Green Card sent to Old address

[raptors 0]

All,

My wife's green card was sent to my old address even though we did change of address and got the mailed confirmation that they have changed the address. USPS tracking showed it was delivered on Monday Jan 14. I went to the old address and the new occupants said they return all mails. I called USPS and they open a case to investigate where the mail is.. What should I do?

[ndu26 114]

call USCIS., request to speak witn an ISO and have the give you tracking number they used to send the green card. Then call USPS again and use the tracking number to liase with them on locating the card. all the best.

[raptors 0]

call USCIS., request to speak witn an ISO and have the give you tracking number they used to send the green card. Then call USPS again and use the tracking number to liase with them on locating the card. all the best.

We did call USCIS. They gave us the tracking #. It showed it was delivered on Monday. Post office can no longer track it.. they opened a case.. And now my wife is out of the country.. How is she going to get back to the USA?

[The Mean Lady 604]

We did call USCIS. They gave us the tracking #. It showed it was delivered on Monday. Post office can no longer track it.. they opened a case.. And now my wife is out of the country.. How is she going to get back to the USA?

Does she still have the valid visa she used to enter?

[raptors 0]

No the visa expired two days ago.. but i thought the stamp makes it a one year visa

[The Mean Lady 604]

No the visa expired two days ago.. but i thought the stamp makes it a one year visa

I assume the expiration you're talking about is the one to make your initial POE into the US.

The stamp DOES allow for (1) year.

Your timeline says you crossed in december so you still have the temporary 1 year stamp.

[raptors 0]

I assume the expiration you're talking about is the one to make your initial POE into the US.

The stamp DOES allow for (1) year.

Your timeline says you crossed in december so you still have the temporary 1 year stamp.

It has the entry stamp but is that accepted in a foreign country like UK?

[The Mean Lady 604]

It has the entry stamp but is that accepted in a foreign country like UK?

Oh I dont' know anything about using it to get OUT of the country.

Just getting IN.

[Dave&Roza 748]

No the visa expired two days ago.. but i thought the stamp makes it a one year visa

The stamp she received is the I-551 which if you look at the GC it is an I-551. So the stamp IS a GC and valid until the date placed with the stamp. It is just within your passport and not a physical piece of plastic, but it functions just like that piece of plastic. All your wife has to do is show the stamp to anbody that asks and they SHOULD recognize it as a "temporary" GC.

Dave

Edited January 18, 2013 by Dave&Roza

[Darnell 8,479]

re: the returned green card postal piece:

(do this once every 4 days till there is news of returned mail piece)

1. call into USCIS, get an ISO.

2. go over returned mail pieces with the ISO.

3. give over the new address to the ISO.

4. confirm the new address with the ISO.

5. ask the ISO to send the green card to the new address

re: she's out of the country with no green card:

Look, she received a stamp inside of her passport, that turns 'all of it' (stamp, visa) into an I-551 document, a temporary, 1 year green card document. Sure, it doesn't resemble a green card, but it IS a temporary green card, an I-551 document, and she will use it when transiting out of the UK and again into the USA POE.

Good Luck !

[raptors 0]

re: the returned green card postal piece:

(do this once every 4 days till there is news of returned mail piece)

1. call into USCIS, get an ISO.

2. go over returned mail pieces with the ISO.

3. give over the new address to the ISO.

4. confirm the new address with the ISO.

5. ask the ISO to send the green card to the new address

re: she's out of the country with no green card:

Look, she received a stamp inside of her passport, that turns 'all of it' (stamp, visa) into an I-551 document, a temporary, 1 year green card document. Sure, it doesn't resemble a green card, but it IS a temporary green card, an I-551 document, and she will use it when transiting out of the UK and again into the USA POE.

Good Luck !

Thanks a lot. We changed the address in December. They sent a confirmation letter that the address has been changed but still sent the greencard to the old address..

[Darnell 8,479]

Yup, there is a huge disconnect in the data center in Elizabethtown, KY. Been busted almost 6 years now.

Your Fees at work !

[raptors 0]

Yup, there is a huge disconnect in the data center in Elizabethtown, KY. Been busted almost 6 years now.

Your Fees at work !

Will they send a new greencard or do we need to file an I90?

[Darnell 8,479]

follow everything in post #10, exactly.

[raptors 0]

post #10?