LOST Greencard Question Please help

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shazi201

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First of-all i want to thank the admin of this forum for this great service and everyone on this sit.

My mother recently traveling from canada to US lost her passport and green card. I have already applied for the passport but over here on the forum i see some members have stated that they have efiled. My question is can i e-file her application and do i have to mail out the documents. I only have a copy of her green card and the new passport and how long does it take for her to travel back.

Please ifsomeone can give me the URL for e-filing
how long it takes for finger printing
can i get a stamp on her passport so she can once again travel
where do i have to mail the copies.
 
Is she inside or outside the US? If she is outside, she needs to apply for a Transportation Letter to enable her to return to the US. Or if traveling by land, she can bring to the border her passport and a copy of the GC (make sure it is an obvious copy, not a color replica) and a police report of the loss, and explain the situation and hope they will let her in.

Then once she is inside the US, she can apply for a replacement card.
 
shazi201 said:
Please ifsomeone can give me the URL for e-filing
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=e-file+I-90
how long it takes for finger printing
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2-4 weeks
can i get a stamp on her passport so she can once again travel
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Yes, that can be done at the fingerprinting. Or make an Infopass appointment and bring the I-90 receipt for passport stamping. A printable receipt is immediately available if you e-File.
where do i have to mail the copies.
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See above URL.
 
Everyone thank you for Help; I filed the electronic form on Thursday 11/5/09. and today i received an email asking me to mail all evidence to
National Benefits Center Attn:
E-filed I-90 Application
P O Box 648012
Lee's Summit, MO 64002

I just have the copy of green card and copy of her passport is there any other evidence also needed.
Also please when and how can i make the infopass appointment. Any phone# or URL?
 
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I just have the copy of green card and copy of her passport is there any other evidence also needed.
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Send in a copy of the GC and a printout of the I-90 receipt. Keep extra copies of both to carry to the fingerprint appointment. Sending a copy of the passport is not required, but the new passport itself should be brought to the fingerprint appointment.
Also please when and how can i make the infopass appointment. Any phone# or URL?
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Do you not have access to Google? Google for "Infopass".

If she is willing to wait a few weeks for the fingerprint appointment, the Infopass appt. is not necessary; she can get her passport stamped with I-551 at the fingerprint appointment.
 
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Mombasa_guy said:
What's wrong with a color replica? I thought a color replica is ideal is it not?
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A guy got arrested for having a color replica, as the immigration agents thought it was a forgery and not just a copy. He cut it to the same size as a regular GC and got it laminated; people who aren't very familiar with green cards could think it is an original.

So if you're going carry a copy, make it obvious that it's a copy. If the copy is in color, let the color image occupy a small part of a larger white sheet of paper; don't cut it down to size. And don't laminate the copy (nor the original).
 
Guys;

my mothers finger print are scheduled for Monday. Do i need to ask them that she needs to travel and then they stamp the passport or they will do it themselves as part of the process. The reason i ask is because i want to be sure some of the staff dont know the whole process.

Or will i have to schedule a infopass.

Also what else will be required and if anyone know or will she just receive her green card in the mail
 
She has to specifically ask for the stamping at the fingerprint appointment. They normally don't do the stamping unless it's specifically requested. Once the FP is completed, all she has to do is wait a few months for the GC to arrive in the mail; there is nothing else left to do unless USCIS sends an RFE.
 
OK finger print completed but they said that they dont do any stamping have to get an infopass appointment. I went to the infopass website and does anyone know what option i have to select, i read all of them and dont seem to fall in any one of them.

Please help
 
Choose "follow-up on the case". The bottom line is that you have to have an infopass just to get to an IO. In my case, the office was so small that there was no need for an infopass appointment. I just came to the window and asked them to put an I-551 stamp in the passport. It took only 5 minutes. It may be useful to have the I-90 receipt number, but I was not asked for this. They only used my passport and nothing else.
 
I got a letter from stating that the finger prints were No good and have to do it again. My mother is very old and diabetic meaning she has to prick her finger with the needle everyday to do the sugar test and is there a way to explain them that her finger prints are no longer good. Is there a way of explaining them, has anyone else also experienced it.
 
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