6 Weeks post entry, but no Welcome Letter...Is this normal?
- Thread starter sansin
- Start date
New Development
I landed in the same situation as Enigma261.
I got a letter from USCIS Texas Service Center, that the POE did not put the I-551 stamp on my application and so, USCIS-TSC cannot process my alien registration. USCIS asked me to send a photocopy of my Passport pages showing my IV, and the I-551 stamp, along with a copy of my biographic info (which I interpreted as DS-230 part-I). So, I sent these docs to Texas Service Center. Now I am waiting to hear back from them. I am thinking of giving a call to USCIS.
ENIGMA261, if you read this post, please do post your experience after the USCIS messup. Was everything sorted out eventually? What else did you have to do, other than call USCIS/POE?
CP_QUERY, I am following your posts closely, as my date of entry is one day after yours, and my POE is Detroit too. Please let us know any developments at your end, or, if you have received your card.
Thanks
-Sanjay
I landed in the same situation as Enigma261.
I got a letter from USCIS Texas Service Center, that the POE did not put the I-551 stamp on my application and so, USCIS-TSC cannot process my alien registration. USCIS asked me to send a photocopy of my Passport pages showing my IV, and the I-551 stamp, along with a copy of my biographic info (which I interpreted as DS-230 part-I). So, I sent these docs to Texas Service Center. Now I am waiting to hear back from them. I am thinking of giving a call to USCIS.
ENIGMA261, if you read this post, please do post your experience after the USCIS messup. Was everything sorted out eventually? What else did you have to do, other than call USCIS/POE?
CP_QUERY, I am following your posts closely, as my date of entry is one day after yours, and my POE is Detroit too. Please let us know any developments at your end, or, if you have received your card.
Thanks
-Sanjay
sansin,
i am still in the same mess as before.
it is strange that BCIS, texas asked "YOU" to send the photcopy etc.
(maybe i should do what they asked you to do)
In my case they asked me to go to local BCIS office and local BCIS guys will make a copy and the whole nine yards.
Which i did and they told me that this is a standard letter and
that i dont have to do anyhting and neither they will do anything.
Basically POE will receive the papers from texas and POE will do the needful.
I talked to POE and they confirmed that.
i talked to BCIS yesterday(nov 5, 2004) and she put a request for case update. (meaning someone will look into what is happening)
they asked me to wait another 30 days.
BTW, the letter u recevied from texas will have a A number and a receipt number (beginign with SRC)
Punch this SRC (receipt number) into the BCIS case tracking site and you can see what is happening.
In my case , the website does not say much.
In the meantime, I went to the local SSN office and got a
new number for my wife and a new card for myself
(they processed all this with just the passport)
So, it has been 2 months and few days since POE landing.
My email is enigma261@yahoo.com.
Please do send me email when you have any update with your case.
it would be great if you could send me your email id also.
best of luck
i am still in the same mess as before.
it is strange that BCIS, texas asked "YOU" to send the photcopy etc.
(maybe i should do what they asked you to do)
In my case they asked me to go to local BCIS office and local BCIS guys will make a copy and the whole nine yards.
Which i did and they told me that this is a standard letter and
that i dont have to do anyhting and neither they will do anything.
Basically POE will receive the papers from texas and POE will do the needful.
I talked to POE and they confirmed that.
i talked to BCIS yesterday(nov 5, 2004) and she put a request for case update. (meaning someone will look into what is happening)
they asked me to wait another 30 days.
BTW, the letter u recevied from texas will have a A number and a receipt number (beginign with SRC)
Punch this SRC (receipt number) into the BCIS case tracking site and you can see what is happening.
In my case , the website does not say much.
In the meantime, I went to the local SSN office and got a
new number for my wife and a new card for myself
(they processed all this with just the passport)
So, it has been 2 months and few days since POE landing.
My email is enigma261@yahoo.com.
Please do send me email when you have any update with your case.
it would be great if you could send me your email id also.
best of luck
Received my Plastic card and Welcome letter on 11/05
Hey Forum buddies,
We received our welcome letters (3) and plastic cards (1) each on 11/05 together. Can I reapply for my SSN card change as it had been more than a month and no response from SS office. My wife immediately received her new SSN?
Good luck to all of you.
FYI - my POE 09/07 and interview on 08/26
Hey Forum buddies,
We received our welcome letters (3) and plastic cards (1) each on 11/05 together. Can I reapply for my SSN card change as it had been more than a month and no response from SS office. My wife immediately received her new SSN?
Good luck to all of you.
FYI - my POE 09/07 and interview on 08/26
Last edited by a moderator:
NO I-551 STAMP, and applying for SSN
Hello all, and specially CP_QUERY (since you were in the same situation)
I finally received my Plastic Card on December 2nd.
However, my wife seems to be in a mess now. She entered US after me, on December 1. The POE did NOT stamp the I-551 stamp in her passport. They just put the "DMA entered" stamp with the date of entry. No "Valid Until" date either.
Given my wife's situation, I have the following questions. CP_QUERY and a few others have been in this situation, so, it would be a big help, if you guys could please reply:
1. Did, NOT HAVING I-551 stamp in pp cause a problem when you went to apply for SSN? Those of you who faced this problem and convinced the SSA office that your MR-IV is a valid temporary GC, what did you tell them to convince them?
2. For some people the SSN card comes by mail without their having to go to the SSA office to apply. I received my new SSN by mail within 1 week of entry. Is my understanding correct, that for people who already had an SSN specific to H1 visa, the new SSN comes by mail? Since my wife was on H4 earlier, and never had an SSN, we have to apply for her SSN at the SSA office. Is this correct?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Sanjay
Hello all, and specially CP_QUERY (since you were in the same situation)
I finally received my Plastic Card on December 2nd.
However, my wife seems to be in a mess now. She entered US after me, on December 1. The POE did NOT stamp the I-551 stamp in her passport. They just put the "DMA entered" stamp with the date of entry. No "Valid Until" date either.
Given my wife's situation, I have the following questions. CP_QUERY and a few others have been in this situation, so, it would be a big help, if you guys could please reply:
1. Did, NOT HAVING I-551 stamp in pp cause a problem when you went to apply for SSN? Those of you who faced this problem and convinced the SSA office that your MR-IV is a valid temporary GC, what did you tell them to convince them?
2. For some people the SSN card comes by mail without their having to go to the SSA office to apply. I received my new SSN by mail within 1 week of entry. Is my understanding correct, that for people who already had an SSN specific to H1 visa, the new SSN comes by mail? Since my wife was on H4 earlier, and never had an SSN, we have to apply for her SSN at the SSA office. Is this correct?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Sanjay
Sanjay,
1. What is DMA?
2. I was of the understanding that they give you a circular stating that your MRV is your 551 which you can take to the SSA office.
3. I assume you got your new SS card not new <b>SSN</B>.
4. If the SS card is destined to come without your initiative it'll come, otherwise you'll have to endure the wait in SSA office.
5. If your wife wants SSN, and it has not come autimatically, then 4.
1. What is DMA?
2. I was of the understanding that they give you a circular stating that your MRV is your 551 which you can take to the SSA office.
3. I assume you got your new SS card not new <b>SSN</B>.
4. If the SS card is destined to come without your initiative it'll come, otherwise you'll have to endure the wait in SSA office.
5. If your wife wants SSN, and it has not come autimatically, then 4.