I need help from people who are in the process of waiting for their green card!?
823635
The phone call might be to give you an update on your case. The password is to get updates also I believe. Green cards can take anywhere from 6 months to 18months depending on which state you reside. Be patient unless they told you they mailed your card and you haven't received it 30 days after. Some states will actually call you with your case updates.Good luck
1083762
Salvadorians and Nicaraguans are eligible for TPS. I beleive the laws regarding it have changed,you have to call immigration. Be prepared to wait on hold for 30 minutes. I have a list at home stating all the forms you must fill out. the initial form costs 70usd and there are about 4 others that you must send in as well and they are not free.
509205
let me tell you something, maybe this can clarify and also give you some information:\nThere is just few visas granted to each country every year, of course there is a lot of more people who want to come here but to reach that kind of visas is almost impossible.  I'm illegal, also I'm skilled worker, I have a lot of years of experience also in my specialty, I'm bilingual and I have been also on the school here.  My boss will be glad to support me with any help to get my green card but, I have to wait 5 more years and pay about $10,000.  The major problem is because you cannot do anything for yourself, is not like when you go to the DMV to pay your stickers or do a transfer, with immigration you have to hire an attorney and also have to wait for a very long process because is so many people doing the same.  I'm paying my taxes, I have my car insurance, I'm supporting my local fire department as a volunteer and also a search and rescue team. I mean, I'm doing my best here and I have no other choice like to continue on this way until something happen.  \nBefore to think negative against an illegal alien you must have to talk with few of us and understand few thing who this situation involves.  It is hard to be on the dark, but is even hard to do in the right way.  What if instead of a lot of volunteers doing bad things against illegals better go to immigration offices and offer them some help to speed up the process? couple years ago, one immigration employee sent to the trash a lot of applications just because his desk have to many jobs pending to do.  I'm also not sending any money back, and there is a lot of illegals like me who are doing a lot of good things to benefit this country.  This kind of debate is very hard since there is a lot of wrong information and wrong image about us, a lot of people just think on us like drug sellers, welfare collectors, restroom cleaners.  But we are more than that.  I agree, there is a lot of them who are doing bad things, but is like any community, if you pay attention on the movies, any movie with Young's involved also involves drugs and alcohol.  Go to Hollywood Blvd. at night and you'll see a lot of Americans using drugs and if you move to the south over sunset blvd. you can se prostitution in early hours on the street.  Is easy to point the finger to certain people in particular but when we have to take a look in our own people we also can discover about the same thing.\nWelfare collectors? just go to Alhambra and you will see a lot of Armenians collecting welfare.  Go to the South Central LA and there is a lot of drug dealers, but who lives in that area? black people!\nUnfortunately bad people exist in any community, not matter if is American, Latino, Black or European, you'll find whatever on the streets.  Now, think on this:\nThere is 2 cities:\n\n1.- X City, populated by 500 illegal immigrants and 40 Americans.  The jail have 99% of illegals, also most of the crimes are made by illegals.\n\n2.- Y City, populated by 500 Americans and 60 illegal immigrants.  Do you know who's the majority on the jail? who's doing overpopulation on the hospitals and who run the mafia? \n\nIs like simple math, more people of an specific classification could elevate the statistics who affect that specific classification.  And let's do worse.  Illegal immigrants are poor people, and almost all the patrons pay very low wages, they have to do miracles to survive. But few of them like me, can find the way to do it.  I'm running my own small business and very soon I'll have employees and I hope, in the near future I can have my green card, then I can go to visit my brother and sisters.  I have 12 years living here, I even don't remember how they look.\nI hope this can help you
339588
Until the visa number becomes available, you can not adjust your status. While the I-130 was filled by your husband, the I-485 should be filled by you (once the visa number is available). You get a letter when the visa number is available.\n\nIf you waited for 2 years then it sounds to me that USCIS screwed up somewhere, the visa number should've been available by now. There is no quota for spouses of US citizens so there is no waiting period (other then processing) for get your green card.\n\nYou need to call USCIS customer service 1 (800) 375-5283 and find out what's going on
961783
You can give it a shot, but chances are it won't speed up the process.  I work for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and I get people who call me once a week asking about the status of their case.  Repeated phone calls or letters won't make me put their case in front of anyone else's.  The rule is first-in-first-out.  It's going to take some time, so the best advice I can give you is to be patient and realize most Federal workers have huge backlogs in their workload.
316585
HE WILL GET THE GREEN CARD BECAUSE HE MARRIED A LEGAL AND HAD TWO CHILDREN WHO ARE LAGAL TOO. HAS TO FILL OUT A PERMINENT RESIDENCE FORM............\nHE SHOULD DO IT SOON........
1097877
Ok after they get married all they have to do is become legal!! If they are affriad things might not go well there are plenty of good immigration lawyers - they can seek help.\nSubmit all the paper work  with INS ( USCIS) and well for the working permit it should take no longer than 3 months, permit to trabel ( around 3 months) and non permanent green card about a year or so ( depending on the state they are in ) For more information tell them to visit www.uscis.gov \n\nBest of luck to you and them.
609319
My husband's green card was not green. It was an ivory color with wavy colored lines going through it. But it's been a while since I've seen it and I can't look at it to verify, because they made him turn it in when he got his citizenship.
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First off, here are some facts.\n\nThere are several different kinds of visas available for those that want a green card.  One is the "Diversity Visa," or lottery.  Another is as a family member of a Leagal Permanent Resident (somone who already has a green card).  Both of these visas are given out in limited numbers.  Because each country has a limit on the number of immigrants that we accept from there, there is a waiting list in some countries, although not all.  These waiting lists go by "priority date," or the date on which you filed your application.  For some countries there is no wait at all.  For other countries there can be a very long wait (last I hear the Philippines was the longest at 18 years).\n\nThere are also green cards given out on employment based applications and for relatives of American citizens, as well as a handfull of special programs that are intended to allow people with certain skills and in certain countries to immigrate in greater numbers.  To the best of my knowledge, there is no waiting list for these visas - you simply have to apply, go through your investigation, and get approved.\n\nIn addition to those visas, there are non-immigrant visas that are available.  These are more commonly known as working visas, or exchange program visas.  For all intents and purposes you live and work in the United States with all teh same rights and responsibilities as a green card holder.  These visas are based on your ability to fill a segment of the workforce here in America.   Basically you simply need to find an employer here in America and they can petition for your working visa.\n\nAs for is it fair that people have to wait - there is a simple concept that most of us learned in kindergarten.  It is called a line.  Sometimes you just have to wait in it.
254358
You will get your visa withing coming 6 months. Thats my prediction as a psychic. Chill!
342576
Try the adoption agency that handled the adoption. Their must be adoption papers that your parents were given when you were adopted to make it legal. If you were legally adopted then you should be a U.S. citizen and not need a green card. I would definitely start with the adoption company. They may be able to tell you where you were born and that would help confine your search to a smaller area. \n\nBest of luck to you.
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It depends on whether you've done everything you need to do, and what has made you eligible to apply.  If you are applying through marriage to an American citizen, you can expect to wait 2 1/2 years till you get the permanent green card.\n\nOne thing you must keep in mind: something which gave me a bit of trouble with the process is that I received multiple requests to go to an office to get myself fingerprinted.  Apparently, you need to take in all the forms you receive at the time at which you get fingerprinted, or otherwise things just don't work, and they won't even tell you anything about it.  I did receive my green card after two and a half years (and am now a legal permanent resident), but I had to contact my local state representative to inquire what in the world was delaying the processing of my application.\n\nThe different branches of the BCIS do not communicate with one another (which is a travesty, when you consider that they are supposed to monitor the goings and comings of applicants), and so when you move from one house to another, you need to send forms informing each and every office that is processing different applications for you.  Also, if you get different requests for fingerprinting, take *all* of them to your appointment, and make sure you take receipts, so that you are sure that the agency disseminates your fingerprints among the different offices that are processing different parts of your application.
964654
first you got to apply for a green card...which should take only about 13 years....after that...fill out some more paperwork....then when you finally come to America at 52years of age...just wait 10 more years and your ready for social security!!!
671978
I came here legally in 1988. It took 14 years for the immigration process for my family to come over. \n\nI can tell you this… it’s a very disappointing for us to hear this immigration bill pass.  14 years we wait… we do all the background check and immunization before we come to America.  We spend so much money to do the legal process and now telling us this is worthless.  SIGH! What a slap on the face for people doing the right thing!  Rewarding people of fraud and those who broke the law of this country!! 2,000buck to become citizen! And they think this is justice?! WTH!!! >:(
502569
Do you realise that a Green Card can take up to 3 years to obtain, the time delay is normally 2 to 3 years. ANd you pay your Immigration Lawyer the monies, and they send it to USCIS on your behalf.
602317
it deppends where u go. Y ou should go to chatolic chateries they have good lawyers there like in 3 months she would get a permit to live the u.s and to work permit but for the green card a little bit longer
915256
Get married then file all your paperwork together! Be sure to include an EAD application (employment authorization document\n It is good for one year and renewable if your conditional permanent resident card has not been processed by then! You have the right to work while your application is pending! Mine only took about a month after adjusting my status ( I- 485) . As soon as you receive this , take it to the SS office and get your new social security number!  This is a VERY valid form of ID and all places of employment will accept this to make you a legal tax payer! Good luck!!