At first I said “who would post that?” But then I think of the dumb people who post gift card numbers and credit card info too.
Side note; The whole thing is a joke.
My first green card never came in the mail. DHS and USCIS gave me the tracking number after asking for it, two months after when it should’ve arrived. It was sitting at my nearest USPS distribution center for over a month. When I went there to pick it up, they said they don’t hang onto that stuff and it’s likely been returned to sender aka the government. Hours later on the phone with a rep from the feds, they told me they never received any return mail with my green card. I knew someone likely swiped it at that point. Cherry on top, they said if I want to request a new copy of my green card it would take up to nine months and X more dollars to file the form. Luckily I had an attorney who had good repoire with the USCIS agents I had met with. He convinced them that I “didn’t lose” my green card because I had never received it. They waved the fee and stamped my Canadian passport with the equivalent info until my new one came in the mail.
I got my replacement passport almost half a year after that, right around the time I began filing for my five year GC.
Became a citizen July of 21.
Because of covid, my appointment letter said no family in the courthouse. When I got there, half the people brought 3,4,5 etc family with them. Was super pissed off. My whole immigration process was disappointing. Went home, made a few photocopies of my certificate and threw them in my firebox never to see the light of day. The whole adventure was a ducking joke. But hey I just registered to vote just in time for next month so that’s cool.
Side note - I posted one picture online and it was a white red and blue birthday cake with the words No Deporte (an inside joke with my American in laws)
SparklyDewgong t1_iu0p0zx wrote
Reply to LPT: If you are a naturalized citizen, do NOT post pictures of yourself with your naturalization certificate online. by Particular-Canary696
At first I said “who would post that?” But then I think of the dumb people who post gift card numbers and credit card info too.
Side note; The whole thing is a joke.
My first green card never came in the mail. DHS and USCIS gave me the tracking number after asking for it, two months after when it should’ve arrived. It was sitting at my nearest USPS distribution center for over a month. When I went there to pick it up, they said they don’t hang onto that stuff and it’s likely been returned to sender aka the government. Hours later on the phone with a rep from the feds, they told me they never received any return mail with my green card. I knew someone likely swiped it at that point. Cherry on top, they said if I want to request a new copy of my green card it would take up to nine months and X more dollars to file the form. Luckily I had an attorney who had good repoire with the USCIS agents I had met with. He convinced them that I “didn’t lose” my green card because I had never received it. They waved the fee and stamped my Canadian passport with the equivalent info until my new one came in the mail.
I got my replacement passport almost half a year after that, right around the time I began filing for my five year GC.
Became a citizen July of 21.
Because of covid, my appointment letter said no family in the courthouse. When I got there, half the people brought 3,4,5 etc family with them. Was super pissed off. My whole immigration process was disappointing. Went home, made a few photocopies of my certificate and threw them in my firebox never to see the light of day. The whole adventure was a ducking joke. But hey I just registered to vote just in time for next month so that’s cool.
Side note - I posted one picture online and it was a white red and blue birthday cake with the words No Deporte (an inside joke with my American in laws)