I ROC in mid March. Moving to a different state in June. Will I have my new GC by then?

[keysjangle 145]

Background:

I'm a permanent resident (CR-1 visa) living in Hawaii. My husband is in the military, and we will be moving to California in early June. My ROC date is March 24. My GC expires June 22.

Once we move, we will most likely be living in a hotel on base until we find a house. This could take a couple of weeks, and hopefully no longer than a month.

I will be forwarding my mail to the hotel address, but I'm still concerned. I don't know if we would even have a room/suite number before arriving. I would much rather have my card before the move instead of possibly losing things in the mail.

I would also change my address on the USCIS website to the hotel one for as long as we're there.

What are the chances of getting my GC before June? It leaves two full months (April, May) for USCIS to do their magic.

Ugh

[Dave&Roza 748]

Background:

I'm a permanent resident (CR-1 visa) living in Hawaii. My husband is in the military, and we will be moving to California in early June. My ROC date is March 24. My GC expires June 22.

Once we move, we will most likely be living in a hotel on base until we find a house. This could take a couple of weeks, and hopefully no longer than a month.

I will be forwarding my mail to the hotel address, but I'm still concerned. I don't know if we would even have a room/suite number before arriving. I would much rather have my card before the move instead of possibly losing things in the mail.

I would also change my address on the USCIS website to the hotel one for as long as we're there.

What are the chances of getting my GC before June? It leaves two full months (April, May) for USCIS to do their magic.

Ugh

Given processing times I would say slim to none. We filed last February and received the GC in July--4 months. Two options here. 1) file the ROC early and do a change of address using the AR-11, your husband using the I-865 and then the process with a pending petition and hope it gets thru and the GC is mailed to the correct address in CA and not HI (USPS will not forward any mail from the USCIS so having someone watch your old address would be best.) 2) Go to CA before your husband and get a PO box for mail to be delivered to and find out the physical address of the hotel without suite or room number. Complete the form using the PO box as the mailing address (or use someone's address you trust as a care of) and the hotel's address as your physical address and send off the ROC package closer to the time you move. Also complete the AR-11 for yourself and the I-865 for your husband before moving, but before filing.

I would go for option #2 as you know the physical address of the hotel and you can get a PO box to have your mail sent to. Or you could ask the hotel about having mail sent to residents that do not yet know their room numbers. I would try to have the place when I am going to be living as the place I would expect the GC to be mailed to as the USCIS is good at not updating information--as you might be moving around a bit after moving to CA until settled into housing and all that, a PO Box would be the best way to make certain you get all mail from the USCIS. I would want the current application to have the correct information and not rely on some place in KY telling some place in CA that you have moved.

Good luck,

Dave