Green card production after ELIS

[dhlunar 25]

Received an email at 3:30am this morning for only one of the cases that the card was mailed today, but there was no priority mail tracking number. ELIS shows that case as being closed now.

For the other case we didn't receive any updates and ELIS is still showing it being as open. USCIS case status shows it the same as last Friday that the card is being produced.

Any cause to worry? I suspect that they updated one case but didn't update the other, or for some reason the first case got done at the end of the day and the second case should be done today. Also, when should I be getting the Priority Mail tracking numbers?

[dhlunar 25]

Received an email at 3:30am this morning for only one of the cases that the card was mailed today, but there was no priority mail tracking number. ELIS shows that case as being closed now.

For the other case we didn't receive any updates and ELIS is still showing it being as open. USCIS case status shows it the same as last Friday that the card is being produced.

Any cause to worry? I suspect that they updated one case but didn't update the other, or for some reason the first case got done at the end of the day and the second case should be done today. Also, when should I be getting the Priority Mail tracking numbers?

Never mind the email regarding the card being mailed for the second case came in at 6:30am.

[katieflossom 54]

So yesterday we met with our local USCIS office with regards to the lost immigration packet.

We got to the meeting early, didn't have a long wait at security which was nice. We were seen pretty much right away at the window. The lady made copies of everything they needed (birth cert, ssn, passport, marriage cert, UK & Wisconsin drivers licenses). The only thing she needed that we didn’t have was 2 passport type photos. We had plenty of photos but they were UK size not USA. So we had to leave and find a Walgreens and then come back. She said when you come back all we needed to do was drop off the passport type photos and then she would take Steve’s fingerprints and then she could mail everything to the Texas Service Center for his green card to be processed. What a sigh of relief that sounded so good.

So we left and thanks to the security guards they gave us directions to the nearest Walgreens. So when we got back, we went through Security again headed up to the window gave the same lady the 2 photos she needed and she then says you’re going to have to come back. The supervisor wants to have an interview with Steve, have him take an oath and then he will be fingerprinted then. She said you will get a letter in 1-2 weeks and then you have to come back. WHAT A JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Were LIVID!

I mean come on! This was THEIR mistake in the first place so now we have to make another trip to their office which means more lost time from work and more gas $$ for the 2+ hour drive. I mean who do they think they are? They also act like it's OUR privilege to be in there presence. When this is all done I would really like to file a complaint but how does one even do that?

So now back to more waiting for the interview letter with the date/time.

WOW I'm really sorry to hear all that, what a total joke... I spent another 3 hours waiting at SS to correct the mistake that THEY made, and had to pay for a taxi as the office is so far away and it was snowing buckets. SO I know the feeling a little bit!

[britishinfusion 30]

WOW I'm really sorry to hear all that, what a total joke... I spent another 3 hours waiting at SS to correct the mistake that THEY made, and had to pay for a taxi as the office is so far away and it was snowing buckets. SO I know the feeling a little bit!

Thanks @katieflossom you know the feeling of frustration then as well. I hope they are able to get your SSN sorted out correct this time. I can't believe you had to wait 3 hours that is a joke too. The government should be held accountable for their mistakes. We are penalized 60+ days if we receive a checklist for something incorrect or incomplete on our paperwork.

Glad you make it back home safe.

[islandgirl80 28]

I have a question, I check my GC on the site and it says card is being produce, the date was Jan 20, 2015 and until now no update.

[dhlunar 25]

I have a question, I check my GC on the site and it says card is being produce, the date was Jan 20, 2015 and until now no update.

What I did was took the IOE case number from ELIS and put it into the case status search on www.uscis.gov. I also have an account in the case status update system, so I added the IOE case number to my case status account and activated email notification there. I received an email yesterday morning that the card was going to be sent out by post yesterday. Last night I received another update with the USPS tracking number for the card.

In our case we actually have two IOE case numbers (one for my mother-in-law and one for my father-in-law). I checked ELIS last Saturday and saw the cards were sent to production last Friday. Went over to the case status system and signed up for email updates for both cases. It sounds about right that you haven't received any information regarding mailing, our cases were sitting in production status for almost 4 business days. Once you receive the email that the card is going to be shipped then the status on ELIS changes to closed.

[islandgirl80 28]

What I did was took the IOE case number from ELIS and put it into the case status search on www.uscis.gov. I also have an account in the case status update system, so I added the IOE case number to my case status account and activated email notification there. I received an email yesterday morning that the card was going to be sent out by post yesterday. Last night I received another update with the USPS tracking number for the card.

In our case we actually have two IOE case numbers (one for my mother-in-law and one for my father-in-law). I checked ELIS last Saturday and saw the cards were sent to production last Friday. Went over to the case status system and signed up for email updates for both cases. It sounds about right that you haven't received any information regarding mailing, our cases were sitting in production status for almost 4 business days. Once you receive the email that the card is going to be shipped then the status on ELIS changes to closed.

How can I register to get email?

[StrawberryKiss 170]

I have a question, I check my GC on the site and it says card is being produce, the date was Jan 20, 2015 and until now no update.

Same here, but they mailed my GC this afternoon! Check your status on USCIS! Maybe there's good news for you, too

[islandgirl80 28]

Same here, but they mailed my GC this afternoon! Check your status on USCIS! Maybe there's good news for you, too

No good news yet..still being produced....sad face..

[Ketsuban 1,034]

Hi all

I paid my ELIS fee on Nov 22nd and it went into "Optimized" as of Dec 24th. It hasn't moved from there and the USCIS tracker says the lockbox has received our case and is working on it.

I notice there is a "profile" section on the ELIS website where I have to upload a picture of my passport, fill in my address etc. Does this need to be completed? I thought we only had to pay the fee and wait

[britishinfusion 30]

Hi all

I paid my ELIS fee on Nov 22nd and it went into "Optimized" as of Dec 24th. It hasn't moved from there and the USCIS tracker says the lockbox has received our case and is working on it.

I notice there is a "profile" section on the ELIS website where I have to upload a picture of my passport, fill in my address etc. Does this need to be completed? I thought we only had to pay the fee and wait

Yes, I think you do need need to fill in the "profile" information. We did that for my husband's profile because there was no address listed.

[dnp2014 44]

Paid the fee for In-Laws in ELIS on December 24.

In-Laws POE was JFK Terminal 1 on December 26.

Took them to a local SSA office to get SSN on January 6. Agent said they do the SAVE check there. Made no reference that a number has already been assigned (per answering YES on the DS-260) or to wait since it was only 11 days after entry. Cards received on January 10.

As of today, status in ELIS is Accepted with Case Received on December 24. When I do a check on the USCIS.gov case status website I get case can't be found.

How long should we wait before we start thinking about contacting USCIS or scheduling an INFOPASS appointment?

Did you mean your payment was accepted. I had the same until case was optimized. When checking case status It used to say case number was not found. I just checked today and it says USCIS lockbox has accepted your case. My case file was received on Jan 13 and status was updated to optimized on Jan 23. I

Hi all

I paid my ELIS fee on Nov 22nd and it went into "Optimized" as of Dec 24th. It hasn't moved from there and the USCIS tracker says the lockbox has received our case and is working on it.

I notice there is a "profile" section on the ELIS website where I have to upload a picture of my passport, fill in my address etc. Does this need to be completed? I thought we only had to pay the fee and wait

You only have to pay the fee. I did check with USCIS and the answer was your card will be mailed to the address on the visa packet.

[NikLR 13,227]

Hi all

I paid my ELIS fee on Nov 22nd and it went into "Optimized" as of Dec 24th. It hasn't moved from there and the USCIS tracker says the lockbox has received our case and is working on it.

I notice there is a "profile" section on the ELIS website where I have to upload a picture of my passport, fill in my address etc. Does this need to be completed? I thought we only had to pay the fee and wait

You can update the address without adding a photo of your passport. To be honest, I'm not sure how I did it, but I did. Likely I backed up when it was like "hey add the picture" because I was like "uhm.. no?"

[eb2_gc_be_sf 1]

Today the USCIS did confirm that my husband's immigration packet given at POE in Dublin is LOST. So we had to schedule an appointment for next week with our local USCIS office. I'm very concerned now about where are the papers as they contain highly confidential information. Identity theft is weighing on my mind now. We'll it could be worse, at least I have my husband here living with me. He passed his drivers test this week so that's another item ticked off the list. I just hope they don't make him do the medical over again, if so they can pay that bill for us!

Have a good weekend.

Ugh! I suspect I may be in the same boat. I entered at the same POE, just two days later, and my case hasn't made any progress past "payment accepted" since. I called USCIS but they asked me politely to call back in the morning...

[Ketsuban 1,034]

I updated my address on ELIS in the hopes that it might trigger something. I guess I can at least be thankful the status changed to "Optimized" so I'm safe knowing my immigration package made it to Texas.

the NCSC forwarded a message I sent to TSC on 1/28 and I've yet to hear anything. I'm not starting on the phone calls until it's been three months since POE because I absolutely loathe using phones. I can never hear what the other person is saying!