Green Card

[bobjennyhitched 99]

Hi, 

 

When I move on a CR1 to the US does that automatically trigger my green card application? I have an opportunity to transfer in my current job so my boss is looking for me to confirm. Or do I need to apply for a green card much like if I'd moved on a K1 Visa?

 

I'm confused!!

[ms_bobdog 501]

48 minutes ago, jennywhite421 said:

Hi, 

 

When I move on a CR1 to the US does that automatically trigger my green card application? I have an opportunity to transfer in my current job so my boss is looking for me to confirm. Or do I need to apply for a green card much like if I'd moved on a K1 Visa?

 

I'm confused!!

When you enter the US with your CR1 visa, once the immigration officer admits you, you are a legal permanent resident. It is NOT like a K1. K1 is a non-immigrant visa.

[Madison Raney 30]

Yes, your green card should be sent to you automatically when you enter the US on your CR1  

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

3 hours ago, jennywhite421 said:

Hi, 

 

When I move on a CR1 to the US does that automatically trigger my green card application? I have an opportunity to transfer in my current job so my boss is looking for me to confirm. Or do I need to apply for a green card much like if I'd moved on a K1 Visa?

 

I'm confused!!

 

15 minutes ago, Madison Raney said:

Yes, your green card should be sent to you automatically when you enter the US on your CR1  

As long as you have paid the fee then the card will be sent to you. Some people pay before they enter the US so that when they enter the card will automatically be sent out.

Edited April 24, 2018 by cyberfx1024

[bobjennyhitched 99]

1 minute ago, cyberfx1024 said:

 

As long as you have paid the fee then the card will be sent to you. Some people pay before they enter the US so that when they enter the card will automatically be sent out.

Ah OK, so at what is the earliest point I can pay this? I'd rather do this before I emigrate. 

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

3 minutes ago, jennywhite421 said:

Ah OK, so at what is the earliest point I can pay this? I'd rather do this before I emigrate. 

I have seen people pay 1-2 weeks before entry. They will then receive the card within 4 weeks of entry to the USA.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

2 minutes ago, Dee elle said:

Not necessarily.  can still be a fickle process on the USCIS end .. took a few weeks for my husbands and 6 months for mine... but I gad my stamped visa so it’s delay wasn’t a big issue.. 

6 months to get your GC after entry?????????? When did you pay for the green card, before or after entry????? Damn, I would be so mad if that was me... My wife came on the K1 so I did not go through the CR/IR-1 process myself but I am going off what I have seen here on VJ.

[bobjennyhitched 99]

Can you help me so I can budget, does someone have a list of all the costs I need from the first step to the last. We have paid the filing fee of $595

[Madison Raney 30]

8 minutes ago, jennywhite421 said:

Can you help me so I can budget, does someone have a list of all the costs I need from the first step to the last. We have paid the filing fee of $595

At the NVC stage you'll have the AOS fee of $120 and the IV fee of $325, then the medical in the UK is £290, and then the green card fee which I believe is $220

[Scandi 4,168]

14 hours ago, Dee elle said:

Yep. 6 months. Paid for both of our GC fees 2 weeks before POE. We had consecutive numbered IOE case numbers. 

USCIS is still USCIS...  not sure if my file was lost, assigned to a slow or absent agent, problems with fingerprints taken at POE.. given the usual weird inconsistent answers during the waiting time. It amazingly appeared 1 week after the Congressional representative made an enquirer on my behalf 

We had a guy in one of the Swedish-American groups on Facebook who received his conditional greencard one month before he was due to file for ROC. So yeah, USCIS do screw things up sometimes

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.

[Ketsuban 1,034]

On 24/04/2018 at 9:30 AM, cyberfx1024 said:

6 months to get your GC after entry?????????? When did you pay for the green card, before or after entry????? Damn, I would be so mad if that was me... My wife came on the K1 so I did not go through the CR/IR-1 process myself but I am going off what I have seen here on VJ.

Mine took 5 months after I entered and I paid 2 days before I entered the US. No clue what held it up because everyone else in the thread I was following at the time got theirs pretty quick!

[NikLR 13,227]

I haven't seen the physical green card take less than 3 weeks since they started charging for it.  But I have seen it take up to 8-10 months.  Right before ROC would be extreme! After 5-6 months you should go to a representative to ask what is going on as a poster here did.  

You dont HAVE to pay before arrival and I've seen the card come within 2 weeks of payment when payment was made 2 months after arriving.  Most people pay ahead though.

 

OP please read our guides.  It sounds like you're only on the USCIS portion and have only filed the I-130 currently?  I have not yet read your timeline or looked at your profile. But it's best to prepare for all the stages before they happen is quickness is what you want. 

[NikLR 13,227]

As mentioned though, your immigrant visa becomes a temporary green card valid for 1 year upon endorsement.  So when you enter, and the CBP officer at POE stamps the visa, it becomes a green card for all intents and purposes. You can use it as proof of your work validity. You can't get paid until you have an SSN but you can work.