Time to get Permanent residency card

[Debchayan 0]

Visa catagory f4. After getting passport with visa an instruction is given for paying immigration fee of 220$. Is it to be paid for every person of the family? I think it should be.It is instructed to be paid before traveling to USA.Can anyone tell me how much time it normally takes to receive the green card after paying fees? Does the process initiate before or after traveling to USA?

[Tracy-->NY 40]

Fee must be paid for everyone who received visa, each should have a distinct A number. It is advised to be paid before travelling but can be paid after entry as the visa in passport is valid for a year after endorsement at POE.  Once paid the uscis.gov website states to allow 120 days for receipt.  However, I paid my IV fee a month before entry and received it about a month later, I paid my husbands two days after entry and he received his in three weeks this is for NY.

[Debchayan 0]

8 minutes ago, Tracy-->NY said:

Fee must be paid for everyone who received visa, each should have a distinct A number. It is advised to be paid before travelling but can be paid after entry as the visa in passport is valid for a year after endorsement at POE.  Once paid the uscis.gov website states to allow 120 days for receipt.  However, I paid my IV fee a month before entry and received it about a month later, I paid my husbands two days after entry and he received his in three weeks this is for NY.

Thanks for ur kind info.
one more thing.When filling information before paying fees at uscis.gov did you need to put other passport information other than case number and A number? 

Edited November 8, 2017 by Debchayan

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

2 hours ago, Debchayan said:

Visa catagory f4. After getting passport with visa an instruction is given for paying immigration fee of 220$. Is it to be paid for every person of the family? I think it should be.It is instructed to be paid before traveling to USA.Can anyone tell me how much time it normally takes to receive the green card after paying fees? Does the process initiate before or after traveling to USA?

The production of the green card is triggered when you enter the US using your immigrant visa, but the card will not be mailed to you until the fee is paid. 

Most people currently reporting green cards arrive about a month after entry (at times in the past it has taken 2-3 months).