Hornswoggled

Just to add on here, this happened to us too, just last month. Wife and daughter came here on K1/K2 visas. Got the email on Informed Delivery with images of the wife's and daughter's letters. But only the wife's delivered. They were 48 month extension letters. In the process now of trying to get the daugter's letter replaced.

To be clear, this is not me/my wife's case; she's a friend from Thailand my wife and I have known for more than a decade, and she immigrated to the States in 2018 on a K-1. I just try to give her some guidance where needed. I believe the ROC case was filed around September 2020, don't know what service center it went to. It had some complications to it, so I referred her to an immigration attorney. He just described it as "complicated" a few days ago when I was inquiring about the expiring 24 month letter. He also said it was the longest I-751 case he had ever represented. Had no contact with USCIS since filing, so it's a sweet surprise this morning. No RFE requests along the way either, so I guess the attorney knew what he was doing.

Thanks for all the good responses, but we just got a much better answer this morning. Her ROC case was approved! The Green Card factory is making her a new 10 year card as I type!

Yes, I too was going to ask for some elaboration on the "very reluctant" comment. I would think that any green card holder should be able to show a valid current document in some form, not only for entering the USA, but on demand by law enforcement for example. So why would they be reluctant to provide that if they're not ready to finalize the case yet? Separately, I called a navigator for Healthcare.gov this afternoon and got my answer for them. She said when providing the scanned green card and 24 month extension letter, to also go to the Case Status web page and get a screen shot of that. Anybody with a case still in adjudication is considered legal for that time.

Had a friend visiting last week, and was helping her apply for an ACA insurance policy for 2023. Because she is not a citizen, Healthcare.gov wants to validate her eligibility by having her send in an image of her green card. That's when I noticed that her 24 month extension actually expires next month (December 2022.) What happens when those letters expire? Does USCIS take action automatically (like a new letter?), or must she do something? And if so, what? She's got a complicated ROC case, and I don't think it's going to resolve within the next month.