57 days and counting - any connection btw MIA GC and summer travel?

[grinchus 11]

Hi VJers,

We are now on day 57 since my husband was approved for ROC. We are August filers, had an RFE, and received the approval letter, dated April 29th. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Here is our current situation: My husband's GC hadn't arrived by the time he left to travel home on May 14th. He traveled on his expired GC and his extension letter, extending his 2 year GC through October 2013. He will be home in August. I have posted about that situation in other threads and have had great feedback regarding whether or not he should go get an I-551 stamp from the American Embassy in Italy. That is not my question here.

My question here is: is his GC maybe not coming because the USCIS knows he left the country to go home for the summer? Or are we just within (but almost beyond) the 60 day window for receiving the 10 year GC? Are things just going REALLY slowly at the California Service Center?

If it doesn't come by Friday I will try doing a conference call w/ my husband and the 800 number at the USCIS on Monday (they won't talk to me without his permission) and ask them what's going on.

I'm just wondering whether there is any possibility that there is a connection between the fact that his GC isn't coming, and the fact that he went home to visit his family before it arrived (but after it was approved).

Thanks!

[Dave&Roza 748]

Hi VJers,

We are now on day 57 since my husband was approved for ROC. We are August filers, had an RFE, and received the approval letter, dated April 29th. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Here is our current situation: My husband's GC hadn't arrived by the time he left to travel home on May 14th. He traveled on his expired GC and his extension letter, extending his 2 year GC through October 2013. He will be home in August. I have posted about that situation in other threads and have had great feedback regarding whether or not he should go get an I-551 stamp from the American Embassy in Italy. That is not my question here.

My question here is: is his GC maybe not coming because the USCIS knows he left the country to go home for the summer? Or are we just within (but almost beyond) the 60 day window for receiving the 10 year GC? Are things just going REALLY slowly at the California Service Center?

If it doesn't come by Friday I will try doing a conference call w/ my husband and the 800 number at the USCIS on Monday (they won't talk to me without his permission) and ask them what's going on.

I'm just wondering whether there is any possibility that there is a connection between the fact that his GC isn't coming, and the fact that he went home to visit his family before it arrived (but after it was approved).

Thanks!

Have you gone onto the USCIS website and checked your case status to see if they have mailed it and use the tracking number to check with the USPS? I received an e-mail update that the ROC was approved. The an e-mail about the card production. Then an e-mail about the card being mailed. Then an e-mail about the USPS picking up the card. The e-mail had incorrect tracking information, but teh USCIS website had the correct tracking information. My wife's card is in KY and SHOULD be delivered tomorrow--fingers crossed. I would see if checking your case status gives any information and if the USPS has claimed to have delivered the card based on the tracking information, I would go to them and ask where it is.

Some possibilities are that the card is still waiting to be produced, the card was lost in the mail, or the card was delivered to someone else. The actual production to receiving the card is fairly fast. The first e-mail was received last Friday and we are scheduled to receive the card tomorrow, so less than a week. This is the CSC too. Our e-mail said it should take 30 days to receive the card and you are well outside that. It is time for you to start calling and see where the card is, but first see if it has been lost by the USPS.

Good luck,

Dave

[grinchus 11]

Have you gone onto the USCIS website and checked your case status to see if they have mailed it and use the tracking number to check with the USPS? I received an e-mail update that the ROC was approved. The an e-mail about the card production. Then an e-mail about the card being mailed. Then an e-mail about the USPS picking up the card. The e-mail had incorrect tracking information, but teh USCIS website had the correct tracking information. My wife's card is in KY and SHOULD be delivered tomorrow--fingers crossed. I would see if checking your case status gives any information and if the USPS has claimed to have delivered the card based on the tracking information, I would go to them and ask where it is.

Some possibilities are that the card is still waiting to be produced, the card was lost in the mail, or the card was delivered to someone else. The actual production to receiving the card is fairly fast. The first e-mail was received last Friday and we are scheduled to receive the card tomorrow, so less than a week. This is the CSC too. Our e-mail said it should take 30 days to receive the card and you are well outside that. It is time for you to start calling and see where the card is, but first see if it has been lost by the USPS.

Good luck,

Dave

Hi Dave,

My husband's case isn't even on their website. I have tried putting in our receipt number but it says no record of our case can be found. However, we have gone through the whole system and been approved and everything. So sometimes it just isn't in the online system somehow. I've heard this from others too. Anyway, we did receive approval, just not the card. Still waiting... I will call this week. And thanks!

[grinchus 11]

Have you gone onto the USCIS website and checked your case status to see if they have mailed it and use the tracking number to check with the USPS? I received an e-mail update that the ROC was approved. The an e-mail about the card production. Then an e-mail about the card being mailed. Then an e-mail about the USPS picking up the card. The e-mail had incorrect tracking information, but teh USCIS website had the correct tracking information. My wife's card is in KY and SHOULD be delivered tomorrow--fingers crossed. I would see if checking your case status gives any information and if the USPS has claimed to have delivered the card based on the tracking information, I would go to them and ask where it is.

Some possibilities are that the card is still waiting to be produced, the card was lost in the mail, or the card was delivered to someone else. The actual production to receiving the card is fairly fast. The first e-mail was received last Friday and we are scheduled to receive the card tomorrow, so less than a week. This is the CSC too. Our e-mail said it should take 30 days to receive the card and you are well outside that. It is time for you to start calling and see where the card is, but first see if it has been lost by the USPS.

Good luck,

Dave

P.S. I just reread the approval letter and it says to only call if you don't receive the card w/in 60 days. So I guess I'm back to Monday. Hopefully it will come this week. If not, we'll call on Monday. Thanks again for replying to my post!

[Dave&Roza 748]

Hi Dave,

My husband's case isn't even on their website. I have tried putting in our receipt number but it says no record of our case can be found. However, we have gone through the whole system and been approved and everything. So sometimes it just isn't in the online system somehow. I've heard this from others too. Anyway, we did receive approval, just not the card. Still waiting... I will call this week. And thanks!

Well that totally sucks and yes the on-line system is only a little more relaible than the answers to questions when you call the USCIS . At least our case was viewable on the website so I could see what was going on even if it was "Initial Action". Sounds like you have everything ready to go for Monday. Make certain that you get to an ISO officer and I would not stop until they have an answer for you. Otherwise I would make an INFOpass appointment for when your husband returns from Italy and ask them where the hell his GC is.

I wish you well,

Dave