Wrong birthplace on card need advise...

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b1gr3dmachin3

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Hello all, I just received my green card in the mail the other day (hooray!) Unfortunately, it has my incorrect country of birth on it... It says USA instead of CAN =/

I have read and researched quite a bit, so I know you have to file an i-90 with supporting documents but I have heard many horror stories! The problem for me is, I would not care about waiting but I have no other form of ID so I do not want to be without my green card for a long time! And no, I don't have a passport.

My main question is, would it be a big deal to just keep my card even with the wrong country of birth? Would I still be able to apply for a SS# and a drivers license (I need this asap!)? I live in Nevada.

Any help would be appreciated plz and ty!
 
Well how will you explain place of birth to SSA? What you can do is make DL as it does not have birth place on it, if they make licenses without social.
It's funny if they have US as a place of birth, you are the first person to have a green card who was born in US.
 
You should make a info pass appointment and let them deal with it, you don't have to pay the fees again fir a new GC as it is their mistake.
 
Yeah I want to get a drivers license but on the application for it it asks me for my place of birth and I'm not sure if they will not accept it because of that. I don't know how big of a deal my birthplace is. I guess I'll try and see what happens. And yes, I made an infopass app as well but that wont be for another 2 weeks.
 
b1gr3dmachin3 said:
Yeah I want to get a drivers license but on the application for it it asks me for my place of birth and I'm not sure if they will not accept it because of that. I don't know how big of a deal my birthplace is. I guess I'll try and see what happens. And yes, I made an infopass app as well but that wont be for another 2 weeks.
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Just go ahead and apply and see what happens. Write Canada on the DMV forms wherever it asks for your country of birth, and act as if nothing is wrong ... don't mention anything about the place of birth on the GC unless they bring up the issue. If they do bring it up, you'll just have to say that it's a typo and you're going to work with the immigration offices to fix it, and assure them it is a valid card and when they verify your status the immigration authorities will confirm your legal status.

Do you have a copy of the I-485 form that you submitted? If you wrote USA, they're going to pin the mistake on you and you'll have to pay the fee to replace the card, even though they should have stopped and double-checked your passport and/or birth certificate once they saw USA on the form.
 
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