Processing time for green card based on asylum

Rad.rav said:
Which service center processed you i485?
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It was NBC. I sent it to Phoenix and it was maybe sent elsewhere. People in Ohio sent to Phoenix but my case number is MSC.... so I don't know where this got processed. It took exactly 11 months from the date they acknowledged receipt to the date of approval. I did everything myself and no attorney. I included medical as well. I just checked it's the National Benefits Center
 
Boomboom123 said:
It was NBC. I sent it to Phoenix and it was maybe sent elsewhere. People in Ohio sent to Phoenix but my case number is MSC.... so I don't know where this got processed. It took exactly 11 months from the date they acknowledged receipt to the date of approval. I did everything myself and no attorney. I included medical as well.
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Boomboom123 said:
It was NBC. I sent it to Phoenix and it was maybe sent elsewhere. People in Ohio sent to Phoenix but my case number is MSC.... so I don't know where this got processed. It took exactly 11 months from the date they acknowledged receipt to the date of approval. I did everything myself and no attorney. I included medical as well. I just checked it's the National Benefits Center
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Congratulations!!! Did you apply for i-131 with the i-485 at the same time?
 
Does anyone have any idea if I need a traveling document to enter Canada or a greencard alone is sufficient to travel to Canada and back to US
 
Boomboom123 said:
Thank you! No I didn't. Will I pay a separate application fee for I-131 now that I got approved for GC or it's gonna be free if I apply for traveling document ?
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Now yeah i guess you gonna pay for it but before getting your GC you could easily applied using the i-485 receipt!
 
Boomboom123 said:
Thank you! No I didn't. Will I pay a separate application fee for I-131 now that I got approved for GC or it's gonna be free if I apply for traveling document ?
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If you didn’t apply for travel document with I-485, you can apply it for free separately. You can apply for free only 1 time
 
lekarstvo said:
If you didn’t apply for travel document with I-485, you can apply it for free separately. You can apply for free only 1 time
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Thanks! So now do I sent it with copy of my green cars? Or how do I apply for free? How do I proof that I'm eligible for w first time free.
 
Hi,
I had a really confusing call with USCIS. I recently got my Green Card based on an asylum. I applied to renew my refugee travel document (my previews RTD is going to expire in a couple of months) while my I-485 application was pending. USCIS closed (terminated) my pending refugee travel document application after they approved my form I-485 application. I got confused and I called them. They said that since now you have your Green Card and can enter US without any problem, you no longer need RTD. I said that is right I may enter US with any issue but to the country I am traveling needs a RTD or passport and I think I cannot use my passport from my country. But from her response she sounded like that is not our problem because you can leave and enter US without any issue using your Green Card and you may need to deal with other countries yourself. This doesn't make sense to me based on what I have heard and read many articles online. I think I still need RTD even having an asylum based Green Card. Does anyone have such experience?
 
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HM1 said:
Hi,
I had a really confusing call with USCIS. I recently got my Green Card based on an asylum. I applied to renew my refugee travel document (my previews RTD is going to expire in a couple of months) while my I-485 application was pending. USCIS closed (terminated) my pending refugee travel document application after they approved my form I-485 application. I got confused and I called them. They said that since now you have your Green Card and can enter US without any problem, you no longer need RTD. I said that is right I may enter US with any issue but to the country I am traveling needs a RTD or passport and I think I cannot use my passport from my country. But from her response she sounded like that is not our problem because you can leave and enter US without any issue using your Green Card and you may need to deal with other countries yourself. This doesn't make sense to me based on what I have heard and read many articles online. I think I still need RTD even having an asylum based Green Card. Does anyone have such experience?
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That’s weird and looks like the agent you talked to is completely ignorant and have no idea what she/he is talking about! Try to talk to them again tomorrow with a different agent! You tell them that I don’t and can’t have a passport from my country and I can’t travel without RTD as in the end you’re asylee so that’s your right to get RTD!! It doesn’t worth the risk to use your PC passport under any circumstances.
Trump or another republican president will take over the white house in 2025 and it’s 99% that they will focus on the immigration as their first priority issue so don’t be an easy hunt for em’
 
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HM1 said:
Hi,
I had a really confusing call with USCIS. I recently got my Green Card based on an asylum. I applied to renew my refugee travel document (my previews RTD is going to expire in a couple of months) while my I-485 application was pending. USCIS closed (terminated) my pending refugee travel document application after they approved my form I-485 application. I got confused and I called them. They said that since now you have your Green Card and can enter US without any problem, you no longer need RTD. I said that is right I may enter US with any issue but to the country I am traveling needs a RTD or passport and I think I cannot use my passport from my country. But from her response she sounded like that is not our problem because you can leave and enter US without any issue using your Green Card and you may need to deal with other countries yourself. This doesn't make sense to me based on what I have heard and read many articles online. I think I still need RTD even having an asylum based Green Card. Does anyone have such experience?
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The truth is that having a green and using your passport of country of persecution doesn't automatically cause any problems. It is advisable to use a travel document but not that u must use it. You only have a problem using your passport from CP when you visit the country. I personally know more than 4 people who used their passport and got citizenship without any problems and there are thousands more out there .
It is very important and neccessary to have a travel document or other document if you have to travel without a greencard. When entering the United States what they care most is your greencard or other rights to enter.
There's no law stopping anyone from using their passport but when you are asked why u use it be ready to explain and they shouldn't find any trace of fraud.
I encourage people to use travel document but u are good if you have a passport that is still valid before your greencard was approved. You could get into trouble if y apply for a new one or renew an old one.
 
Boomboom123 said:
The truth is that having a green and using your passport of country of persecution doesn't automatically cause any problems. It is advisable to use a travel document but not that u must use it. You only have a problem using your passport from CP when you visit the country. I personally know more than 4 people who used their passport and got citizenship without any problems and there are thousands more out there .
It is very important and neccessary to have a travel document or other document if you have to travel without a greencard. When entering the United States what they care most is your greencard or other rights to enter.
There's no law stopping anyone from using their passport but when you are asked why u use it be ready to explain and they shouldn't find any trace of fraud.
I encourage people to use travel document but u are good if you have a passport that is still valid before your greencard was approved. You could get into trouble if y apply for a new one or renew an old one.
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With all of my respect to you that’s all wrong! No attorney ever will advise the asylee to use their PC passport cause the USCIS will think that if you really had fears in your own country you can’t not take any benefit from it! 5-6 people did that and got away with it? Well then that’s all about luck but it’s so risky!!! Same with people who never file proper tax but they get away with it but others get caught and as I mentioned earlier it’s better to be safe than be sorry! Nothing worth the risk of getting hard times at the neutralization stage cause you ever went back to the Pc or used it’s passport!
 
HM1 said:
Hi,
I had a really confusing call with USCIS. I recently got my Green Card based on an asylum. I applied to renew my refugee travel document (my previews RTD is going to expire in a couple of months) while my I-485 application was pending. USCIS closed (terminated) my pending refugee travel document application after they approved my form I-485 application. I got confused and I called them. They said that since now you have your Green Card and can enter US without any problem, you no longer need RTD. I said that is right I may enter US with any issue but to the country I am traveling needs a RTD or passport and I think I cannot use my passport from my country. But from her response she sounded like that is not our problem because you can leave and enter US without any issue using your Green Card and you may need to deal with other countries yourself. This doesn't make sense to me based on what I have heard and read many articles online. I think I still need RTD even having an asylum based Green Card. Does anyone have such experience?
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The truth is that having a green and using your passport of country of persecution doesn't automatically cause any problems. It is advisable to use a travel document but not that u must use it. You only have a problem using your passport from CP when you visit the country. I personally know more than 4 people who used their passport and got citizenship without any problems and there are thousands more outt.
It is very important and neccessary to have a travel document or other document if you have to travel without a greencard. When entering the United States what they care most is your greencard or other rights to enter.
There's no law stopping anyone from using their passport but when you are asked why u use it be ready to explain and they shouldn't find any trace of fraud.
I encourage people to use travel document but u are good if you have a passport that is still valid before your greencard was approved. You could get into trouble if y apply for a new one or renew an old one.
Mishomasr said:
With all of my respect to you that’s all wrong! No attorney ever will advise the asylee to use their PC passport cause the USCIS will think that if you really had fears in your own country you can’t not take any benefit from it! 5-6 people did that and got away with it? Well then that’s all about luck but it’s so risky!!! Same with people who never file proper tax but they get away with it but others get caught and as I mentioned earlier it’s better to be safe than be sorry! Nothing worth the risk of getting hard times at the neutralization stage cause you ever went back to the Pc or used it’s passport!youit
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You have some valid points but do you know that not everyone that got their asylum granted is for political reasons? Can you show me a law that forbids asylee with greencard from using their passport from CP?
Bro do you know how many people who emphasized that people shouldn't file asylum without an attorney when that is a fat lie and wrong?
I'm not encouraging people to use the passport from their CP , all I'm saying it's not as risky as People paints it here. Every asylum cases is different, some people are granted asylum and they can stil visit their countries and others cannot.
A person that was granted asylum cos they were running from a group of people targeting him/her is different from someone running away from the government.
When we advised people here let's them them all options and the pros and cons , we should be too sure as if we are the lawmakers.
The uscis caller was right to say so long as u have greencard u don't have a problem to enter America when returning because they care about your rights to enter and not your rights to leave.
If you have a reason why u use your passport from CP then there's no problem.
Before u generalized your opinion, please be reminded that there are different reasons to be granted asylum and not just political.
Also I want u to note that traveling document was design to target more stateless people and those who migrated without passport and those who have difficulties to have passport from their CP and not to control asylee.
I just think people should be giving all the information for them to decide rather than putting fear in them in just " I heard that "
Uscis will hold u for breaking the law and not for what we think and feel. T

Just my humble opinion
 
Boomboom123 said:
The truth is that having a green and using your passport of country of persecution doesn't automatically cause any problems. It is advisable to use a travel document but not that u must use it. You only have a problem using your passport from CP when you visit the country. I personally know more than 4 people who used their passport and got citizenship without any problems and there are thousands more outt.
It is very important and neccessary to have a travel document or other document if you have to travel without a greencard. When entering the United States what they care most is your greencard or other rights to enter.
There's no law stopping anyone from using their passport but when you are asked why u use it be ready to explain and they shouldn't find any trace of fraud.
I encourage people to use travel document but u are good if you have a passport that is still valid before your greencard was approved. You could get into trouble if y apply for a new one or renew an old one.


You have some valid points but do you know that not everyone that got their asylum granted is for political reasons? Can you show me a law that forbids asylee with greencard from using their passport from CP?
Bro do you know how many people who emphasized that people shouldn't file asylum without an attorney when that is a fat lie and wrong?
I'm not encouraging people to use the passport from their CP , all I'm saying it's not as risky as People paints it here. Every asylum cases is different, some people are granted asylum and they can stil visit their countries and others cannot.
A person that was granted asylum cos they were running from a group of people targeting him/her is different from someone running away from the government.
When we advised people here let's them them all options and the pros and cons , we should be too sure as if we are the lawmakers.
The uscis caller was right to say so long as u have greencard u don't have a problem to enter America when returning because they care about your rights to enter and not your rights to leave.
If you have a reason why u use your passport from CP then there's no problem.
Before u generalized your opinion, please be reminded that there are different reasons to be granted asylum and not just political.
Also I want u to note that traveling document was design to target more stateless people and those who migrated without passport and those who have difficulties to have passport from their CP and not to control asylee.
I just think people should be giving all the information for them to decide rather than putting fear in them in just " I heard that "
Uscis will hold u for breaking the law and not for what we think and feel. T

Just my humble opinion
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Yeah for sure not all asylees are political asylees but in general using your PC passport is not favorable especially you get asked at the asylum interview if you contacted the police or government to protect you from these groups or whatever and the answer was yes otherwise you would have never granted asylee so now using PC passport means like you use a benefit or a kind of protection from the country you didn’t feel safe in!!! Long story short, using your CP is risky especially if your N-400 officer is tough and he /she can easily deny your case and send you back to the asylum office to reopen your initial case,
Does it usually happens? Probably not at all but as long as it has risk then don’t do it from the start and these attorneys are well educated and studied bro and i guarantee you that no attorney will tell you to use your CP passport cause no one will take that huge responsibility!

P.s : either trump or DeSantis gonna win the next presidential election and both hate asylees and refugees and you know what does it mean !

Remember in 2020 when trump talked about the USCIS should investigating the people who were granted asylum then traveled back once they got the GC to the PC but luckily he didn’t have enough time to do anything and was focusing only on the elections

Remember when trump was insisting he wants to ban the right of applying for asylum for anyone got in transit or third country before entering the US!!!

I promise you in 2025 you will see the toughest immigration polices this country ever had!!
especially both of trump and DeSantis literally ain’t a big fan of asylees and refugees at all.
 
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