Re: Wrong country on GC

Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 00:37:11 +0000
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us.marriage-based
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Originally posted by Dean
> Just noticed on my greencard it says Niger instead of Nigeria.
> Dean.
Hi Dean,
My guess is that there was some confusion with the “Country Code” that
was listed when they manufactured your alien registration card. I’ve
seen this happen before where immigrants from Australia end up getting
cards saying they are from French Polynesia. One of the Country Codes
for Australia is RALIA, and one of the Country Codes for French
Polynesia is AUSTR. We’ve seen this cause confusion before, and is why
it’s a good idea for AILA members to look up the Country Codes and list
them right on our clients forms to help keep this from happening.
The Country Codes for Niger are, NIGER & NIGE, while the Country Codes
for Nigeria are NIGEI & NIGIA.
I’ll bet you a dollar this had something to do with it. Did you
list the proper country code on your documents to help reduce the
risk of an INS/BCIS screw up (not saying you had to, but it’s a
good idea to do so)?
M.U.
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