Green Card Not Received

[Seowmi 2]

2 hours ago, Allaboutwaiting said:

Some years ago I read a USCIS report where they stated some people actually had to wait 1-2 years to get the GC. 

Hopefully that won't be your case, but point is that some cards take way more than the 90 days and the pandemic has made things even slower.

My son arrived on June 29th I just received his green card last week . They told me it’s now 120 days before you receive the card . About the social security number  contact your local office and follow their directions. I got my sons within two weeks on his arrival 

[Daphne . 1,866]

8 hours ago, MedellinCOUS said:

Thanks for the information.  Maybe we are just getting a little anxious!  My wife wants to begin working here, but as far as we understand we need that document before she can..

Yes, it think you should give it a little more time..

Your wife is able to work. Her stamped visa counts as her GC until she receives the actual card. I made an appointment with a local office to get my SSN card and they used my stamped visa. I started working 2 weeks after I arrived in the States. 

[MedellinCOUS 24]

2 hours ago, Daphne K said:

Yes, it think you should give it a little more time..

Your wife is able to work. Her stamped visa counts as her GC until she receives the actual card. I made an appointment with a local office to get my SSN card and they used my stamped visa. I started working 2 weeks after I arrived in the States. 

Thank you so much, this is exactly the information we needed!  

4 hours ago, Seowmi said:

My son arrived on June 29th I just received his green card last week . They told me it’s now 120 days before you receive the card . About the social security number  contact your local office and follow their directions. I got my sons within two weeks on his arrival 

Thanks for the information, this clears up a lot for us.

[MedellinCOUS 24]

7 hours ago, Allaboutwaiting said:

Some years ago I read a USCIS report where they stated some people actually had to wait 1-2 years to get the GC. 

Hopefully that won't be your case, but point is that some cards take way more than the 90 days and the pandemic has made things even slower.

Thanks, that makes sense.

[Don Godwin 225]

15 hours ago, MedellinCOUS said:

Forgive me if I don't understand this process, but my wife immigrated on Aug 28th into the United States and we have yet to receive any documentation form USCIS or a social security card.  I called social security and they said to mail her passport to them and they will create the social security card (even though we specified on the DS-260 that we would like one automatically created).  I am reluctant to do this because it is her only form of identificaiton in this country.  Any advise?   Does this process usually take longer than 90 days?

 

Thanks in advance.

Goto any SSA field office close to you and get the social security card done and your stamped visa on your wife passport can be used as an ID for now you can take that to the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE don’t wait for USCIS they suck at that speaking from my experience, as for your green card it might take a while to get it mailed and timeline to delivery to you due to backlogs from USPS meanwhile the stamped visa can be use as a verification to work 

Edited December 16, 2021 by Don Godwin

[pishposhpeshy 17]

Ok here's what happened to me like you CR1 - checked box on DS260 to automatically request SSN. Paid immigrant fee weeks before entering. Waited three weeks after entry (as advised) and still no SSN. Called up local SSA and they couldn't find me in the system - great! Lady on phone gave me a passcode to give to the security guard who let me do a walk in. Took my endorsed visa and other ID and filled out a paper application for a SSN. Arrived in the mail about 4 working days later. Like others I had already started working without having an SSN. 

Edited December 16, 2021 by pishposhpeshy

[MedellinCOUS 24]

Well after trying to call in to the local social secuirty office for three hours I finally got through and have an appointment for Monday!  Thanks everyone!

[Jazzy0809 0]

Good afternoon,

 

I just went through the same thing with my husband. I had clicked “yes” on the DS-260 form and nothing ever arrived. I called my local SSN office after weeks of not receiving the SSN card and they stated even though we clicked yes, we needed to make an appointment. Nothing was ever register to send my husband the SSN card. Call your local office and make an appointment instead of mailing the documents. Regarding the green card, it took us 2 1/2 months to receive. You can track her green card via USCIS website using your receipt confirmation number.  I hope this helps.

[dwheels76 5,468]

1 hour ago, MedellinCOUS said:

Well after trying to call in to the local social secuirty office for three hours I finally got through and have an appointment for Monday!  Thanks everyone!

That's great. Now for green card what does the status say when you check?

[MedellinCOUS 24]

On 12/16/2021 at 2:34 PM, dwheels76 said:

That's great. Now for green card what does the status say when you check?

I checked the case status on USCIS using my receipt number and it just says:

 

[Chancy 6,241]

*** Moved from IR1/CR1 Process & Procedures to General Immigration-Related Discussion, where topics related to GC delivery are discussed ***

 

[MedellinCOUS 24]

Meeting at SS office went well and they said card will arrive within 4 weeks.  They said if it doesn't arrive within two months to call them and see what might have gone wrong.

 

In the meantime they were very confused by the Visa printed in my wifes passport.  The issue date was Jul 2021 and the expiraiton date was Nov 2021, which doesn't seem right.  They said that her visa had already expired, but after talking with someone in the back of the office she was able to proceed with issuing the SS card (she said the expiration date was wrong).  I am very confused by this also.  Because it also says "UPON ENDORSEMENT SERVES AS TEMPORARY I-551 EVIDENCING PERMANENT RESIDENCE FOR 1 YEARS".  From my understanding the endorsement that it mentions is the actual stamp upon entry into the United States, but maybe i'm wrong on this point.  

 

As I've been thinking this through, maybe this 4 month window was just to allow entry into the US, and if not used within those 4 months it would expire.  Once entry is executed, the date of expiration then becomes 1 year from the date of endoresment (or AUG 2022).  

 

Anyways, I truly hope that our green card arrives soon.  They said that once it arrives we need to make another appointment with SS to change her official status. 

[Chancy 6,241]

31 minutes ago, MedellinCOUS said:

maybe this 4 month window was just to allow entry into the US, and if not used within those 4 months it would expire.  Once entry is executed, the date of expiration then becomes 1 year from the date of endoresment (or AUG 2022).

 

Yes, the printed expiry date is simply the last day the visa holder may apply for their first US entry with that visa.  So the moment your wife entered the US with her immigrant visa, the expiry date on it became irrelevant.  The visa with CBP stamp serves as a temporary green card for 1 year starting from the date of US entry, not the issue date and not the expiry date.

 

[MedellinCOUS 24]

28 minutes ago, Chancy said:

 

Yes, the printed expiry date is simply the last day the visa holder may apply for their first US entry with that visa.  So the moment your wife entered the US with her immigrant visa, the expiry date on it became irrelevant.  The visa with CBP stamp serves as a temporary green card for 1 year starting from the date of US entry, not the issue date and not the expiry date.

 

Perfect, thanks for the clarification.  This all makes sense finally! 

[Don Godwin 225]

just received my card