ImHere

Hi does anyone know roughly how long its taking for the I-551 card to arrive after youve entered the US?

We have been here for 90 days now (landed Newark as POE begining last December) and we've not had either a welcome letter or the I-551's

scotta

Arrived Seattle (Sea-Tac) 30 January 2005
Welcome to USA Letter 18 Feb 2005
2nd Duplicate Welcome to USA Letter 21 Feb 2005
Plastic Green Cards 23 Feb 2005

Scott

Ramesh Pun

I got my GC within 3 weeks of the interview, but then mine was an I485
situation.
But, what welcome letter? I didnt get any welcome letter.

Any others who got their GC through the I485 route get a welcome letter?


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    > Hi does anyone know roughly how long its taking for the I-551 card to
    > arrive after youve entered the US?
    > We have been here for 90 days now (landed Newark as POE begining last
    > December) and we've not had either a welcome letter or the I-551's
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TexasPenguin

Hah! Join the club!
Exactly the same situation as you (although POE was Dallas), again in early December.
Phone the 1-800 number on the USCIS website and be prepared to wait.... don't even bother phoning on a Monday though!
I eventually got put through to an immigration officer who...claimed the computer had zero information on me and suggested the paper may have been "lost".

What's worse is the the POE officers generally have no idea what the MRIV thingy is in the passport - one guy in Dallas asked me last time I returned from a Europe trip - "is this all you have?"

Hmmm...

Andrei Ivanov

ImHere <member36740@british_expats.com> wrote:
    > Hi does anyone know roughly how long its taking for the I-551 card to
    > arrive after youve entered the US?

It depends. May take 3 months. May take 6 months. May take 4 years.

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andrei

Lucy

"Ramesh Pun" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Any others who got their GC through the I485 route get a welcome letter?

If someone adjusts status, rather than arriving on an immigrant visa, surely
they are already in the US, so why would they be welcomed?

Lucy

TimFountain

Wow, that was helpful, thanks for the input!

ImHere

Well thanks for the responses. But as if by magic today our GC's arrived!

Must be a case of "speak of the devil and he shall appear"!

PS AndySmithers, I took our passports to the DMV for the driving test and the lady there just stared at the MRIV's dumbfounded...eventually they got a supervisor who'd seen the memo about the course about the memo about what the MRIVs were and nodded and said "Uh....yeah.....thats cool. I think I know that that is. We can accept that"

Ramesh Pun

"Lucy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > "Ramesh Pun" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > > Any others who got their GC through the I485 route get a welcome letter?
    > If someone adjusts status, rather than arriving on an immigrant visa,
    > surely
    > they are already in the US, so why would they be welcomed?
    > Lucy

Because the welcome letter is for LPR to US. I would expect to receive a
welcome letter when I turn an LPR.

Lucy

"Ramesh Pun" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Because the welcome letter is for LPR to US. I would expect to receive a
    > welcome letter when I turn an LPR.

Well, I didn't get one when I adjusted status and I don't know anyone else
who did.

Welcome to the US!

Lucy

TimFountain

Same here, no welcome.... nothing apart from the card. Wife did get a congrats when when got I551 passport stamp, I got nothing, same guy, 6 weeks apart! Go figure.

- Tim