Green card lost in Mail for 12 years old child

[JorJoe 33]

Hello, before i start, i would like to thank visa journey team for always being there for me when i need you guys, that been said;

my child arrived to the u.s in June 2020, am a u.s citizen and by law, 2000 child act he would be given citizenship upon arrival, he came with a stapled paper on his passport, it needed payment for the greencard, on the second day of his arrival, i went paid the fees, and changed the address because i moved 2 weeks before his arrival. I received a confirmation of address change and everything was great!

 

time passed by, checking online on processing times, it takes upto 90 days for the green card to arrive, we didn’t get it yet. I called in uscis and they responded by saying it was shipped, here is the tracking number! I was shocked because the agent said it was shipped to my old address 40 days after fees been paid. I went to my old address multiple of times till i found the new tenet and she assured me nothing came in, this was in September and the mail was sent in June. I went to usps and they couldn’t find it, i called uscis and nobody returned it. Obviously i needed to apply for i-90, its free if you didn’t lose it. 
 

i made sure the address is updated, filled up the online application and that was in September 30, I’ve been waiting for his replacement and checking every week, till it said 1 week left and we will look into it, well it was 3 weeks ago and all i get is that things taking longer than expected. 
 

the reason am in a hurry to get it, social security offices not issuing a new social without a green card, bmv is not issuing an id for him, his school needs it and finally i need to get him a password. 
 

ps: uscis said i can get him a social security number with the stamp on his passport, well this ssn office here refused when i called them and asked! 
 

what should i do now? I need to file taxes and i cant claim him without it!

Edited February 17, 2021 by JorJoe

[Dashinka 24,494]

I would talk to someone else at the SSA as USCIS is correct, the I551 (stamped visa) in his passport should suffice as a GC.

 

Good Luck!

[HRQX 4,145]

30 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

I would talk to someone else at the SSA

Yup, OP should talk to someone else there. The SSA POMS is very clear: https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0110211025 "Machine Readable Immigrant Visa (MRIV) with Temporary I-551 notation"

1 hour ago, JorJoe said:

i need to get him a password.

I assume you meant US "passport." His endorsed visa and your citizenship evidence, etc. is enough to go to the Post Office (or other Acceptance Agent) to submit the US passport application.

1 hour ago, JorJoe said:

he came with a stapled paper on his passport, it needed payment for the greencard, on the second day of his arrival, i went paid the fees,

You could have ignored that paper and it was not required to pay that fee:

 

FAQ page for more info: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/Intercountry-Adoption/adopt_ref/adoption-FAQs/child-citizenship-act-of-2000.html

you will need to present the following when applying for your child's U.S. passport:

• Proof of the child’s relationship to the U.S. citizen parent. For the biological child of a U.S. citizen, this generally will be a certified copy of the foreign birth certificate (and a translation if the birth certificate is not in English). For an adopted child, you must submit a certified copy of the final adoption decree (and a translation if the decree is not in English);
• Proof the child is admitted as a lawful permanent resident, such as the child’s foreign passport with a I-551 stamp, or the child's permanent resident card (green card);
• Proof of identity and citizenship of the U.S. citizen parent(s);
• Evidence the child is residing in the United States in the legal and physical custody of the U.S. citizen parent;
• Completed Form DS-11 and supporting documents.

 

[JorJoe 33]

2 hours ago, HRQX said:

Yup, OP should talk to someone else there. The SSA POMS is very clear: https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0110211025 "Machine Readable Immigrant Visa (MRIV) with Temporary I-551 notation"

I assume you meant US "passport." His endorsed visa and your citizenship evidence, etc. is enough to go to the Post Office (or other Acceptance Agent) to submit the US passport application.

You could have ignored that paper and it was not required to pay that fee:

 

FAQ page for more info: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/Intercountry-Adoption/adopt_ref/adoption-FAQs/child-citizenship-act-of-2000.html

you will need to present the following when applying for your child's U.S. passport:

• Proof of the child’s relationship to the U.S. citizen parent. For the biological child of a U.S. citizen, this generally will be a certified copy of the foreign birth certificate (and a translation if the birth certificate is not in English). For an adopted child, you must submit a certified copy of the final adoption decree (and a translation if the decree is not in English);
• Proof the child is admitted as a lawful permanent resident, such as the child’s foreign passport with a I-551 stamp, or the child's permanent resident card (green card);
• Proof of identity and citizenship of the U.S. citizen parent(s);
• Evidence the child is residing in the United States in the legal and physical custody of the U.S. citizen parent;
• Completed Form DS-11 and supporting documents.

 

You’re awesome, thank you!