US Citizenship - did not get a GC in the mail, can she still apply?

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One more question. My daughter, now 22, arrived to the US (Boston, MA) in 2002 and got her green card (2 -year conditional) the conditional status was approved+removed, got fingerprinted/picture taken/sent everything to Vermont over 2 years ago, and they cut her Green card and then took it away. She had her passport stamped 2 times (I-551/travel and work authorization) - still nothing in the mail. Finally, went to the INS office in January 2007, they said the paperwork probably got lost in the mail since Vermont never sent out the card ...got her passport stamped for another year, and did fingerprints/picture again. Was told would take another 3-6 month. Can she now apply for her citizenship and not wait for the actual 10-year card to arrive? we don't even have a copy of that old card, although the stamp in the passport says the date whe the card was issued. And how long would it take apprx? Thanks so much, Lev!

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One more question. My daughter, now 22, arrived to the US (Boston, MA) in 2002 and got her green card (2 -year conditional) the conditional status was approved+removed, got fingerprinted/picture taken/sent everything to Vermont over 2 years ago, and they cut her Green card and then took it away. She had her passport stamped 2 times (I-551/travel and work authorization) - still nothing in the mail. Finally, went to the INS office in January 2007, they said the paperwork probably got lost in the mail since Vermont never sent out the card ...got her passport stamped for another year, and did fingerprints/picture again. Was told would take another 3-6 month. Can she now apply for her citizenship and not wait for the actual 10-year card to arrive? we don't even have a copy of that old card, although the stamp in the passport says the date whe the card was issued. And how long would it take apprx? Thanks so much, Lev!

Если она получила ГК по замужеству (а я так именно понял), то она может подавать на гражданство через 2 года 9 месяцев с момента получения первой (условной) ГК. Получение гражданства займёт около года, если не будет задержки с background check/

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net, ya poluchila po zamujestvu poka bila na bizness vise, ona - so mnoy - no 2 goda v Rossii jdala, poka ee vipustili. Znachit dlya nee - 5 let srok?
Odin iz documenov na citizenship - is Green card, no chto delat esli ona nikak etu samuyu postoyannuyu 10-let card ne poluchit po pochte - would i-551 stamp v passporte do it or nujno jdat poka actual card pridet? THANKS

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net, ya poluchila po zamujestvu poka bila na bizness vise, ona - so mnoy - no 2 goda v Rossii jdala, poka ee vipustili. Znachit dlya nee - 5 let srok?
Odin iz documenov na citizenship - is Green card, no chto delat esli ona nikak etu samuyu postoyannuyu 10-let card ne poluchit po pochte - would i-551 stamp v passporte do it or nujno jdat poka actual card pridet? THANKS

Штампа вполне достаточно, их волнует СТАТУС, а не пластик.
Я, кстати, не понял, если она уже approved, то почему ждать 3-6 МЕСЯЦЕВ??? Гринкарта по почте приходит за две НЕДЕЛИ, люди условие устраняют меньше 3 месяцев, т.е. проходят процесс от подачи I-751 до физического получения гринкарты (не все, но некоторые), а у вас уже все approved а гринкарту все равно полгода ждать? Такого быть не может, что то там еще не закончено.

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1. net, ya poluchila po zamujestvu poka bila na bizness vise, ona - so mnoy - no 2 goda v Rossii jdala, poka ee vipustili. Znachit dlya nee - 5 let srok?
2. Odin iz documenov na citizenship - is Green card, no chto delat esli ona nikak etu samuyu postoyannuyu 10-let card ne poluchit po pochte - would i-551 stamp v passporte do it or nujno jdat poka actual card pridet? THANKS

1. Да, 4 года и 9 месяцев до подачи на гражданство.
2. ГК (пластиковая) называется Form I-551. Т.е. наличие штампа I-551 полностью заменяет ГК.

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YASNO - THANKS.

istoriya s ee postoyannoy card - strannaya. Oni v INS skazali - jdat budete do 2 let (poka jdete - mojem 551 stamp prodlit esli ye nujno rabotat i ezdit za granizu). Prodlili 2 raza, kogda prishli opyat v Janvare prodlit - oni govoryat - stranno chto ve ne poluchili - vse sroki proshli - proverili v computere - Vermont nikogda ne visilal card, snova zastavili fingerprints and picture - uje opyat 2 mesyaza - nichego. Doch priedet home from college in March - poydem v INS opyat!! Chotya now who cares s drugoy storoni, eto prosto udobnee vmesto pasporta vesde taskat, tak kak she has no driver license/or state ID yet (opyat, poluchit nujno bilo one more identification with the picture, and u neye nebilo eto green card..Ona budet na grajdanstvo podavat pryamo seychas - formu uje zapolnila.

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