Sent I -130 in february/march 2014 to California Service center

[JER2020 28]

Hi everyone, so this is just another update on my journey as a new LPR. I arrived on October 9th to Boston and was told that my green card would arrive in the mail in the next 3 to 6 months. From reading online, I figured it wouldnt take so long, however after 6 weeks still hasnt shown up and I started getting a bit anxious. So for those of you that are in the same waiting process, I wanted to share a tip that maybe you all already knew but dumb me, just figured it out yesterday. So there IS a way to track your green card after POE. For those of you who paid for the new immigrant fee of $165 before your arrival, or even after. The receipt you get from USCIS which says your payment has been received has a Receipt ID on the top right hand corner which I never thought would work as a USCIS case number. Yesterday it dawned on me that this was the case number so I went on USCIS´s Check My Status which I had not used since the tracking of my initial I-130 and used the Receipt ID that I just mentioned and VOILA!!! First, it said that on Nov 18th my new card was being produced. Today, I checked again and this is the latest update

Card Was Mailed To Me

On November 23, 2015, we mailed your new card for Receipt Number IOE60xxxxxxxx, to the address you gave us. If you do not receive your card by December 23, 2015, please go to www.uscis.gov/e-request to request that we send your new card to you. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

[franklinadamau 8]

Hi everyone, so this is just another update on my journey as a new LPR. I arrived on October 9th to Boston and was told that my green card would arrive in the mail in the next 3 to 6 months. From reading online, I figured it wouldnt take so long, however after 6 weeks still hasnt shown up and I started getting a bit anxious. So for those of you that are in the same waiting process, I wanted to share a tip that maybe you all already knew but dumb me, just figured it out yesterday. So there IS a way to track your green card after POE. For those of you who paid for the new immigrant fee of $165 before your arrival, or even after. The receipt you get from USCIS which says your payment has been received has a Receipt ID on the top right hand corner which I never thought would work as a USCIS case number. Yesterday it dawned on me that this was the case number so I went on USCIS´s Check My Status which I had not used since the tracking of my initial I-130 and used the Receipt ID that I just mentioned and VOILA!!! First, it said that on Nov 18th my new card was being produced. Today, I checked again and this is the latest update

Card Was Mailed To Me

On November 23, 2015, we mailed your new card for Receipt Number IOE60xxxxxxxx, to the address you gave us. If you do not receive your card by December 23, 2015, please go to www.uscis.gov/e-request to request that we send your new card to you. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

Thanks Dave

But I still don't get it

What I have is

Pay.gov Tracking ID

Agency Tracking ID

I received both of them via email as soon as I paid the $165.

The other one I have is the i-130 confirmation USCIS sent me early last year at the start of the entire process

How do I know my receipt ID you're referring to ?

Is it a hard copy receipt from USCIS.

[JER2020 28]

Thanks Dave

But I still don't get it

What I have is

Pay.gov Tracking ID

Agency Tracking ID

I received both of them via email as soon as I paid the $165.

The other one I have is the i-130 confirmation USCIS sent me early last year at the start of the entire process

How do I know my receipt ID you're referring to ?

Is it a hard copy receipt from USCIS.

Did you pay the Immigrant Fee through ELIS? If so, inside ELIS, after you paid you should have received a message in the MY MESSAGES tab on the left, you go there and open up the message which is a PDF receipt. At the top right hand corner of that document you can find the Receipt ID which works to check the status in the Check My Status page.

Hope this clarifies.

I did not receive the emails you mentioned, this may be because you used the older payment method, when I paid for my fee it was through ELIS using a new link provided at that time when trying to make the payment.