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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Philippines
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I'm posting this for my sister because I'm already done with I-485. So she received her welcome notice about a week before I received mine. I got my gc in the mail 3 days after that. As you know, the welcome notice says that the gc should be sent within 3 weeks. 3 weeks passed and gc still didn't show up in the mailbox so she called the USCIS hotline number. A few days letter she received a letter from the USCIS informing her that they sent the gc to her on April 6, and that if it went to a wrong address or was not delivered it would have been returned to them. So the USCIS assumes that the gc was lost in mail and that she should file for the replacement of the card which costs a big amount.

Before my sister takes out hundreds from her (or her husband's wallet) for the application for card replacement fee, what do you guys suggest that she should do first? Especially those who had been in the same situation before? I feel that there are some alternatives, like go to the post office maybe and address this issue to them? Because if she applies for the replacement of the card, then the USCIS sends it again to her address, what if the same thing happens again? Know what i mean? Anyways, her address is a P.O. box (she lives in a small town in Wyoming) but apparently she never had a problem receiving notices from the USCIS because she even got the welcome address already. And the whole I-485 process even took only 3 months for her, without interview 'cause her case was transferred to CSC.

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AOS Timeline

Dec. 09, 2008- mailed AOS packet

Dec. 10, 2008- received by V. Bustamante

Dec. 16, 2008- money order payment was cashed

Dec. 22, 2008- received NOAs for I-131; I-485; and I-765 in the mail (yay!)

Feb. 21, 2009- received I-512L (Advance Parole document)

Feb. 24, 2009- biometrics done

Mar. 05, 2009- EAD received

Mar. 05, 2009- case transferred to CSC

Mar. 10, 2009- applied for SSN

Mar. 21, 2009- SSN card received

Apr. 10, 2009- Welcome Notice Received dated 04/06/09

Apr. 13, 2009- Greencard received

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I'm posting this for my sister because I'm already done with I-485. So she received her welcome notice about a week before I received mine. I got my gc in the mail 3 days after that. As you know, the welcome notice says that the gc should be sent within 3 weeks. 3 weeks passed and gc still didn't show up in the mailbox so she called the USCIS hotline number. A few days letter she received a letter from the USCIS informing her that they sent the gc to her on April 6, and that if it went to a wrong address or was not delivered it would have been returned to them. So the USCIS assumes that the gc was lost in mail and that she should file for the replacement of the card which costs a big amount.

Before my sister takes out hundreds from her (or her husband's wallet) for the application for card replacement fee, what do you guys suggest that she should do first? Especially those who had been in the same situation before? I feel that there are some alternatives, like go to the post office maybe and address this issue to them? Because if she applies for the replacement of the card, then the USCIS sends it again to her address, what if the same thing happens again? Know what i mean? Anyways, her address is a P.O. box (she lives in a small town in Wyoming) but apparently she never had a problem receiving notices from the USCIS because she even got the welcome address already. And the whole I-485 process even took only 3 months for her, without interview 'cause her case was transferred to CSC.

Look for the posts titled almost the same - I had the same problem (though mine was CR-1 card not through AOS) and it took me almost a year to get it with the involvement of our congressman after the card was a no-show for over 6 months. I suggest she do the same. No, I did NOT (and refused to) pay for something I already paid for.

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