How soon do Parents have to come to US after getting green card

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benakab

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My parents are going to submit the final information requested by the USA counsulate.

How soon after they are given the green card OK do they have to board a flight to the US?
 
They do not have the Green Card yet. Tey will get some kind of stamp in their passport I beleive.

Someone was saying that they will have to come withing 60days of the passport being stamped.

Is this right or they still have 6 months after they are stamped.
 
benakab said:
They do not have the Green Card yet. Tey will get some kind of stamp in their passport I beleive.

Someone was saying that they will have to come withing 60days of the passport being stamped.

Is this right or they still have 6 months after they are stamped.
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After a successful CP interview, the applicant will be issued a DS-230 visa in their passport (may take a day or two). As noted previously, this is valid for 6 months from date of issue, and is good for a single entry into the US. Once the immigrant arrives at a US PoE, the visa will be validated, and becomes a Temporary I-551 (GC) valid for 1 yr, during which time the person will receive their actual GC. (My mom received her card approx 2.5 months after entry)
 
Have they changed the format? If I recall, no immigrant visa was affixed on the passport. An immigrant visa used to be in the form of a sealed manila envelope with a cut corner.

boatbod said:
After a successful CP interview, the applicant will be issued a DS-230 visa in their passport (may take a day or two).
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it is now affixed in the passport, but the supporting documents are still sealed in the manila envelope.
 
The DS-230 looks pretty much like any other US visa - it takes up a whole page, and contains a digitized picture etc, etc.
 
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