Urgent: GC To be Couriered?

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sg1973

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Hello All,
I have a question and appreciate any help on it.
My wife and I recently got our 485s approved (a week ago) and we got the approval notices as well as the physical cards as well.
My wife has gone out of USA in April and she is planning to come back end of this month. She has a valid Advance Parole with her.
I am wondering what needs to be done now. Do I need to send her the greencard by courier so she can enter using it or does she have to enter only using Advance Parole similar to the case of we not being able to send any extensions of AP to her?
My attorney's paralegal has suggested sending the card by courier as the AP is valid only while 485 is pending or when the passport needs to be stamped to get the actual card.
Could someone clarify?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
SG
 
sg1973 said:
Hello All,
I have a question and appreciate any help on it.
My wife and I recently got our 485s approved (a week ago) and we got the approval notices as well as the physical cards as well.
My wife has gone out of USA in April and she is planning to come back end of this month. She has a valid Advance Parole with her.
I am wondering what needs to be done now. Do I need to send her the greencard by courier so she can enter using it or does she have to enter only using Advance Parole similar to the case of we not being able to send any extensions of AP to her?
My attorney's paralegal has suggested sending the card by courier as the AP is valid only while 485 is pending or when the passport needs to be stamped to get the actual card.
Could someone clarify?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
SG
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Emotionally, you should be with her to celebrate the approval, an exciting moments.
Not a big deal, book a ticket and bring her with you when she is ready to come back.
 
sg1973 said:
Hello All,
I have a question and appreciate any help on it.
My wife and I recently got our 485s approved (a week ago) and we got the approval notices as well as the physical cards as well.
My wife has gone out of USA in April and she is planning to come back end of this month. She has a valid Advance Parole with her.
I am wondering what needs to be done now. Do I need to send her the greencard by courier so she can enter using it or does she have to enter only using Advance Parole similar to the case of we not being able to send any extensions of AP to her?
My attorney's paralegal has suggested sending the card by courier as the AP is valid only while 485 is pending or when the passport needs to be stamped to get the actual card.
Could someone clarify?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
SG
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Congrats SG!!!
Technically - you need not courier the GC. She can re-enter the country with her AP, as the 485 was approved when she was out of the country and she would get her passport stamped at POE.
Ideally - you should go to India and enjoy and come back together.... Assur is so right!!!
Cheers!
 
Thanks Andy_NJ and assur for your suggestion.
I was thinking about it but then we just had been to India in Feb for a month and she went back again due to her father's death, which happened as soon as we got back.
So I am not sure if I should go through the long journey for just 1 week considering the expenses involved, including my unplaid time and flight ticket.
Instead, I would prefer going on a week long vacation to Europe, Australia or newlealand:)
However, someone pointed out that we may not be able courier the greencards etc outside the country. Is that correct? If not, could you point me to some links to who have done it in the past?

Thanks guys.
 
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