How Long for Green Card to Arrive?

[Jema 0]

Hi,

My mother-in-law recieved her residency from an IR-5 application submitted by her daughter (took 10 years!) on January 23, 2009 at the consulate in Santo Domingo. She got a stamp in her passport, and activated her visa when she came here in mid-February. Her understanding is that a Green Card will arrive by mail at my home, as that is her official residence here.

Is that how it workds?

If so, does anybody know how long it is currently taking for a card to arrive? Where does it get sent from? Same for her Social Security card, I guess...

Thanks, Jean

[Penguin_ie 5,997]

That is how it works. It took my physical green card almost three months to arrive.

[NArocks 13]

Her card should come in about 4-6 weeks. When my step kids activated there VISA in 3/08 it came abut 30 days later. Welcome to your MOther In Law

Hi,

My mother-in-law recieved her residency from an IR-5 application submitted by her daughter (took 10 years!) on January 23, 2009 at the consulate in Santo Domingo. She got a stamp in her passport, and activated her visa when she came here in mid-February. Her understanding is that a Green Card will arrive by mail at my home, as that is her official residence here.

Is that how it workds?

If so, does anybody know how long it is currently taking for a card to arrive? Where does it get sent from? Same for her Social Security card, I guess...

Thanks, Jean

[Jema 0]

regarding the original case, yesterday I received a USCIS letter advising my mother-in-law that:

"A review of your packet indicates that your biometrics are missingor incomplete. We cannot complete theporcessing of your immigrant packet without the biometric data.

"To initiate this process, please schedule an INFOPASS appointment online at...."

"Once your biometrics have been electronically transmitted, the processing of you rimmigrant packet will be resumed and you resident card requested"

Questions:

1) Do you think they might actually DO the biometrics at the INFOPASS appointment (I thought the fingerprinting locations were separate from the District Offices)? I'm hoping... becuase otherwise I can't think of why they wouldn't have just sent a Biometrics Appointment letter.

2) Do you think she can return home and travel back to the US a 2nd time based on the stamp in her passport? Or does she need the actual Green Card to come back?

Thanks...