Plastic Card Tracker
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kingno1 said:On the plastic card, it says resident since 4/23/04..Not sure where they get this date from....Anyway, Its a nice piece of plastic
Normally GC day count always starts from the day of approval. Either that date is incorrect, or you were actually approved on that date (and they notified your approval much later due to system or internal delay).
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gcpend said:
I think every district office their own way of setting priority. Manpower/resource are also factors. It seems some district offices like SF keep card porocessing low priority. I have seen in various threads that couple of guys in east coast (especially who got stamp at NY district office) are waiting for more than 3 months for their plastic card. In SF, I haven't seen anybody who got card within a month after stamping.
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Approved 5/17
stamped at San Jose 5/24
card ordered 6/3
Card mailed Jun08
receivec Jun12.
My husband stamped at 5/26 in Texas due to work, but the online message
still shows "the approval notice sent.......". Don't know when he will get the
card.
I was wondering who actually issues the card? the service center or local INS office??
It seems to me that a lot of people stamed outside of CA (earlier than me) haven't got their cards yet??
Can we travel out of the country by the stamp on the passport?
Thanks a lot
stamped at San Jose 5/24
card ordered 6/3
Card mailed Jun08
receivec Jun12.
My husband stamped at 5/26 in Texas due to work, but the online message
still shows "the approval notice sent.......". Don't know when he will get the
card.
I was wondering who actually issues the card? the service center or local INS office??
It seems to me that a lot of people stamed outside of CA (earlier than me) haven't got their cards yet??
Can we travel out of the country by the stamp on the passport?
Thanks a lot
yes2003 said:
I think the initial processing (scanning FP, signature, picture) is done by the district office where you get passport stamped. Then the card manufacturing is done by either in the same district office or another USCIS office location where they make all the GC cards. So every district office have its own speed do this card processing. From this forum I realized that San Jose is one of the fastest - normally you get card within 3 weeks. On the other hand, I noticed, in NY area people are waiting for more than 3 months (it seems they don't give too much priority on this card thing).
yes2003 said:
Yes, it's absolutely OK to travel. It's equivalent of Green (plastic) card. There won't be any problem in re-entry to USA. However, once in a blue moon you need educate a new airlines staff explaining that you are a parmanent resident of USA. Few years back in India, when I was flying back on Singapore Airlines, a staff was wondering why I was claiming that I am a green card holder when, in fact, I did not have any "green card". I think she did not find the "stamping" very authentic too. Anyway, she varified and got confirmed by another staff member and I got my boarding pass.
Waiting for the real card is another torture, since you can't move.
I have told the stamping officer that I will move in a month, and she asked
me to fill in the new address somewhere in the form I had my fingerprint.
She said that's where the card will bemailed.
She even asked to change the address on the approval notice she took away.
No matter what, the green card still goes to original address. Luckily I haven't
moved yet.
A friend of mine updated his address with the 1-800 number after he stamped.
However, 2 months later, the green card still went to his old address. Luckily USPS forwarded this letter to his new address.
Another friend also updated her address by fax to CSC (the stamping officer
gave her the fax #), but still the card went to the old address.
I wonder if anyone really got the card in new address??
I have told the stamping officer that I will move in a month, and she asked
me to fill in the new address somewhere in the form I had my fingerprint.
She said that's where the card will bemailed.
She even asked to change the address on the approval notice she took away.
No matter what, the green card still goes to original address. Luckily I haven't
moved yet.
A friend of mine updated his address with the 1-800 number after he stamped.
However, 2 months later, the green card still went to his old address. Luckily USPS forwarded this letter to his new address.
Another friend also updated her address by fax to CSC (the stamping officer
gave her the fax #), but still the card went to the old address.
I wonder if anyone really got the card in new address??
yes2003 said:
yes2003,
It not the end of world if your card returns back to USCIS. Sooner or later you are going to get it in your hand. Think about these people who are still waiting to for their damn approvals (and there are so many of them waiting for more than 2 years). If you think not getting card is a torture, just think about them. Come on, you are permanent resident, whether you have a card or not.
I did move to a new apartment between stamping and receiving my card. When I got stamped at LA, officer asked me to write a letter to LA district office for change of address (mentioning alien number, old address, new address). I did, and after one month I got my card in my new address. Yes, USCIS has lots of issues with their way of handling this kind of things. But there is no point of holding your breath/life just to make up USCIS shortcomings.
If you need to change address, just do it. Write to the district office where you got stamped. In addition, as an extra caution, you can update on toll-free number too (I did not do it, but still it worked for me). If the card goes to old address, eventually you are going to get it in your new address. Probably there will one more month of delay, but that's better than the torture of waiting for approval.
Mr Pralay,pralay said:
I understand scores of our friends are still waiting in various states absolutely frustrated with the GC process.
I was trying to see if there are any websites similar to the JIT report site where post approval until actual card is sent is tracked.
I am asking this because the JIT report does not show the i-551 related stuff.
As far as I know, there are no sites which tell us what date etc they are processing regarding the actual card generation etc. except for voluntary information provided by members of this forumn similar to what Mr Kashmir has provided.
Do you know of any site or Am I correct in my understanding.
Guess we have to wait until whenever USCIS deem it fit to finish the process by sending the card and close the case from the GC processing point of view.
Cheers
Golu
I am not aware of that kind of site.
1. The card processing is done by district office where you get passport stamped, not the service center. The district offices don't publish any JIT for card processing. The card processing speed varies office to office - therefore it's difficult to monitor card processing speed for every district office all over USA.
3. I guess in some district offices card processing is very low priority thing and that's why some people are waiting for more than 3 months. I think it should be that way, because every office has huge backlog of I-485 processing. People are waiting for interviews. If you see desi-bartender's project, case transfer to district offices increased in significant numbers in last few months. I would prefer if district office allocate more resources on adjucating and interviewing I-485 applicants than processing card order.
1. The card processing is done by district office where you get passport stamped, not the service center. The district offices don't publish any JIT for card processing. The card processing speed varies office to office - therefore it's difficult to monitor card processing speed for every district office all over USA.
3. I guess in some district offices card processing is very low priority thing and that's why some people are waiting for more than 3 months. I think it should be that way, because every office has huge backlog of I-485 processing. People are waiting for interviews. If you see desi-bartender's project, case transfer to district offices increased in significant numbers in last few months. I would prefer if district office allocate more resources on adjucating and interviewing I-485 applicants than processing card order.
golumolu said:
pralay said:
Thanks Mr Pralay,
I would welcome if USCIS allocates more resources in general so that all types applicaitons are processed quickly one way or the other. Agreed I-485 applicants who are waiting for adjudication and interviews should get their cases done quickly. If only they have some discipline and process the files in an expeditious manner it would help everyone instead having to hang in there forever whatever may be the stage of the applicant - it is obviously more frustrating and painful if it is for approval - no questions there.
pralay said:
Thanks Mr Pralay,
I would welcome if USCIS allocates more resources in general so that all types applications are processed quickly. Agreed I-485 applicants who are waiting for adjudication and interviews should get their cases done quickly preferably in an orderly manner so that processing would be completed and you will not be in a situation you are in where by no body really knows what/how in the world cases get processed. If only they have some discipline and process the files in an expeditious manner it would help everyone instead having to hang in there forever whatever may be the stage of the applicant - it is obviously more frustrating and painful if it is for approval - no questions there.
golumolu said:
USCIS is one of the most underfunded federal institutions - considering the volume of work it performs. Though the budget for DHS increased in significant number in last two years and most of the DHS security agencies got blessing from this increase, unfortunately USCIS is made outcast.
pralay said:
Guess the marker determines the need, if it was made out by the media and to some extent in reality that the manpower requirement in high and supply is low MAY BE (NOT NECESSARILY THOUGH) the govt. will do something. There is obviously no incentive and the govt. doesn't see any need to fund this department when such funding would probably have stopped a 911 from happening AGAIN MAY BE (NOT NECESSARILY THOUGH). But this is just what we individuals also known as affected legal tax paying law abiding immigrants feel though.
Card Recvd after stamping at SFO
WAC030235XXXX was approved on May 7, 2004.
RD: October 25, 2002
ND: October 31, 2002
I-140 Approval: May 15, 2003
First FPec 27, 2002
RFE Recvd: March 15, 2004
RFE Reply Recvd: April 1, 2004
2nd FP: May 2, 2004
485 Approved: May 7, 2004
GC Stamped: May 18, 2004 at SFO
Card ordered: June 9, 2004
Card Sent: June 11, 2004
Card Recvd: June 14, 2004
Wife's application went through the above milestones at the exact same dates.
Good luck, everyone!! I hope BCIS continues to accelerate its work.
WAC030235XXXX was approved on May 7, 2004.
RD: October 25, 2002
ND: October 31, 2002
I-140 Approval: May 15, 2003
First FPec 27, 2002
RFE Recvd: March 15, 2004
RFE Reply Recvd: April 1, 2004
2nd FP: May 2, 2004
485 Approved: May 7, 2004
GC Stamped: May 18, 2004 at SFO
Card ordered: June 9, 2004
Card Sent: June 11, 2004
Card Recvd: June 14, 2004
Wife's application went through the above milestones at the exact same dates.
Good luck, everyone!! I hope BCIS continues to accelerate its work.