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Topic: Card Production Ordered Club. Feel Free to join the club!!
12yrs,
All I can say is that they either screwed up small time, and changed the online status incorrectly and that they do need a new bio for you. This can happen if if the old bio has not expired if the signature, fingerprint and/or photo is not good enough for card production.
Or they screwed up big time and "forgot" to order the card, lost it in the production facility (maybe in something like a paper jam), or it was lost in the mail.
Do what you can to keep at them like call them again, get an infopass etc. If you find the reason and get a I-551 stamp in your passport you can at least relax for a while.....
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MrVulcan,
I asked my lawyer about the number of I-797s and she told whatever I got should be sufficient (I got the welcome notice I-797). But she still did not answer my question if I would receive one more I-797 (for Approval notice). Anyway, it doesn't matter now but curious about your case. How many did you get? And what does the Notice Type say in your I-797?
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I got 1 I-797 Notice Type: Approval notice. My lawyer also got a copy of this one. I also got a I-797D which is the mailer for the actual Green card.
It seems to me that the Welcome letter is I-797C, but I never got that one, so I am not sure. The normal thing is that you get either Approval notice or Welcome notice/letter, but in the world of USCIS everything is possible.
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I got 1 I-797 Notice Type: Approval notice. My lawyer also got a copy of this one. I also got a I-797D which is the mailer for the actual Green card.
It seems to me that the Welcome letter is I-797C, but I never got that one, so I am not sure. The normal thing is that you get either Approval notice or Welcome notice/letter, but in the world of USCIS everything is possible.
cool !
Since I got an e-mail on the 13th that Approval notice has been "MAILED" I will wait until end of this week to see if I will indeed get such a notice by snail mail. will keep you posted. And I agree w/ you that anything is possible in the world of USCIS. I never got any CPO e-mail from USCIS but have already received the actual card ! |
I got 1 I-797 Notice Type: Approval notice. My lawyer also got a copy of this one. I also got a I-797D which is the mailer for the actual Green card.
It seems to me that the Welcome letter is I-797C, but I never got that one, so I am not sure. The normal thing is that you get either Approval notice or Welcome notice/letter, but in the world of USCIS everything is possible.
cool !
Since I got an e-mail on the 13th that Approval notice has been "MAILED" I will wait until end of this week to see if I will indeed get such a notice by snail mail. will keep you posted. And I agree w/ you that anything is possible in the world of USCIS. I never got any CPO e-mail from USCIS but have already received the actual card !
I had the H1 extension approved and lawyer received approval notice. The case status still shows pending. USCIS is allergic to computers at times. |
12yrs,
All I can say is that they either screwed up small time, and changed the online status incorrectly and that they do need a new bio for you. This can happen if if the old bio has not expired if the signature, fingerprint and/or photo is not good enough for card production.
Or they screwed up big time and "forgot" to order the card, lost it in the production facility (maybe in something like a paper jam), or it was lost in the mail.
Do what you can to keep at them like call them again, get an infopass etc. If you find the reason and get a I-551 stamp in your passport you can at least relax for a while.....
MrVulcan,
I have no idea what might have happened. My lawyer is telling me to wait until the end of June. So, I'll probably wait for another 2 weeks before calling them. But I am not concerned about my case/card. I already recieved a Welcome Notice. I don't know where I put it in the house, but it should be around :)
I am more concerned about my wife's. We've been postponing many things just because of that stupid card. |
47 days from approval... and still counting...
Did you call USCIS about this? AFAIK, when 30 days has passed and you still haven't received the card, the I-797 will tell you to CONTACT USCIS. |
I think Welcome Notice says wait for 60 days.
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I got 1 I-797 Notice Type: Approval notice. My lawyer also got a copy of this one. I also got a I-797D which is the mailer for the actual Green card.
It seems to me that the Welcome letter is I-797C, but I never got that one, so I am not sure. The normal thing is that you get either Approval notice or Welcome notice/letter, but in the world of USCIS everything is possible.
cool !
Since I got an e-mail on the 13th that Approval notice has been "MAILED" I will wait until end of this week to see if I will indeed get such a notice by snail mail. will keep you posted. And I agree w/ you that anything is possible in the world of USCIS. I never got any CPO e-mail from USCIS but have already received the actual card !
Ok, I just checked the envelope which had my card and the other envelope which had my I-797. The dates on both the envelopes showed June 13th, 2008 and the e-mail from CRIS was on June 13th which said "Approval Notice Sent". So this approval notice is nothing but the welcome notice (I guess a.k.a Approval notice).
The zip code on the envelope that had the card is 40701 and that is Corbin, KY (card production facility) and the zip on the envelope that had the I-797 welcome notice is 75149 and that is Mesquite, TX.
MrVulcan is right. Only ONE notice (I-797C) will be sent and of course the card.
To summarize:
6/11 - Notice sent welcoming the new PR (e-mail)
6/13 - Approval notice sent (e-mail)
6/14 - Soft LUD
6/16 - Received I-797C welcome notice (a.k.a approval notice), I-797D (which had the card in it) and the actual card(I-551).
BTW, my I-797C & I-797D shows the Notice Date as 6/11/2008 and I guess this should have triggered the 6/11 e-mail.
Anyway, its all over.
I wish good luck to the folks waiting for the notice and/or the card !!! |
Want to share my details as well...
06/12/08 --- [Email] Card Production Ordered
06/12/08 --- [Email] Welcome Notice Mailed
06/17/08 --- [Snail Mail] Received the Welcome Notice (I-797C)
06/17/08 --- [Email] Approval Notice Sent
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mjkkb2 if you do talk to your lawyer and ask why will she recieve the approval notice and update us here then it'll be great.
Not important but will be good to know. Hope they dont send GC to lawyers? Can they?
Just an update. I have indeed recieved the notice myself. (6/17/08). No word from the lawyher if she got a copy or not. |
Last night, during the third quarter Celtics walloping of the Lakers...i happened to check my blackberry and saw this gift!
Receipt Number: SRCxxxxxxxxxx
Application Type: I485, APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS
Current Status: Card production ordered.
On June 17, 2008, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.
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Added details for those interested...
6/17/2008: Card Production Ordered (E-mail)
6/18/2008: I-140 Approved (E-mail)
6/18/2008: Notice mailed welcoming the new permanent resident (E-mail)
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TSC
EB2 (ROW chargeability (by birth) with Indian Citizenship)
PD 10/1/2006
Labor Cert Approved: 10/1/2007
Concurrent Filling (I-140/I-485): 11/05/2007
Notice Date: 11/9/2007
EAD: 12/12/2007
AP: 11/30/2007
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thanks to all who keep posting information and opinions that makes for this the great trackitt 'community'
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Want to share my details as well... no, it is for my wifey (derivitive)
06/17/08 noon --- [Email & onle status] Card Production Ordered
06/17/08 near midnight after Celtics won the game--- [Email] Card Production Ordered, again???
06/18/08 Soft UPD on both, strang??? And my status is still "...resumed processing..."
Question: where is my approval?
Update: Just received "Approval Notice" for myself (primary) right after I asked that question.
My wifey's status changed from "card ordered" to "approval notice send" message.
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I wanted contribute since I've been frequenting this forum to allay my permanent residency process concerns.
Good luck to all of you and thanks!
6/17/2008: I-140 Approved
6/17/2008: "Card Production Ordered"
6/18/2008: 1-485 Approval Notice Sent (Primary Applicant as well as derivative)
6/18/2008: Welcome E-mail/Notice
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TSC
EB2 (ROW - Pakistan)
PD 6/28/2007
Labor Cert Approved: 9/14/2007
Concurrent Filling (I-140/I-485): 11/05/2007
Notice Date: 11/10/2007
EADs: 12/11/2007
APs: 12/11/2007
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Congrats Ajnabi. Yours is a fast track approval - 1 year from start of PERM -> GC approval. 'Aye Ajnabi tu bhi kabhi aawaaz de kahin se'.
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Ajnabi,
Congrats and thanks for the update.
Once you receive the actual card can you please update this post? There are some of us waiting to receive the card and it's held up after Card Production Ordered from TSC.
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I hope TSC does not operate like schools and their Card Production dept. is now off for summer vacation.
Anyone in this thread got any updates? Anyone called USCIS -TSC today?
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Thanks gcdedoyaar... I'm so chilled waiting for the actual card that I look like a snowman now :0) It's only fair that we also receive the cards like everyone else. NSC is doing a great job. After approval they are sending the cards with turbo boost!
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Following folks from May approvals were still waiting for theirs or their dependent's cards at some point after the approval
a2zgc
raja2008
rogerfederer
12yrsRUKiddin
arihant
Yes, in my case, I received the card within 7 days but all we got is the welcome notice for my wife. Infopass IO asked us to wait 60 days while Welcome notice says we should receive the card in 3 weeks. 3 weeks has come and gone and we are still waiting. I just KNOW that if we call them, they will give the same old 60 day story. So, we are waiting.
Any of the others above received your card or received an update on what is the holdup?
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This is my update, just got the card for myself. Still waiting for the dependent card...
So our approval date was May 13th, I got the card on June 13th (exact 30 days) and my wife is still waiting for hers to come in mail. My lawyer called them and apparently, they said that our FPs were not 'attached' to the I-485 applications and that they (USCIS) was trying to contact the correct authorities to get the FPs, which apparently worked as they got my card without I having to go for biometrics again...
Shall let you know when my wife gets hers...
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a2zgc, Congrats. This does give us some ray of hope. I can bet that your wife's card will arrive soon.
Your case was in NSC.
Can you let us know
1. If before receiving the card your status changed to Card Mailed?
2. FPs were not 'attached' to the I-485 applications and that they (USCIS) was trying to contact the correct authorities to get the FPs - When did your lawyer call them? recently?
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count me in
going through all the bumps that uscis put on the road to GC
Approval e-mail: 05/28/08
soft LUD: 05/29/08
paper welcome notice arrived: 06/02/08
no card yet....
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dimtrack,
Welcome to the Club. Your profile has case filed in Vermont. Was it later transfered to TSC, Texas or NSC, Nebraska?
I'm not sure but what I know that 485 are cases are now being adjudicated from TSC and NSC only.
MrVulcan can let us know if that's true.
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Yes, my case status changed to 'Card mailed' on the third day after I got the 'CPO' email from NSC.
My lawyer called them three weeks back and then within few days, I saw the CPO email. My wife had raised an SR on Friday and on Monday I got her CPO email, don't know if it was the SR that triggered it or the lawyer's call.
But one thing worht noting that my lawyer wrote to me- They are working on getting the Cards out to the approved cases, they know they have done some goofups (or more specifically the ASCs that do the biometrics) for attaching the biometrics with the I-485 application. So I think, they are trying hard to clear their new backlog of card production and they cannot do that till ASCs where you did your biometrics do not send them the digital FPs and picture...So I would say it's the ASCs that are the culprits not the Service Centers...
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Your profile has case filed in Vermont. Was it later transfered to TSC, Texas or NSC, Nebraska?
Yeah it was transferred to Texas and approval was from Texas |
Thanks a2zgc for sharing. So does that mean that after CPO email, for you, last month and after 3 days you had Card Mailed email, your status stayed Card Mailed for a month?
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OK. My wife did Call TSC using POJ. Surprise! Surprise! Someone picked up immediately! Even more surprising this person told her that an Officer is reviewing her case as they speak! Well not sure why an officer needs to review an already approved case. Anyway, the IO asked my wife when she had done the biometrics. Since this was done last September, it should still be valid. The IO told her that she should receiving the card within 6 days! Have not yet received CPO email for her yet nor has the online status changed. Let us see if we will get the CPO soon and the card some time next week.
If we do not see an update by next week, we will call again. Will keep everyone updated.
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arihant that sounds like good news but I'm wondering too that why an officer will review the case?
Please also update if the case has a LUD, if not status changed.
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mehere,
Actually I got the CPO email on 6/6 and the Card mailed email on 6/11 (considering that 6/7 and 6/8 were weekend).
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texandude...no idea why they need to review an already approved dependant case again while the primary (I) have already received my card. No LUDs soft or otherwise yet. So, continuing to wait patiently.
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arihant....and when did you receive your card after approval, CPO email from TSC. I tried to see that in your profile.
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texandude...
here is the timeline:
5/22 Welcome notice email received (both)
5/23 Card production ordered email (Primary)
5/29 Approval notice sent email (Primary)
5/30 Welcome notice received in mail (Both)
5/31 Physical card received (Primary)
6/18 IO at TSC says that my wife's case is being reviewed by an officer and that she should get her card in 6 days
Waiting for card for dependent.....
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We got email from CRIS....card production ordered....EB3/EB2 both approved I-140 PD9/2005 submitted AOS under EB-3 on 07/2007 with medical RFE(skin test) and replied on 06/12/08.
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6/12/2008 : Card Production (online status)
6/12/2008 : Welcome email (online status)
6/17/2008 : Welcome notice (by mail)
6/18/2008 : Approval notice (online status)
6/18/2008 : Card Mailed (online status)
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sangamam Congrats. NSC is doing a good job mailing cards after approval. If people from NSC don't update the Card Mailed part after CPO like you have I think we can guess when and for sure you will receive the card in the mail.
In my case and some others from TSC after CPO.... when will we receive the card becomes like a Double Jeopardy question for which there is no answer.
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Want to share my details as well...
06/16/08 --- [Email] Card Production Ordered
06/17/08 --- Soft LUD
06/18/08 --- [EMail] Nothing changed, blank email from CRIS
I have not received the "Welcome" Letter yet. What could be the issue?
Thanks for your comments.
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My case details:
5/29/2007: Approval Email both pri. and dep.
5/30/2007: Approval notice sent email
6/04/2007: Both GCs in hand
6/05/2007: Approval Notice mailed
Actucal cards were recieved just one day before approval notices.
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Wow!! domool Congrats!! TSC did send cards and that too before approval notice...good for you!!!
Not sure what's happening to PRODUCTION to some of us here!! Maybe our Card in production has gone to a BUBBA in Mesquite office who is under training and learning how to use a KeyBoard!! Bubba is also learning english!!
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Wow!! domool Congrats!! TSC did send cards and that too before approval notice...good for you!!!
Not sure what's happening to PRODUCTION to some of us here!! Maybe our Card in production has gone to a BUBBA in Mesquite office who is under training and learning how to use a KeyBoard!! Bubba is also learning english!!
I believe CP facility is in KY. At least I received mine from Corbin, KY and the welcome notice(a.k.a approval notice) from Mesquite,TX.
good luck. |
My timeline so far
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[06/16/2008] - [ Email ] Card production ordered
[06/16/2008] - [ Email ] Notice welcoming permanent residence
[06/16/2008] - [ Email ] Card production ordered ( second time ! )
[06/17/2008] - Soft LUD
[06/19/2008] - [ Email ] Approval notice sent
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malluiv,
Good to see you getting approved and getting the CPO email, so what was your RFE about? I knew u were awaiting the RFE, just curious...
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malluiv,
Good to see you getting approved and getting the CPO email, so what was your RFE about? I knew u were awaiting the RFE, just curious...
The RFE was about missing TB skin test . |
Cool!! Good to see approvals.
All please update this post if your CPO was ordered and you receive the card int he mail from TSC.
Have not received mine till date.
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mine's not received either:(
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OK, My turn to start worrying .................................
I got my 485 approval email on 6/11 and by snail mail on 6/16. I havent received any email regarding CPO or welcome yet. The online status also shows 'approval notice sent", thats it, no change. No card seen so far. So should I start worrying?
My case number starts with SRC as was originally submitted to TSC but has been approved from NSC after transfer. So which service center should I think it belongs to for issuing or sending the GC.
Actually my wife needs to change jobs as her bosses grant is ending soon, and as the employers want to see physical card thats the reason for me to ask this question.
One minor thing as sson as the GC is approved, does it mean that mine or my wifes' H1B gets invalid for job move or travel?
Thanks
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Cool!! Good to see approvals.
All please update this post if your CPO was ordered and you receive the card int he mail from TSC.
Have not received mine till date.
Is it the approval notice that enables one to go for Infopass appointment and get the I-551 stamp ? |
Maybe you do not need to worry and the cards will show up in mail soon. But wherever there are handoffs between Centers, like ours where I-485 was receipted at CSC (with receipt numbers starting with WAC instead of LIN) and then our files were sent back to NSC for adjudication, there are chances that the biometrics get sent to the wrong center by ASC. This is exactly what happened in our case too, got Approval Notices email/smail mails and then no CPO, till we raised an SR and also asked lawyer to speak with them just to find out that our biometrics were not 'attached' to I-485 applications and hence no CPO...
They then went on a search mission to find our biometrics and eventually we got our CPO emails ( I got my card, and are awaiting the card for my wife now)...
They ususally won't do anything till 30 days to raise an SR but you can try your lawyer route if you do not get your cards within 10 days...
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Yes, your H1B status is void once 485 is approved. It will not show online status but within their internal system it's void and that's why it's called Aos, adjustment of status. Once 485 is approved you are PR, permanent resident
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I just got greened today. It is a lovely friday for me. Thanks trackitt and all the participants for your valuable information. Wishing all the pending applications to be approved soon. Your journey will soon be over.
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Want to share my details as well...
06/16/08 --- [Email] Card Production Ordered
06/17/08 --- Soft LUD
06/18/08 --- [EMail] Nothing changed, blank email from CRIS
Dear friends,
Can you please share your comments on my case.
No "Approval email" or "Welcome" letter yet...still waiting.
Thanks
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