Cindy_T

Got my I-751 approved last January 22, 2007 , went to the INS Local office (Orlando,FL) on Feb 27,2007 and got fingerprinted and stamped for I-551 (temporary green card) on my passport, validity for one year.

It's been almost 3 months and haven't received the actual green card. How long does it take them to produce it , i thought it's only within 30 days. I am to file my N-400(Naturalization) next month (June 20,07) and I am worried what if by that time the card is still not here , and I believe this is one of the requirements (copy of green card) for submission.

Appreciate any feedback. Thanks in advance.

This is interesting.. you got approved for I-751 (January 22, 2007) before you got your fingerprint done (Feb 27,2007)? Didn't mean to question you, BUT are you sure that's an appoval notice? Did you get an email with "Current Status: Card production ordered. "? I might be wrong, but it seems like you received NOA1 instead of approval, maybe? When did you send your I-751?

If that's indeed the approval, what's the purpose of getting the Biometrics after the approval?

I submitted my I-751 in June 2006, before they implemented the new procedure of getting the biometrics first before approval. The process I went through was the old method, submit I-751 ,wait for the approval letter, go to the local INS office with the approval, get fingerprinted and stamped . They changed that in July 2006.

Didn't know that. Hopefully you'll get your card soon.

Here's the skinny:

I called the USCIS 800 # today and inquired about my green card. The INS officer told me that our INS local office made a mistake, instead of sending my papers to TSC for issuance of the green card, he sent it to their warehouse for storage (National Record Center ) . He suggested to make an info pass appt so our INS local office can make another request. However,when I tried to make an info pass appt, got this message "there is no available dates as of this time, try again later" . I wonder why the officer I talked to on the phone cannot just send a request to issue a card for me. He also suggested to file an I-90 but it will take a little longer, i checked the processing time for I-90 ,it is like about 6 mos. Oh well, it's really frustrating knowing the cause of all this is on their end. Thank goodness I followed up, or else I will just be waiting for nothing.

I plan to apply for my naturalization (90 days before the 3rd anniversay of my permanent residency) which will be next month. However, up until now I haven't received my actual 10 yr green card yet( I got approved and stamped a temporary I-551 evidencing permanent residency in Feb 2007). I called the USCIS 800 to inquire about my 10 yr card today and found out that our local INS office made a mistake , instead of submitting my application for green card for issuance, the officer sent the papers to the warehouse( National record center), thus , no green card up to now, this is accdg to the INS officer I spoke to. He suggested to me to make an info pass so our local INS can send another request.

My question is, if ever i do not get the actual green card by the time I file my N400 in the 2nd week of June, will the temporay passport (I-551 ) stamp work as evidence of my legal permanent residency status( as I believe one of the requirements is a copy of the green card, I only have a copy of my expired conditional green card, original card was surrendered to the office when I got my passport stamped).

Appreciate any feedback. Thanks in advance.

Got my I-751 approved last January 22, 2007 , went to the INS Local office (Orlando,FL) on Feb 27,2007 and got fingerprinted and stamped for I-551 (temporary green card) on my passport, validity for one year.

It's been almost 3 months and haven't received the actual green card. How long does it take them to produce it , i thought it's only within 30 days. I am to file my N-400(Naturalization) next month (June 20,07) and I am worried what if by that time the card is still not here , and I believe this is one of the requirements (copy of green card) for submission.

Appreciate any feedback. Thanks in advance.

This is interesting.. you got approved for I-751 (January 22, 2007) before you got your fingerprint done (Feb 27,2007)? Didn't mean to question you, BUT are you sure that's an appoval notice? Did you get an email with "Current Status: Card production ordered. "? I might be wrong, but it seems like you received NOA1 instead of approval, maybe? When did you send your I-751?

If that's indeed the approval, what's the purpose of getting the Biometrics after the approval?

I submitted my I-751 in June 2006, before they implemented the new procedure of getting the biometrics first before approval. The process I went through was the old method, submit I-751 ,wait for the approval letter, go to the local INS office with the approval, get fingerprinted and stamped . They changed that in July 2006.

I have seen cases of up to 1 year for I-751, they are in no hury to process them.

You have the I-551 stamp, and NOA1 letter from the I-751 so you are covered for the year.

What are you basing the timing of naturalization on? Naturalization can be filed withing 90 days of the 3 year anniversary of getting your first green card, not 3rd wedding anniversary. So you should be filing the naturalization paperwork around 1 year after filing the I-751 paperwork.

I am basing my filing for naturalization on 90 days before the 3rd year anniversary of getting my first green card. I got my conditional green card on Sept 20,2004, thus, i plan to submit my N400 next month (June 20,2007). One of the requirements for N400 is copy of the green ( my old green card was surrendered when i got my passport stamped) but i have a photocopy of that. Do you think i can just submit a copy of the passport stamp(I-551) and photocopy of my expired conditional green card?

Yes, i have my stamp on my passport but can't locate my NOA1 letter for my I-751 approval.

I have seen cases of up to 1 year for I-751, they are in no hury to process them.

You have the I-551 stamp, and NOA1 letter from the I-751 so you are covered for the year.

What are you basing the timing of naturalization on? Naturalization can be filed withing 90 days of the 3 year anniversary of getting your first green card, not 3rd wedding anniversary. So you should be filing the naturalization paperwork around 1 year after filing the I-751 paperwork.

Got my I-751 approved last January 22, 2007 , went to the INS Local office (Orlando,FL) on Feb 27,2007 and got fingerprinted and stamped for I-551 (temporary green card) on my passport, validity for one year.

It's been almost 3 months and haven't received the actual green card. How long does it take them to produce it , i thought it's only within 30 days. I am to file my N-400(Naturalization) next month (June 20,07) and I am worried what if by that time the card is still not here , and I believe this is one of the requirements (copy of green card) for submission.

Appreciate any feedback. Thanks in advance.

I just called the 800 number to follow up my I751 Was able to talk to an immigration officer and she said my petition was approved on 1/22 (yesterday) and it should be in my mail in a couple of days. I filed my application on June 28, 2006.

Thank you Sake, I was able to talk first to a representative and got transferred to an immigration officer . She looked up my A# and told me my I-751 petition was approved yesterday 1/22, and to wait for the approval on the mail in the next few days!!! I applied at Texas Service center on June 28, 2006.

I tried calling the USCIS 800 number to inquire about the status of my I-751 case. I cannot get into the option to talk to a representative. My option is either to hang up or go to the previous menu/main menu. “0” was not an option. I want to speak to a rep because my I-751 receipt number cannot be found on their automated database. Thanks .

I filed my I-751 in TSC on June 28, 2006 and haven't received approval yet. I haven't followed-up as the processing time posted on the USCIS website is June 15, 2006 as of Dec.18, 2006. It's been almost 7 mos and no approval yet

Just wondering if anybody got recently approved by TSC. My I-751 receipt date is June 28,2006. Got the extension letter 7/7/06. I never received biometric appt letter.