Receipt of Green Card

[Haithem 0]

Hello,

I wanted to come USA after i receive my immigrant Visa and come back to work overseas. i could probably stay in USA 2 to 3 weeks. my Question is if i didn't receive my green card within this time, is the green card will be delivered to the address or no? and can i go USCIS office and ask for permission to travel?

I still have tourist visa valid for 10 years.

thanks for advise

[Dashinka 23,301]

2 hours ago, Haithem said:

Hello,

I wanted to come USA after i receive my immigrant Visa and come back to work overseas. i could probably stay in USA 2 to 3 weeks. my Question is if i didn't receive my green card within this time, is the green card will be delivered to the address or no? and can i go USCIS office and ask for permission to travel?

I still have tourist visa valid for 10 years.

thanks for advise

If you have an immigrant visa (IV) and enter the US, then the entrance stamp along with the IV functions as a temporary green card for up to a year (should be noted at the bottom of the IV in your passport).  Therefore at that point, you will be an LPR so your tourist visa will be void.  How long do you plan to be out of the US after your initial entry on the IV?

Edited July 24, 2019 by Bill & Katya

[Haithem 0]

1 hour ago, Bill & Katya said:

If you have an immigrant visa (IV) and enter the US, then the entrance stamp along with the IV functions as a temporary green card for up to a year (should be noted at the bottom of the IV in your passport).  Therefore at that point, you will be an LPR so your tourist visa will be void.  How long do you plan to be out of the US after your initial entry on the IV?

I plan to stay from 6 to 8 or 9 months as i work abroad. My question is will green card be delivered in the mail box after i leave. I will be able to stay 2 to 3 weeks and maybe i can get sick leave for 1 week.

[Dashinka 23,301]

8 minutes ago, Haithem said:

I plan to stay from 6 to 8 or 9 months as i work abroad. My question is will green card be delivered in the mail box after i leave. I will be able to stay 2 to 3 weeks and maybe i can get sick leave for 1 week.

It is possible that the physical GC will arrive in 2-3 weeks.  I know our cousins who arrived on DVs back in January had their physical GCs in about 3 weeks, but there is no guarantee.  Do you have someone in the US who is able to collect your mail while you will be back working outside the US?

[Haithem 0]

1 hour ago, Bill & Katya said:

It is possible that the physical GC will arrive in 2-3 weeks.  I know our cousins who arrived on DVs back in January had their physical GCs in about 3 weeks, but there is no guarantee.  Do you have someone in the US who is able to collect your mail while you will be back working outside the US?

Yes there is someone to receive the mail. Do you know if i can request social security card as soon as i reach there from social security offiice? Also in case i didnt received GC within my stay in usa, should i walk to uscis local office and request travel permission so i can return.

[arken 4,197]

Your stamped passport at POE will serve like a GC for one year that allows you to return back to US. However, expect some questioning when you return back after 6-8 months.

[Dashinka 23,301]

1 hour ago, Haithem said:

Yes there is someone to receive the mail. Do you know if i can request social security card as soon as i reach there from social security offiice? Also in case i didnt received GC within my stay in usa, should i walk to uscis local office and request travel permission so i can return.

As to the SSA, you can try by using your stamped visa.  For our cousins, they waited to get the physical GC before going to the SSA office.  As long as you are going to be back in 6-8 months, you should not need a re-entry permit. 

 

I guess my big question is why not wrap up your work and then come to the US?  An IV is valid for 6 months or so depending on the medical timing, and if your plan is to permanently relocate, why make a short trip just to activate the LPR status.

 

Good Luck!

[Haithem 0]

5 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

As to the SSA, you can try by using your stamped visa.  For our cousins, they waited to get the physical GC before going to the SSA office.  As long as you are going to be back in 6-8 months, you should not need a re-entry permit. 

 

I guess my big question is why not wrap up your work and then come to the US?  An IV is valid for 6 months or so depending on the medical timing, and if your plan is to permanently relocate, why make a short trip just to activate the LPR status.

 

Good Luck!

Thank you so much for taking time helping me. I will try to apply SSA with my stamped immigrant visa. How i should not need re entry permit if i will be back in 6 month? By that time my immigrant visa will be already expired so i need authorization from immigration to enter usa again after 6 months.

The reason thay i need to go bqck is that i dont have secured job in usa yet and i work currently in UAE. I need to get some more money. Also my health condition do not permit now that i do lower job which need hard activity.

So if i want to go back  from usa after my 2 or 3 weeks stay and didnt receive green card yet how i will be back to usa? By there way my wife will be receiving the green card in our address.

 

[Dashinka 23,301]

1 hour ago, Haithem said:

Thank you so much for taking time helping me. I will try to apply SSA with my stamped immigrant visa. How i should not need re entry permit if i will be back in 6 month? By that time my immigrant visa will be already expired so i need authorization from immigration to enter usa again after 6 months.

The reason thay i need to go bqck is that i dont have secured job in usa yet and i work currently in UAE. I need to get some more money. Also my health condition do not permit now that i do lower job which need hard activity.

So if i want to go back  from usa after my 2 or 3 weeks stay and didnt receive green card yet how i will be back to usa? By there way my wife will be receiving the green card in our address.

 

Again, the stamped visa in your passport functions as a GC so that should allow you back into the US.

[skhan162004 0]

On 7/24/2019 at 11:27 AM, Bill & Katya said:

Again, the stamped visa in your passport functions as a GC so that should allow you back into the US.

Wait, so an IV visa holder CAN travel back to their home country without GC???? Wouldnt that IV only count for a single entry to the US and after that an immigrant must have GC in order to exit and enter the US??? My husband is coming this week on his IV and is staying for 1 month hoping that the GC will arrive by then. He has to go back to work in dubai after a month but can he exit ans re enter a few months later without his GC? I think the IV is valid for a single entry even though it says it serves valid for 1 year??? Please someone clarify.

[arken 4,197]

1 minute ago, skhan162004 said:

Wait, so an IV visa holder CAN travel back to their home country without GC???? Wouldnt that IV only count for a single entry to the US and after that an immigrant must have GC in order to exit and enter the US??? My husband is coming this week on his IV and is staying for 1 month hoping that the GC will arrive by then. He has to go back to work in dubai after a month but can he exit ans re enter a few months later without his GC? I think the IV is valid for a single entry even though it says it serves valid for 1 year??? Please someone clarify.

As said, IV visa once endorsed at POE ipon first time entry to the US is equivalent to a green card for one year from the endorsed date and can be used to reenter US later on within that year.

 

[Daphne . 1,692]

3 minutes ago, skhan162004 said:

Wait, so an IV visa holder CAN travel back to their home country without GC???? Wouldnt that IV only count for a single entry to the US and after that an immigrant must have GC in order to exit and enter the US??? My husband is coming this week on his IV and is staying for 1 month hoping that the GC will arrive by then. He has to go back to work in dubai after a month but can he exit ans re enter a few months later without his GC? I think the IV is valid for a single entry even though it says it serves valid for 1 year??? Please someone clarify.

With a stamp, the CR1/IR1 functions as a (temporary) GC. It also says that on the visa itself.

A K1 visa is a single entry visa.

[skhan162004 0]

19 minutes ago, arken said:

As said, IV visa once endorsed at POE ipon first time entry to the US is equivalent to a green card for one year from the endorsed date and can be used to reenter US later on within that year.

 

Ok thank u very much!

18 minutes ago, Daphne K said:

With a stamp, the CR1/IR1 functions as a (temporary) GC. It also says that on the visa itself.

A K1 visa is a single entry visa.

Thx for the clarification...so basically he can exit the country on the same visa stamp that he arrived on despite not getting the GC in the 1 month that he is here...correct?

[Daphne . 1,692]

5 minutes ago, skhan162004 said:

Ok thank u very much!

Thx for the clarification...so basically he can exit the country on the same visa stamp that he arrived on despite not getting the GC in the 1 month that he is here...correct?

Yes 👍🏻