Been 2 months and still has not received green card in mail

[mycase17 114]

Hello VJ members,

It's been 2 months now and my wife still hasn't received her green card in mail. Her Port of Entry was on Nov 8, 2021. She did get her social security card in Mail within a week. I did move while her green card was in process and did update mailing address on USCIS website. At POE, Office did updated new mailing address. 

 

Is there any place that I could track her green card whereabouts? I'm bit concerned because her visa will expire on April. 

[Crazy Cat 41,841]

14 minutes ago, mycase17 said:

Hello VJ members,

It's been 2 months now and my wife still hasn't received her green card in mail. Her Port of Entry was on Nov 8, 2021. She did get her social security card in Mail within a week. I did move while her green card was in process and did update mailing address on USCIS website. At POE, Office did updated new mailing address. 

 

Is there any place that I could track her green card whereabouts? I'm bit concerned because her visa will expire on April. 

The endorsement stamp she received in her passport at POE is a full-fledged Green Card for a year (November 2022) or until the plastic one arrives. The expiration date on her CR-/IR-1 visa is irrelevant.

Edited January 5, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[dwheels76 5,468]

14 minutes ago, mycase17 said:

Hello VJ members,

It's been 2 months now and my wife still hasn't received her green card in mail. Her Port of Entry was on Nov 8, 2021. She did get her social security card in Mail within a week. I did move while her green card was in process and did update mailing address on USCIS website. At POE, Office did updated new mailing address. 

 

Is there any place that I could track her green card whereabouts? I'm bit concerned because her visa will expire on April. 

You check status the same place you checked for I-130. Login to the account on this page so you can see history. Hope they didn't mail to wrong address.

And Visa voided when she entered the US. And it can take 120 days or more to get  green card. But check your status.

https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

[powerpuff 6,697]

~ Moved from IR1/CR1 Progress Reports to General immigration discussion where GC delivery is discussed ~

[mam521 2,062]

Ours took over 180 days to arrive.  The temporary I-551 in her passport is valid for 1 year from it's validation date, so as Crazy Cat stated, it's valid until Nov. 2022.  If you're really concerned, you can submit an inquiry through myUSCIS after 90 days, but it isn't likely to help.  

[mycase17 114]

I do not see I-551 stamp on her passport. There's a stamp on her VISA page but you can't read any numbers/letter in the stamp. Could I make info pass appointment and they will do something about it? I'm more concerned about her work since they are asking to provide updated I-9 verification by March 1, 2022. Please advise. 

Edited January 5, 2022 by mycase17

[dwheels76 5,468]

49 minutes ago, mycase17 said:

I do not see I-551 stamp on her passport. There's a stamp on her VISA page but you can't read any numbers/letter in the stamp. Could I make info pass appointment and they will do something about it? I'm more concerned about her work since they are asking to provide updated I-9 verification by March 1, 2022. Please advise. 

looks like this. No they won;t give her another.

[mycase17 114]

10 minutes ago, dwheels76 said:

looks like this. No they won;t give her another.

Your's is very clear. 

 

 

My wife's one look like this. I scanned it so you will see black&white image but it's very hard to tell Date from it. 

 

 

Edited January 5, 2022 by mycase17

[dwheels76 5,468]

4 minutes ago, mycase17 said:

Your's is very clear. 

 

 

My wife's one look like this. I scanned it so you will see black&white image but it's very hard to tell Date from it. 

 

 

Says CR1 it's good enough I am sure they seen worst. Just use it.

[Crazy Cat 41,841]

4 minutes ago, mycase17 said:

Your's is very clear. 

 

 

My wife's one look like this. I scanned it so you will see black&white image but it's very hard to tell Date from it. 

 

 

That is the CR-1 visa endorsement stamp which serves as her green card until the plastic one arrives ( or one year).  

[Elrona 101]

6 hours ago, mycase17 said:

I do not see I-551 stamp on her passport. There's a stamp on her VISA page but you can't read any numbers/letter in the stamp. Could I make info pass appointment and they will do something about it? I'm more concerned about her work since they are asking to provide updated I-9 verification by March 1, 2022. Please advise. 

Might need to send some official paperwork to the employer to explain the situation. When I got here, I also started work before I had my green card in hand and oh wow, it took a lot of explaining and repeating it over and over again before they understood that the stamp works as green card for a year.

[Okboy 43]

13 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

The endorsement stamp she received in her passport at POE is a full-fledged Green Card for a year (November 2022) or until the plastic one arrives. The expiration date on her CR-/IR-1 visa is irrelevant.

Nothing feels better than the actual green card in hand 😊 

[mam521 2,062]

17 hours ago, mycase17 said:

I do not see I-551 stamp on her passport. There's a stamp on her VISA page but you can't read any numbers/letter in the stamp. Could I make info pass appointment and they will do something about it? I'm more concerned about her work since they are asking to provide updated I-9 verification by March 1, 2022. Please advise. 

Read the instructions for the I-9.  It clearly states that the foreign passport with temporary I-551 stamped MRIV is perfectly acceptable.  You've also stated that your partner has received a SSN, so she's covered - employment eligibility criteria covered with the MRIV I-551 and IRS tax reporting with the SSN. 

 

If HR are giving her a hard time, print the I-9 instructions and show them.  A common experience seems to be that HR personnel aren't often trained properly on how to handle immigrant and visa cases.  Personally, I don't understand what's so difficult about the instructions that go with the I-9, but I am guessing many HR personnel have never taken the time to actually LOOK at them.  

 

Does your partner have a driver's license?  Did the state run a SAVE check?  https://www.uscis.gov/save/save-casecheck

[Justus Forever 85]

my family POE was 10/2/21 5days the ss card came and dec 20th all 3 green cards came on uscis when you put in your number it says I think 120 days from payment or POE. It should be coming soon as for work my husband started working the day after is ss card came and his visa with the GC stamp. I hope that helps a little but yes track your information on uscis for green card

[top_secret 2,417]

23 hours ago, mycase17 said:

Hello VJ members,

It's been 2 months now and my wife still hasn't received her green card in mail. Her Port of Entry was on Nov 8, 2021. She did get her social security card in Mail within a week. I did move while her green card was in process and did update mailing address on USCIS website. At POE, Office did updated new mailing address. 

 

Is there any place that I could track her green card whereabouts? I'm bit concerned because her visa will expire on April. 

 

My wife and stepdaughter arrived about 2 weeks before yours and they still haven't received their green cards.  I know of one other member here who arrived within a few days of that timeframe and haven't received a green card yet too.  So it seems probable they are all experiencing similar wait times.  My wife and stepdaughter got their SS Cards in a week and my wife has been working for a month and a half already on her endorsed visa and got her CA drivers license so it's a non-issue.  It says "within 90 days" on the status check so we will call in a few weeks if they still haven't come but we are not worried and it seems 120 days or more is not unheard of.  But yea,,,, it would be nice to actually have the shiny new cards we worked so hard to get😁  Also we travel a few places around here where it is normal to encounter a Border Patrol checkpoint from time to time and while it's not a problem,  it's annoying they always have to carry their passports.

 

Since our timeframes are similar and we are in the same boat, I'll update whenever we receive or find out anything.

 

Also, just to verify, you did pay the immigrant fee, right?

Edited January 6, 2022 by top_secret