EAD card is being sent to the wrong address. HELP!

[oflyingbunnyo 119]

Hello everyone, as you can expect, I am panicking so hard because this is something that I've been waiting for for half a year and I definitely do NOT want it to get lost or misdelivered. 

So despite my several calls to different USCIS representatives who assured me that despite my address still not being updated to my new one that whenever they sent my EAD card they could see that a change of address took effect and that my card would be delivered to that address, today I got my tracking number and guess what? It's being sent to my OLD address. 

I'm panicking super super hard, what are my options please? ( if it helps, it used to be an apartment complex) 

Thank you 

 

EDIT: I also applied for an SSN with it, does this mean that I'll have to go to my SSA to get one since this would be misdelivered too? 

Edited February 13, 2020 by oflyingbunnyo

[K1visaHopeful 2,662]

Can you go to the old apartment ?

Talk to the nee resident/show some sort of ID/passport/MC?

[African Zealot 1,452]

Is there anything preventing you from going for it (with government ID) from the new tenant or apartment complex. No point panicking.

 

Alternatively you can call USCIS, they won’t be able to stop delivery however they can designate it lost/missing and send you a new one however don’t expect that to happen easily or immediately.

[oflyingbunnyo 119]

Thank you for the answers but I really really don't want to do that if possible... 

Just so I'm clear, the card is not yet out for delivery, nor has it arrive the post office even, it's still in transit all the way from Tennessee. 

[NicoleS 189]

Could you change delivery with USPS? Maybe they could hold it at post office and you go there and pick it up?

[PP31 53]

6 hours ago, oflyingbunnyo said:

Hello everyone, as you can expect, I am panicking so hard because this is something that I've been waiting for for half a year and I definitely do NOT want it to get lost or misdelivered. 

So despite my several calls to different USCIS representatives who assured me that despite my address still not being updated to my new one that whenever they sent my EAD card they could see that a change of address took effect and that my card would be delivered to that address, today I got my tracking number and guess what? It's being sent to my OLD address. 

I'm panicking super super hard, what are my options please? ( if it helps, it used to be an apartment complex) 

Thank you 

 

EDIT: I also applied for an SSN with it, does this mean that I'll have to go to my SSA to get one since this would be misdelivered too? 

There is an 'Intercept package' option with USPS. It'll cost like $10 but you can ask them to deliver to a different address. 

What I did yesterday was, I called the local USPS where my mail arrived and I requested them to hold it. Which they did.

[oflyingbunnyo 119]

7 hours ago, NicoleM said:

Could you change delivery with USPS? Maybe they could hold it at post office and you go there and pick it up?

I tried the intercept package option that @PP31 mentioned but up to no success because it says that it "doesn't qualify" for the service (even though it does because it is priority mail) 

6 hours ago, PP31 said:

There is an 'Intercept package' option with USPS. It'll cost like $10 but you can ask them to deliver to a different address. 

What I did yesterday was, I called the local USPS where my mail arrived and I requested them to hold it. Which they did.

How were you able to contact your local USPS? I've tried looking for my local USPS office phone number but the only one I get is the same one for everyone, the "national" USPS phone number, I did find this website though http://www.postallocations.com/ and it does give me a different phone number for the post offices but I don't know if it actually works ... 

[PP31 53]

1 hour ago, oflyingbunnyo said:

I tried the intercept package option that @PP31 mentioned but up to no success because it says that it "doesn't qualify" for the service (even though it does because it is priority mail) 

How were you able to contact your local USPS? I've tried looking for my local USPS office phone number but the only one I get is the same one for everyone, the "national" USPS phone number, I did find this website though http://www.postallocations.com/ and it does give me a different phone number for the post offices but I don't know if it actually works ... 

I checked the postallocations website and the phone number it had for the USPS in my location was the one I called. Why don't you call nce to that number and confirm.

 

[little immigrant 800]

14 hours ago, oflyingbunnyo said:

Thank you for the answers but I really really don't want to do that if possible... 

Just so I'm clear, the card is not yet out for delivery, nor has it arrive the post office even, it's still in transit all the way from Tennessee. 

Setup forwarding with usps now

[oflyingbunnyo 119]

10 hours ago, PP31 said:

I checked the postallocations website and the phone number it had for the USPS in my location was the one I called. Why don't you call nce to that number and confirm.

 

Thank you! I called and turns out that they did actually answer and the guy was very kind, he said he would write a note so that they know not to deliver the package and I can go pick it up ! 

Now onto wondering about my SSN...