Filed I-130 petition. Beneficiaries arrived last week of March 2023. How long after arrival will the green card arrive?

[Cathi 5,748]

1 hour ago, IAmNoLawyer said:

I have no way of tracking unless I contact them.
 

 

Contact them.

[Daphne . 1,853]

16 hours ago, Lil bear said:

The green card fee of $220 each is to be paid AFTER the visa has been issued. So it is not a fee that you would have paid years ago 

Exactly this! This payment would have been a recent payment.
 

After paying the fee, it could take up to 90 days to receive the green card. I remember receiving a confirmation after paying the fee and the confirmation also mentioned the timeline for receiving the card (up to 90 days) and to contact USCIS if I hadn’t received it after 90 days. I ended up having to contact them, and received my card after 120 days. 

Edited April 9, 2023 by Daphne .

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19 hours ago, IAmNoLawyer said:

I appreciate the information. Wow, it takes that long?!

Father in law arrived Nov 14th

 

Green card arrived April 6th

[Chancy 6,241]

On 4/8/2023 at 3:25 PM, powerpuff said:

Consulates *should * tell you about this fee but it’s not mandatory for them to do so, so I don’t think all of them are diligent about that.

 

The US Embassy in Manila (which presumably issued the OP's parents' visas) emails the beneficiary with the instructions to pay the USCIS immigrant fee after visa issuance.  From my experience, USEM is very diligent in emailing the standardized instructions throughout the visa process, including what to do after the visa has been issued.  It's the case-by-case email responses that they're not so prompt with.

 

[IAmNoLawyer 1]

9 minutes ago, Chancy said:

 

The US Embassy in Manila (which presumably issued the OP's parents' visas) emails the beneficiary with the instructions to pay the USCIS immigrant fee after visa issuance.  From my experience, USEM is very diligent in emailing the standardized instructions throughout the visa process, including what to do after the visa has been issued.  It's the case-by-case email responses that they're not so prompt with.

 

Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately, we did not receive an email with the instructions to pay the USCIS immigrant fee.

10 hours ago, Daphne . said:

Exactly this! This payment would have been a recent payment.
 

After paying the fee, it could take up to 90 days to receive the green card. I remember receiving a confirmation after paying the fee and the confirmation also mentioned the timeline for receiving the card (up to 90 days) and to contact USCIS if I hadn’t received it after 90 days. I ended up having to contact them, and received my card after 120 days. 

Thank you; I appreciate the reply.