Wrong Country of Birth on GC

[gordonf238]

I've received my permanent resident card today. The "Country of Birth" field lists Czech Republic, when in fact, I was born in Slovakia (Slovak Republic).

When my parents (also living in the US) received their green cards, they also had this error. They filed an I-90 and had to give-up the physical card for correction. It took USCIS two years to re-issue the cards to them, and they still showed Czech Republic as the Country of Birth.

I had read somewhere that this has to do with the Country Code the USCIS uses which sometimes causes a different country to be printed.

Without going through the same two-year process, is there anything I can do to ensure the correct country shows up when I file my I-90?

Another part of me is telling me to leave it as-is, as I intend to apply for naturalization in 2.5 years once I'm eligible. However, my passport is issued by Slovak Republic, and my green card says something else. I'd hate for some paranoid airport security guard to make an issue out of this.

Any suggestions? Thanks a million guys!

 

[Jackolantern]

People change citizenships, so it is not so unusual to have a country of birth that is different from the passport country. When you become a US citizen you'll get a US passport without your country of birth being the US. So the airport security shouldn't give you a hassle . And the only time you should show both your green card and passport is when you check in at the airline counter for an international flight, and when you land at immigration ... for the security lines or domestic flights, just show one or the other).

USCIS policy is to list the country of birth based on what it was at the time of birth, not what it is today. So they should have put Czechoslovak Republic, not Czech Republic or Slovak Republic.

Were you or either of your parents hassled about the discrepancy at the airport or elsewhere? If not, I would just live with the card as is until acquiring US citizenship.

 

[WhichWay2Go]

I've received my permanent resident card today. The "Country of Birth" field lists Czech Republic, when in fact, I was born in Slovakia (Slovak Republic).

That happened with my GC but different Countries. I made an appointment and they organized a new card with the correct Country on it. This was a long time back and I was able to show up at the door and get an appointment for a few days ahead.

It was a code look up thing. I can't remember the exact codes but let's say my home country code was ABC and they used ACB. The good folk at USCIS are human and they too make mistakes.