I'm sorry sir, your Green Card has expired...
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- tkmeister0
The same thing has happened to me 2yrs ago. I flew out in Montreal and didn't know my greencard has expired. when I landed in Montreal, i showed my passport and greencard and nobody said anything. then on my way back, we were driving back in to Vermont.
We got to the checkpoint and show my driver's license, my gf is an American so she had no problem just with that. the custom officer looked at me and asked me for my passport and greencard. i handed to him, yeah, i got all the SHIT, duuuudde!. He checked them then went like..."Sir, do you realize your greencard is expired? what do you do in New york?"
me: I work for an ad agency.
him: so, you are telling me that you live in NYC and work in USA illegally.
me: well, i guess TECHNICALLY that's correct. I wasn't aware my green card expired.
him: sir, you need to drive to the side and come in to the office.so i went in to the building and they make me wait for like 10min. the officer is checking on the computer screen about my record. I travel a bit so my passport has so many entry stamp. the officer called another guy to check something on my record. looking super suspicious.
finally, the guy called me and said "fill this form in when you get back home" and handed me a document. i was like... that's is??
i went back to the car and told my gf "hon, they gonna retain me here till things gets resolved, probably for a couple of days. you should just drive and see your friends in Vermont. I'll be fine"
i was still freaked out i might get deported for some weird reason. now i know i have to renew every 10yrs.
- jevad0
I think I need the weekend to process all of this.
2008 has certainly taken this opportunity to deliver me a succession of arse-fucks
- jevad0
Soooo yeah. I just got a call from my lawyer..and apparently...I'm not allowed back in the country. I'm fucking...I dunno. I'm relieved..I just want to see my son and dog..but it's bittersweet because the longer I stayed here the longer I was starting to realise that it's home, and always has been and will be. What a kerfuffle.
- PonyBoy0
wow, nic... best of ruck, dude. :D
**begin Halmark moment
no, but seriously... glad you're going where you feel you need to be... hope happiness finds you there. :)
**end Halmark moment
- i_monk0
I was in Korea for 6 months on a student visa. When I left I'd overstayed by 3 days (final exams) and discovered I was supposed to have a resident card or something. I nearly shat myself at the ticket counter at Incheon, thinking I'd have to go back to Seoul and find some immigration office or something and miss my flight. But they just sent me down to the immigration office at the airport. I didn't have to pay a fine or anything like that thought, they don't care. Canadians don't even need a visa to go to Korea for 3 months.
- spendogg0
Fark Nic. You will be missed here. if there is anything i can do, give me a shout.
dude kegs and eggs is next month.
- jevad0
RIght well - if any good can come from this its that I just got my macbook maxed-out on Ram, updated to Leopard, and CS3...for 200 of your american dollars!
MUWAHAHAHAHHA
- vespa0
christ nic what a crazy start to the year it's been for you... you always manage to adapt really well and turn any situation around – respect!
- Jaline0
FFS, thanks for giving me a heart attack.
:P
- BonSeff0
what a wild ride, dude!
all the best to you, sir
- tkmeister0
damn, damn, damn...
well, yeah, give some time to think through and process it. it's a lot to digest.good luck man.
- ephix0
hong kong is my home and forever will be... well maybe not. but for now it is :D
sucks about the other night. when are you going back to US?
- radar0
spring
- JerseyRaindog0
That sucks. Do you have to marry Gerard Depardieu?
- valentim0
spring
- Peter0
Did I hear Tokyo?
And pill will be swinging by here too, soon, I heard.
New year, new food, drinks!
- teste-pill
- thats right peter, should be end of march early april.mrdobolina
- zedvox0
look at the bright saide jevad..at least you are not a brownie with an expired card :)
maybe you should stop by in Bombay on yer way out ;)
- zedvox0
damn mrdobs...tokyo is gonna be blast...i'm saving up for a trip down there!