LPR (Green) Card Limbo - Poking the bear

[lukehansen83 0]

Has anyone had any experience contracting immigration attorneys to assist in pushing the process of re-mailing a green card along a bit? My wife has been in the country for 7 months, and I updated our address at the time I paid for the immigrant fee (days after she entered the country)...they printed the card and mailed it before they updated the address in their system, and it's been over half a year of waiting ever since. Every time I/we contract USCIS they tell us what we already know (we sent the card, it came back to us), and we tell them what we already know (you've sent it to the wrong place, we've updated the address, please resend it!). We've gone back and forth 3 times over the last 4 months this way, each time they promise to put it back in the mail, and they never do.

 

Does this resonate with anyone? It is very frustrating, and up to this point I/we've done everything ourselves, without the help of an attorney, but I'm at my wit's end. I'm thinking of lawyering up.

[lukehansen83 0]

• • • To be a bit more specific, this is exactly what we've been dealing with since January...I've redacted the referral numbers. Not really sure why, but I did.
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    • 07/12/2018
      

      On July 12, 2018, your request to have your Permanent Resident Card resent to you, referral number T1MTSC, was completed.

    • 07/12/2018
      

      On July 12, 2018, we sent a response to your request to have your Permanent Resident Card resent to you, referral number T1TSC.

    • 07/12/2018
      

      On July 12, 2018, your request to have your Permanent Resident Card resent to you, referral number TTSC, was assigned to an officer for response.

    • 06/28/2018
      

      On June 28, 2018, your inquiry about a notice that you did not receive, referral number WKDSC, was completed.

    • 06/28/2018
      

      On June 28, 2018, we sent a response to your inquiry about a notice that you did not receive, referral number WKMSC.

  • 06/27/2018
    

    On June 27, 2018, your inquiry about a notice that you did not receive, referral number WKSC, was assigned to an officer for response.

  • 03/08/2018
    

    On March 8, 2018, your request to have your Permanent Resident Card resent to you, referral number T1BSC, was completed.

  • 03/08/2018
    

    On March 8, 2018, we sent a response to your request to have your Permanent Resident Card resent to you, referral number T1TSC.

  • 03/02/2018
    

    On March 2, 2018, your request to have your Permanent Resident Card resent to you, referral number T7TSC, was assigned to an officer for response.

  • 03/01/2018
    

    On March 1, 2018, your request to change your address, referral number T1BWKD, was completed.

• 03/01/2018
  

  On March 1, 2018, we sent a response to your request to change your address, referral number T1BWKD.

• 03/01/2018
  

  On March 1, 2018, your request to change your address, referral number T1BD, was assigned to an officer for response.

• 01/24/2018
  

  We mailed your new card to the address you gave us.

• 01/22/2018
  

  We are producing your new card for your Form OS155A, Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration.

• 01/03/2018
  

  We received your USCIS Immigrant fee payment for your Permanent Resident Card related to your immigrant visa.

[Unlockable 7,315]

Nobody can speed up or, “push along” as you stated, the process. An attorney can”t force anyone at immigration to hurry up.

 

If your case is outside of normal processing times, you can get a Congressperon’s office to inquire  (key word is inquire. Nothing more than that) about the status of the case.

 

Unfortunately, all immigration timelines are longer than usually.

[Ketsuban 1,034]

Forget the lawyer - contact a politician in your state. I'm in a similar situation with trying to get my 10 year card. I had to send it back because of a misprint and they've yet to send it back. I've got one of my senators pestering them for it now. Other than that, there is possibly the USCIS Ombudsman too.