Was approved at interview in Montreal

[Pat J 4]

1 minute ago, Crazy Cat said:

That is true only after you enter the US with a valid spousal visa and after you have paid the immigrant fee.  Why are you in Canada? What visa expired in your passport?

I am a Canadian citizen living in canada. Before returning my passport to me they added  a temporary approved visa page in my passport  that was good for 6 months and it has since expired. I need to find out if I paid the green card fee which is hard because there is no one to call and ask. I think I did but I do not recall be invited or told about any fee. 

[Crazy Cat 44,193]

7 minutes ago, Pat J said:

Before returning my passport to me they added  a temporary approved visa page in my passport  that was good for 6 months and it has since expired.

Something is amiss here in my thinking.  Did you enter the US via the CR-1/IR-1 visa before it expired?  CBP should have endorsed the visa, making you a legal US resident.  If so, you could be living in the US as a legal resident.

Edited Saturday at 10:01 PM by Crazy Cat

[ShazShaz 45]

4 hours ago, Pat J said:

I need to find out if I paid the green card fee which is hard because there is no one to call and ask. I think I did but I do not recall be invited or told about any fee. 

If you paid the card fee, you would have received an email, subject: Pay.gov Payment Confirmation: USCIS Immigrant Fee. It will also contain a tracking ID in the email. 

[Lil bear 4,483]

4 hours ago, Pat J said:

I am a Canadian citizen living in canada. Before returning my passport to me they added  a temporary approved visa page in my passport  that was good for 6 months and it has since expired. I need to find out if I paid the green card fee which is hard because there is no one to call and ask. I think I did but I do not recall be invited or told about any fee. 

Please help us too give you good replies by filing in your timeline or at least giving is this information

 

 1. what date was your visa interview in Montreal? 
2 What was the expiry date on your visa that was placed in your passport 

3. What was the date that you entered the US using the issued immigrant visa? Land or air entry ?  

[Ontarkie 14,926]

Ok so you are very confused. That visa that is in your passport, you needed to enter the US with that visa. There should be stamp on that visa for the date you entered the first time with that visa. 

 

Since you have been coming to the US every month someone at the border must have noticed your Visa. Did they ever ask you about it? 

 

Once you entered the US with that visa the very first time. It became your new home. You left for no reason. 

 

So please tell us everything you did that very first time you entered on that visa. Did you tell them you were moving to the US or tell them you have a visa?  Did they take you to secondary (inside) to stamp it? 

[Pat J 4]

12 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

Ok so you are very confused. That visa that is in your passport, you needed to enter the US with that visa. There should be stamp on that visa for the date you entered the first time with that visa. 

 

Since you have been coming to the US every month someone at the border must have noticed your Visa. Did they ever ask you about it? 

 

Once you entered the US with that visa the very first time. It became your new home. You left for no reason. 

 

So please tell us everything you did that very first time you entered on that visa. Did you tell them you were moving to the US or tell them you have a visa?  Did they take you to secondary (inside) to stamp it? 

never showed visa at back of my passport at customs - I am not moving there yet 

13 hours ago, ShazShaz said:

If you paid the card fee, you would have received an email, subject: Pay.gov Payment Confirmation: USCIS Immigrant Fee. It will also contain a tracking ID in the email. 

thank-you - yes I paid it February 11/25

[Crazy Cat 44,193]

1 hour ago, Pat J said:

never showed visa at back of my passport at customs - I am not moving there yet 

Then you have a big problem.  There is no green card coming because you never "activated" it by entering via the visa....and now your visa has expired.  Did you know that the visa had to be endorsed before the expiration date?

Step 1:  Contact the consulate and explain that your visa was never seen by CBP.

Edited Sunday at 04:21 PM by Crazy Cat

[milimelo 4,693]

51 minutes ago, Pat J said:

never showed visa at back of my passport at customs - I am not moving there yet 

thank-you - yes I paid it February 11/25

Perhaps you don't quite get it - there won't be any green card issued IF YOU HAVEN'T ACTIVATED YOUR IMMIGRANT VISA.  Now if that visa has expired without you being processed as an immigrant at POE, there certainly won't be any green card issued as you'd have to get the immigrant visa re-issued (more $$ for visa and another medical exam), and pay again for green card issuance as it's tied to your immigrant visa. 

 

[Crazy Cat 44,193]

4 minutes ago, milimelo said:

as you'd have to get the immigrant visa re-issued

and that could be problematic since consulates don't normally re-issue a visa unless the visa holder could not travel due to factors beyond their control.  This is a mess (as we say back home).

Edited Sunday at 04:08 PM by Crazy Cat

[Pat J 4]

22 minutes ago, milimelo said:

Perhaps you don't quite get it - there won't be any green card issued IF YOU HAVEN'T ACTIVATED YOUR IMMIGRANT VISA.  Now if that visa has expired without you being processed as an immigrant at POE, there certainly won't be any green card issued as you'd have to get the immigrant visa re-issued (more $$ for visa and another medical exam), and pay again for green card issuance as it's tied to your immigrant visa. 

 

I was not told this at my interview at the consulate. I was simply told that the actual green card  would be aimed to my wife's  US adress

 

the visa in my passport issued nov 2024 - expired march 2025. it said on it  'upon endorcement serves as temporary I-551 evidencing permanent resident for 1 year"

[Crazy Cat 44,193]

3 minutes ago, Pat J said:

I was not told this at my interview at the consulate. I was simply told that the actual green card  would be aimed to my wife's  US adress

 

the visa in my passport issued nov 2024 - expired march 2025. it said on it  'upon endorcement serves as temporary I-551 evidencing permanent resident for 1 year"

It was never endorsed......and it expired.  I would contact the consulate and explain.  I don't think CBP would backdate an endorsement.

Edited Sunday at 04:35 PM by Crazy Cat

[Pat J 4]

33 minutes ago, milimelo said:

Perhaps you don't quite get it - there won't be any green card issued IF YOU HAVEN'T ACTIVATED YOUR IMMIGRANT VISA.  Now if that visa has expired without you being processed as an immigrant at POE, there certainly won't be any green card issued as you'd have to get the immigrant visa re-issued (more $$ for visa and another medical exam), and pay again for green card issuance as it's tied to your immigrant visa. 

 

My understanding is that the  temporary I-551 stamp at POE was not a requirement to receive my physical Green Card. It was a temporary measure to provide proof of your LPR status while awaiting the card. 

Edited Sunday at 04:37 PM by Pat J

[Crazy Cat 44,193]

1 minute ago, Pat J said:

My understanding is that the  temporary I-551 stamp was not a requirement to receive my physical Green Card. It was a temporary measure to provide proof of your LPR status while awaiting the card.

An immigrant visa must be endorsed by CBP at the border for you to become an LPR.

[Crazy Cat 44,193]

4 minutes ago, Pat J said:

My understanding is that the  temporary I-551 stamp at POE was not a requirement to receive my physical Green Card. It was a temporary measure to provide proof of your LPR status while awaiting the card. 

Exactly when were you planning to move to the US?  Why are you still living in Canada?

Edited Sunday at 04:39 PM by Crazy Cat

[Pat J 4]

2 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

Exactly when were you planning to move to the US?  Why are you still living in Canada?

taking care of an elderly parent with dementia here in canada  - will be going back and forth as long as parent  needs me - so no plan yet -