleche said:
Is it possible that the RESIDENCE SINCE date is wrong in their system too? Just wondering.
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Yes it's possible. If that is the case, they probably won't notice anything wrong. If they do notice the mismatch, we can assume that either they're looking at the right approval date, or they're looking at another date on the screen and they realize it doesn't make sense (e.g. an entry in 2004 in H1 status after GC approval in 2002).
 
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