cpzinga:
I don't think one needs police report to file I90 with the clause "card lost/stolen". Atleast we DIDN'T FILE police complaint in our situation.
IN my wife's case, I didn't want to invite troubles. So, what I did was, I let my wife call up USCIS last year (Sep 05 I guess) and got the word from
the rep that the card was mailed to our old address. Also, when we asked the rep would it be possible for USCIS to issue another card to the new address and the rep said that, once the mail (containing the card) is
returned by the Post Office to USCIS, they would resend the card to our new address.
So, we waited for two more months and lost our patience and filed I90 with a clause "card never received". As a response to that letter, we got the info back from USCIS saying that the card was never returned to USCIS by the Post Office so they told us to file I90 with the clause "card lost/stolen".
And we did the way USCIS wanted us to file I90 and my wife got the card in two months time.
I wanted to have documentary evidence from USCIS that we did this as they wanted us to do, as otherwise, you know pretty
much about USCIS right? One rep would say something and the other would say totally a different thing. I didn't want any confusion/stress due to this.
Hence I took this method.
I would say, go ahead and file I90 "card never received" and see what happens. Normally USCIS will respond in 2-3 weeks time for these filings.
Good luck
howdy_howdy
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ps: I am not a lawyer and not planning to be one. Consulting a competent attorney is advised.