Green Card delivery.

[ao_cons 1]

How long after arrival in the US before the green card is sent?

Does the owner of the green card have to be physically present when it is delivered?

Can the immigrant travel freely in the US while waiting for the green card?

[OBX 51]

How long after arrival in the US before the green card is sent?

About a month after your POE

Does the owner of the green card have to be physically present when it is delivered?

No, I believe it is sent through regular mail

Can the immigrant travel freely in the US while waiting for the green card?

Yes, the stamp in your passport will act as a temporary green card

It's getting exciting isn't it?

Edited April 2, 2009 by OBX

[CJ Vasani 0]

receiving the green card feels like finally sealing the deal, but then you are faced with the prospect of removing conditions / applying for citizenship...the damn list goes on and on...does it ever stop? It's like being married to the USCIS for the rest of your life if you married a non-US spouse!

[trinket 30]

Usually takes anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks. It comes through normal mail, so no one has to be present to receive it. And beneficiary can travel US freely while waiting for the card.

[ao_cons 1]

Woohoo, yey! I want to see the American landscape and take pics! LOTS of it!

And yeah, it does seem like being tied to the paperwork forever. But that's the advantage of the I-130. There's less to do once one arrives in the States!

[payxibka 10,044]

Can the immigrant travel freely in the US while waiting for the green card?

not only inside but you can travel outside the USA

[champi 13]

receiving the green card feels like finally sealing the deal, but then you are faced with the prospect of removing conditions / applying for citizenship...the damn list goes on and on...does it ever stop? It's like being married to the USCIS for the rest of your life if you married a non-US spouse!

[I Miss Her 0]

receiving the green card feels like finally sealing the deal, but then you are faced with the prospect of removing conditions / applying for citizenship...the damn list goes on and on...does it ever stop? It's like being married to the USCIS for the rest of your life if you married a non-US spouse!

Good one! I just can't stop laughing.

[queuedup 1]

receiving the green card feels like finally sealing the deal, but then you are faced with the prospect of removing conditions / applying for citizenship...the damn list goes on and on...does it ever stop? It's like being married to the USCIS for the rest of your life if you married a non-US spouse!

Everything (or should I say everyone) comes at a price

Edited April 2, 2009 by queuedup

[OBX 51]

receiving the green card feels like finally sealing the deal, but then you are faced with the prospect of removing conditions / applying for citizenship...the damn list goes on and on...does it ever stop? It's like being married to the USCIS for the rest of your life if you married a non-US spouse!

[aes 0]

Usually takes anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks. It comes through normal mail, so no one has to be present to receive it. And beneficiary can travel US freely while waiting for the card.

How do you obtain your green card? Is it by filing the I485 after your POE after your CR1 visa has been approved?

[Lars-N-Yenia 8]

Usually takes anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks. It comes through normal mail, so no one has to be present to receive it. And beneficiary can travel US freely while waiting for the card.

How do you obtain your green card? Is it by filing the I485 after your POE after your CR1 visa has been approved?

my wife entered on a CR1 and shortly thereafter her green card arrived without filing any additional forms...took about a month to arrive in the mail box...good luck...on a second note, we selected on the DS-230 that the SS card be issued, but after waiting 6 weeks after her point of entry, we ended up having to go apply for her SS card....

[aes 0]

Great! Thanks so much! BTW, did you have to file any other paperwork after the CR1 visa was approved like an adjustment of status? I'm only aware of having to file the form 2 years later to remove the conditional status on the visa so that your spouse is truly a permanent resident. That's it, right?

Usually takes anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks. It comes through normal mail, so no one has to be present to receive it. And beneficiary can travel US freely while waiting for the card.

How do you obtain your green card? Is it by filing the I485 after your POE after your CR1 visa has been approved?

my wife entered on a CR1 and shortly thereafter her green card arrived without filing any additional forms...took about a month to arrive in the mail box...good luck...on a second note, we selected on the DS-230 that the SS card be issued, but after waiting 6 weeks after her point of entry, we ended up having to go apply for her SS card....

[siyaram 0]

Great! Thanks so much! BTW, did you have to file any other paperwork after the CR1 visa was approved like an adjustment of status? I'm only aware of having to file the form 2 years later to remove the conditional status on the visa so that your spouse is truly a permanent resident. That's it, right?

Usually takes anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks. It comes through normal mail, so no one has to be present to receive it. And beneficiary can travel US freely while waiting for the card.

How do you obtain your green card? Is it by filing the I485 after your POE after your CR1 visa has been approved?

my wife entered on a CR1 and shortly thereafter her green card arrived without filing any additional forms...took about a month to arrive in the mail box...good luck...on a second note, we selected on the DS-230 that the SS card be issued, but after waiting 6 weeks after her point of entry, we ended up having to go apply for her SS card....

That is correct. No additional filing is required. Green card will arrive in mail about a month after POE and for SSN, its better to visit the local office and apply. You will need to remove conditions by applying 90 days before 2 years of POE (not your marriage anniversary).

Edited April 7, 2009 by siyaram

[ricebird 0]

Great! Thanks so much! BTW, did you have to file any other paperwork after the CR1 visa was approved like an adjustment of status? I'm only aware of having to file the form 2 years later to remove the conditional status on the visa so that your spouse is truly a permanent resident. That's it, right?

Usually takes anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks. It comes through normal mail, so no one has to be present to receive it. And beneficiary can travel US freely while waiting for the card.

How do you obtain your green card? Is it by filing the I485 after your POE after your CR1 visa has been approved?

my wife entered on a CR1 and shortly thereafter her green card arrived without filing any additional forms...took about a month to arrive in the mail box...good luck...on a second note, we selected on the DS-230 that the SS card be issued, but after waiting 6 weeks after her point of entry, we ended up having to go apply for her SS card....

That is correct. No additional filing is required. Green card will arrive in mail about a month after POE and for SSN, its better to visit the local office and apply. You will need to remove conditions by applying 90 days before 2 years of POE (not your marriage anniversary).

I got my CR-1 green card after 2 weeks of POE and applied for SSN Card after a week of waiting (even if I selected in DS-230 for number to be issued).

If you're in a CR-1 category like me, you have to remove the condition in residency 90 days before the expiration date indicated in the green card (file it 88 days before to be in the safe side). Another long months of agony in waiting for the USCIS approval

Start gathering joint documents and evidences of bonafide marriage when your spouse got here so you will not find yourself procastinating when its time to file the I-751.