Received plastic, not backdated

I have a question regarding backdated GC:

Is that true that some asylees have received GC backdated to the date of asylum granted?

Is that happenned to people who was granted asylum by a judge only?

Thanks for your reply.
 
Cl_Asylee said:
I have a question regarding backdated GC:

Is that true that some asylees have received GC backdated to the date of asylum granted?

Is that happenned to people who was granted asylum by a judge only?

Thanks for your reply.
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No No No.
 
How long it has been since your biometrics done and till your approval? please, post your time line. Thanks.
 
Timeline

02/14/2000 - I-485 RD
02/24/2000 - I-485 ND
06/15/2004 - Fingerprints
02/11/2005 - RFE Notice
02/25/2005 - My wife's RFE received by USCIS
03/01/2005 - My RFE received by USCIS
03/02/2005 - Both my and my wife's 'Last updated' date changed - No status change
03/04/2005 - Only my 'Last updated' date changed - No status change
03/18/2005 - Both my and my wife's 'Last updated' date changed - No status change.
03/30/2005 - Received back the RFE documents and a letter stating that the application was approved
04/19/2005 - Received official Approval Notice stating that the app was approved on 03/17/2005
05/05/2005 - Stamping appointment
05/05/2005 - Received e-mail stating that the GC card was ordered
05/07/2005 - Received e-mail stating that the GC card was issued and mailed
05/09/2005 - Received plastic card in mail


Alex
 
Alex_e38 said:
02/14/2000 - I-485 RD
02/24/2000 - I-485 ND
06/15/2004 - Fingerprints
02/11/2005 - RFE Notice
02/25/2005 - My wife's RFE received by USCIS
03/01/2005 - My RFE received by USCIS
03/02/2005 - Both my and my wife's 'Last updated' date changed - No status change
03/04/2005 - Only my 'Last updated' date changed - No status change
03/18/2005 - Both my and my wife's 'Last updated' date changed - No status change.
03/30/2005 - Received back the RFE documents and a letter stating that the application was approved
04/19/2005 - Received official Approval Notice stating that the app was approved on 03/17/2005
05/05/2005 - Stamping appointment
05/05/2005 - Received e-mail stating that the GC card was ordered
05/07/2005 - Received e-mail stating that the GC card was issued and mailed
05/09/2005 - Received plastic card in mail


Alex
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It seems like, you have been logging every single milestones. Good job and thank you for shaing this, appreciated. Apparently, it takes five years to get the plastic, and that was what my lawyer told me when I file my I-485 back in late 2000. I should get my plastic later this year or early next year (hopefully).
 
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Well this could be an error by CIS. If you try to take advantage of their error, they might catch you and punish you in some way. Remember if your citizenship is denied for sound reason then you cannot apply again for 5 years.

Just for example... Alex_e38 just got his plastic card that is NOT backdated. So CIS makes mistakes and taking advantage of those mistakes is not advisable.
 
hampton8844 said:
If you believe those rumors then there is a bridge up in New York I
want to sell you or there is a nice beach in South Carolina I can
sell you at a bargain price.
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I did not believe on rumors. That is why I asked if somebody else has any clue.

Good luck selling bridges and beaches.
 
wantmygcnow said:
isn't hampton in politics? why is he selling bridges and beaches? GOD these politicans are liars...
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That was a joke and you missed the obvious?
 
How does this fit into our waiting time to Citizenship

Below is an extract of Title I, Section 101 of the REAL ID Act (which I would assume is the version of the Bill as passed by the Senete today). My question is, if you read the text I identified by red (below), it says that the removal of the cap takes effect as if it was enacted on March 1, 2003. Why did they want to back date the enactment date of the Bill? What is the implication of the Bill on our waiting time for Citizenship? Assuming the Bill has exact language as herein under, and that the Bill is signed into law, is it reasonalbe to anticipate GC's backdated at least to March 2003 (for those of us who applied I-485 prior to March 2003?)


"(f) Removal of Caps- Section 209 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1159) is amended--

(1) in subsection (a)(1)--

(A) by striking `Service' and inserting `Department of Homeland Security'; and

(B) by striking `Attorney General' each place such term appears and inserting `Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General';

(2) in subsection (b)--

(A) by striking `Not more' and all that follows through `asylum who--' and inserting `The Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General, in the Secretary's or the Attorney General's discretion and under such regulations as the Secretary or the Attorney General may prescribe, may adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence the status of any alien granted asylum who--'; and

(B) in the matter following paragraph (5), by striking `Attorney General' and inserting `Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General'; and

(3) in subsection (c), by striking `Attorney General' and inserting `Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General'.

(g) Effective Dates-

(1) The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on March 1, 2003.
 
Read the bill again--line by line. The cap removal is effective on the date the President signs the bill into law, not March 1, 2003.

But regardless this will not have impact on our citizenship eligibility. Our green cards are dated one year before the INS physically approves the application. Any other dates are not relevent for this purpose.


bornTwice said:
Below is an extract of Title I, Section 101 of the REAL ID Act (which I would assume is the version of the Bill as passed by the Senete today). My question is, if you read the text I identified by red (below), it says that the removal of the cap takes effect as if it was enacted on March 1, 2003. Why did they want to back date the enactment date of the Bill? What is the implication of the Bill on our waiting time for Citizenship? Assuming the Bill has exact language as herein under, and that the Bill is signed into law, is it reasonalbe to anticipate GC's backdated at least to March 2003 (for those of us who applied I-485 prior to March 2003?)


"(f) Removal of Caps- Section 209 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1159) is amended--

(1) in subsection (a)(1)--

(A) by striking `Service' and inserting `Department of Homeland Security'; and

(B) by striking `Attorney General' each place such term appears and inserting `Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General';

(2) in subsection (b)--

(A) by striking `Not more' and all that follows through `asylum who--' and inserting `The Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General, in the Secretary's or the Attorney General's discretion and under such regulations as the Secretary or the Attorney General may prescribe, may adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence the status of any alien granted asylum who--'; and

(B) in the matter following paragraph (5), by striking `Attorney General' and inserting `Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General'; and

(3) in subsection (c), by striking `Attorney General' and inserting `Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General'.

(g) Effective Dates-

(1) The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on March 1, 2003.
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The cap removal provisions are contained in subsection (f), not subsection (a). Subsection (a) deals with changes in the burden of proof in asylum cases and a number of semantic changes in the INA. It has nothing to do with the cap. Subsection (g)(5) says that subsection (f) takes effect on "the date of the enactment of this division [bill]."

I know this is hard to decipher unless you do this for a living.

Trust me on that one.
 
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hampton8844 said:
The cap removal provisions are contained in subsection (f), not subsection (a). Subsection (a) deals with changes in the burden of proof in asylum cases and a number of semantic changes in the INA. It has nothing to do with the cap. Subsection (g)(5) says that subsection (f) takes effect on "the date of the enactment of this division [bill]."

I know this is hard to decipher unless you do this for a living.

Trust me on that one.
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Thanks for your plain and simple explanation. I throw my question or concerns just out of curiousity. Having said that I would appreciate if you explain the significance of March 2003.
 
bornTwice said:
Thanks for your plain and simple explanation. I throw my question or concerns just out of curiousity. Having said that I would appreciate if you explain the significance of March 2003.
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We have been looking at the wrong version. The version that actually passed has the cap removal at subsection (g) and the effective date designations at subsection (h). But this does not change anything of substance.

On March 1 2003 the Department of Homeland Security came into being and the bulk of immigration function was transfered from the Department of Justice to the DHS. In paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection (a) of the REAL ID Congress just added the Secretary of Homeland Security as the official who is authorized to grant asylum to aliens (along with the Attorney General via the immigration court). This is a cosmetic point that should have been addressed two years ago. Congress was just correcting an oversight in semantics. This has no real meaning for people.

Is this clear?
 
Alex:

When you had your passport stamped, did the passport already expire?

Since from the timeline you posted, it's very likely it is expired.

thanks.
 
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