"Plasctic Card (Green Card) Issued in One Week Upon Approval at Local District Office
Today, the local USCIS district office in Minnesota started a new procedure of issuiance of the evidence of permanent resident when the case is approved after the interview. Until yesterday, the standard procedure was that once the adjudicating officer approved the I-485 applications, the officers collected the fingerprint of index finger and signature on a form and placed a temporary evidence of permanent residence in the passport. The form was then forwarded to the Nebraska Service Center which then produced the plastic green card, which took several months or a year.
The new procedure eliminates this manual biometric identifier collection and manual plastic green card production procedures. Once the adjudicating officer approves I-485 after the interviews, the officer electronically transmit approval notices, followed by the production of the plastic green card at the National Benefits Center using the biometical identifier which was already collected "digitally" at the finger print centers. This allows almost instant production of the plastic green card and delivery of the green card in about one week rather than months and months. The status of permanent resident is granted at the conclusion of the interview but the local district office ceases to give a stamp of temporary evidence of permanent residence in the passport since the plastic card is scheduled to be delivered to the applicants in about a week.
How wonderful! Assumedly, this new procedure is in place as of today in other local districts as well. Please check it out with the local district of your jurisdiction.
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Anyone have any more information on this.. which locations have this in play already?
Today, the local USCIS district office in Minnesota started a new procedure of issuiance of the evidence of permanent resident when the case is approved after the interview. Until yesterday, the standard procedure was that once the adjudicating officer approved the I-485 applications, the officers collected the fingerprint of index finger and signature on a form and placed a temporary evidence of permanent residence in the passport. The form was then forwarded to the Nebraska Service Center which then produced the plastic green card, which took several months or a year.
The new procedure eliminates this manual biometric identifier collection and manual plastic green card production procedures. Once the adjudicating officer approves I-485 after the interviews, the officer electronically transmit approval notices, followed by the production of the plastic green card at the National Benefits Center using the biometical identifier which was already collected "digitally" at the finger print centers. This allows almost instant production of the plastic green card and delivery of the green card in about one week rather than months and months. The status of permanent resident is granted at the conclusion of the interview but the local district office ceases to give a stamp of temporary evidence of permanent residence in the passport since the plastic card is scheduled to be delivered to the applicants in about a week.
How wonderful! Assumedly, this new procedure is in place as of today in other local districts as well. Please check it out with the local district of your jurisdiction.
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Anyone have any more information on this.. which locations have this in play already?