Tccrump

Thank you for your replies.

First of all, yes I reported it to both the police and the USPS inspector general. I wanted a police report of the lost greencard to help my case when we planned to ask USCIS to waive the fee. 

As far as the posters who don't believe there is value in the stolen greencard, we live in Phoenix. It is not hard to find a Hispanic woman that looks similar to the black ink photo on the greencard. 

The fact that the card just magically appeared on the floor, out of the envelope,  a week after I contacted the Inspector General seems extremely strange.  It would also seem unlikely for the card to make it all the way across the country in the envelope, only to fall out at its destination post office after being scanned in.   

********* Attempted Green Card theft by USPS workers*****
We made the mistake of not calling to get the tracking number of the greencard within 2 weeks*********** After 30 days we called USCIS and got the tracking info. It showed the card had been scanned in to our local Post Office 3 weeks prior but no scan "out for delivery". We immediately went to our local usps who gave us a printout showing the tracking info and sent us to a pickup location. The manager at the pickup location took the sheet and said it was an internal document and we shouldn't have it. They had no idea where the mail was. He couldn't believe USCIS would send out such an important document without a "signature required" and why "it took me so long to look for it". Like them losing the card was my fault. I immediately assumed a worker stole the card. They would not provide me with a letter stating the lost it. According to USCIS that was the only way I could avoid paying again, but it would still be Up to 8 months until a new card would be issued. We opened up a internal mail theft complaint with the inspector general of the post office and the police. I received a call a week later from my local post office manager (different manager). She was in the process of telling me that she couldn't locate the mail when she asked me about The whole story again. When I mentioned my wife's name she said "hold on a minute". She returned to the call 5 mins later stating I wouldn't believe what just happened. She had the card in her lost and found. It was found on the floor of her office just a day ago. It was out of the envelope just laying there when she arrived the day before. We were very lucky to get it back but there is no way this was just a simple mistake by USPS.

Walmart told me they would do it if I had the pic on a mini sd card. Give them a call first.