Greencard stolen overseas

[Studentss 6]

Just now, Studentss said:

A lawful permanent resident (LPR) of the United States is required to present a valid Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card, if seeking readmission to the U.S. after a temporary absence of less than one year. If you have lost or had your Green Card stolen, a Boarding Foil facilitates boarding by the airline to transport you back to the U.S. Processing time for this service is approximately 2-5 days.

http://www.ustraveldocs.com/no/no-iv-boardingfoils.asp

[little immigrant 801]

@Damara Any updates? Did they find the car? Was your husband able to go to the embassy to get the boarding foil and did he manage to get it for free?

When was he supposed to fly back? 

[Villanelle 4,122]

Sorry I havent updated. Its been hectic here- first I had to board up the house for hurricane Florence, move everything valuable in case it flooded, then we had to evacuate, and its taking me much longer (and its much harder) to un-board up the house and put everything back where it was by myself. 

 

I posted originally on Monday. Well Wednesday rolls around and he tells me that he still didnt do anything about it because hes scheduled to be on set and the soonest he can handle it is Friday. So I decided to just pay the fee online (on Wed) and send him a pdf of the 131a. I think the USCIS forms are protected some how cause I sent it multiple ways and every time he got it and opened it- it was blank. (?) I ended up taking a picture of it filled out with my cell phone of my computer screen and sending him that to copy and fill out.  

 

I sent it Wed night (theres a 6hr time difference) and got an auto reply from the Embassy saying please allow 3 days for them to respond. It also said if you fail to follow the instructions on their website when emailing them  (include copy of payment/a#/etc) or you are otherwise ineligible for the boarding foil that they will IGNORE your email and you'll get no response. 

 

They emailed us back today and gave him an appointment for Monday. Its then suppose to take 3-5 days. They want you to bring a prestamped envelope so they can mail it to you and you dont come back to the Embassy. I dont know if the 3-5 day quote includes mail time or not. Hes planning on asking if it has to be mailed or if he can come back and pick it up. He is suppose to leave Thurs night so I guess we will just have to wait and see.

 

Apparently the auto insurance will reimburse us for the 131a fee and the greencard fee- but obviously we have to lay out the money first and wait for it back. He may have travel insurance as well - I really dont know and I dont think he knows either. We didnt buy his ticket the production assistant did. He talked to them and they said if he has to change the ticket to let them know and its not a big deal. 

 

I appreciate everyone comments and input - esp @jan22 for the explanation provided. It makes sense when you think of it that way- but I still am reminded of the $30k dining room table, or the 600$ toilet seat. Eh, but Im over it. Life is too short to be obsessing over stuff that doesnt really matter in the long run. Money comes and goes, things get lost or stolen but we carry on. I'll update again next week sometime.

 

 

[Boiler 45,494]

I am not sure what the normal practice would be for your Husbands Employer, I used to deal with Corporate Insurance and certainly in the UK any Company of any size with Employees travelling abroad would have annual cover to cater for Business and incidental pleasure trips.

[Villanelle 4,122]

Update- 

I guess he just wasnt meant to be on that flight. The appt was Monday. He went. They took his passport to put it in and told him they didnt have to mail it, that they would email him when to pick it up. On Wed they said to pick it up and he did. So everything worked out with that- but then he got a bit of food poisoning the night before his flight and was sick all night. In the morning when it was time to leave for the airport he was still sick so no flight. Now we are dealing with the travel agency to get it rescheduled - he doesnt even care if its first class, coach class or even if they put him with the luggage at this point   - hes just ready to come home.  

[TBoneTX 45,288]

What a bummer, but no one wants to fly when food-poisoned.  Let us know when he actually makes it.

[little immigrant 801]

Well I'm glad he didn't fly with the food poisoning. He might have affected others. 

 

I always get sick on flights. 

 

I'm glad he got his boarding foil. So I take it they never found the car and the wallet? It would have been nice so you didn't need to replace the green card but oh well. Was it at least close to expiring anyway?

[Villanelle 4,122]

On 10/8/2018 at 11:40 PM, little immigrant said:

Well I'm glad he didn't fly with the food poisoning. He might have affected others. 

 

I always get sick on flights. 

 

I'm glad he got his boarding foil. So I take it they never found the car and the wallet? It would have been nice so you didn't need to replace the green card but oh well. Was it at least close to expiring anyway?

Sorry, I forgot to update this last month. Just a lot going on- we were hit pretty bad by hurricane Michael  

Anyway for anyone interested immigration wise- they printed the boarding foil in his passport, very similar to the K visa in quality- so price/quality wise I guess was justified. I was anticipating a plain old piece of paper or a stamp- so a fancy page in the passport made it sting a little less. Boarding foil had an expiration date (a few weeks) and seemed to be a one time use travel document. Hes not traveling again anytime soon. Also mentions 551 status but says its not proof of status. Have sent in i90 and waiting for receipt. Apparently to get a replacement SS card you need proof of status so once receipt comes we can go get a stamp and then to SSA. (his DL was a non issue, I was able to order a replacement online but to get one at the DMV with a new pic- which he wanted-he needed proof of status)

 

On the personal side- the car was not found until 3 weeks later about 2 hours away. It was locked in a parking lot, so who knows if they were planning on coming back for it to use it more or if they were done with it and just left it. It got towed back to their local police station and Dad was told to come down and bring the keys. Well.... we find out Dad only had one key- the one that was in the car! So Dad had to get in touch with the dealership and get another key which took time. Dad asked if the wallet was found in the car and the response was the car was locked so they didnt know. (stranger and stranger) Why the police didnt force the door open- no clue. They were fine with waiting for him to get a duplicate key so they could open it and process it before releasing it to him. 

 

Finally Dad was able to get a key and went down and sadly no wallet. No empty wallet, just nothing. I was hoping they would take what they wanted and leave the rest but no such luck. Dad also got a 5000$ bill from a gas station credit card and called to ask if we knew why. Turns out Dad had kept a credit card in the glove compartment that he used every now and then for gas and forgot it was there. He is very old and this was just the final proof that he needs help and cant be alone anymore. For those that dont know the banking system there is much more advanced then here in the US. They have had chips on the cards that need a pin forever- where it just recently started to be used here in the US. So how did the thief manage to use his pin protected card? Easy. Dad had written the pin number on a piece of paper and taped it to the back of the card cause he couldnt remember it. Sigh. So many calls trying to help him with the bank about this. 

 

As for my lovely husband- we had a discussion about what could have possibly given him food poisoning. He had a goodbye dinner the night before at an expensive restaurant with friends and family and was 100% sure it was the pork. No one else got sick though so I pushed him harder to try to figure out what it was. Previous to that dinner the last thing he ate was a ham and cheese sandwich he bought at a gas station (!). Here in the US I do not let him eat gas station food because I just dont trust it, but when the cats away the mice will play..

 

He insisted it could not have been the sandwich because their gas stations are very clean and thats just not an issue there. But then it came out in the conversation that he bought the sandwich the night before and brought it up to the bedroom upstairs around 2am. He didnt feel like eating it so instead of bringing it downstairs and putting it in the fridge he HUNG IT OUT THE WINDOW in the bedroom justifying the cold nighttime temperature was sufficient. It sat hanging out the window from 2am until 3pm the next day when he got up and ATE IT.  Ham, cheese and mayo in the sun from sunrise to 3pm and he eats it and then blames the 50$ pork dish at a gourmet restaurant. Anyone want a slightly used husband?? LOL> But its all good. Again sorry for not updating sooner.

 

 

 

 

 

[TBoneTX 45,288]

5 hours ago, Damara said:

He didnt feel like eating it so instead of bringing it downstairs and putting it in the fridge he HUNG IT OUT THE WINDOW in the bedroom justifying the cold nighttime temperature was sufficient. It sat hanging out the window from 2am until 3pm the next day when he got up and ATE IT. 

He's 100% Guy -- you married well.

His reasoning makes perfect sense.

And nothing wrong with gas-station food.

Edited November 14, 2018 by TBoneTX