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It looks like the tracking number was optional. The card finally arrived.

Meanwhile, I've received my card and the card of my wife was mailed. However, there is no tracking number for her card. Is the tracking number optional? On my case, I had a tracking number for the delivery.

I entered in US at the end of February , and paid the fee on the same day. Now the status is 'card is being produced'. My wife's status is still 'fee received' despite the fact that we entered at the same time.

Hi, I recently received my E21 visa foil, (outside of US), through consular processing. Currently, I'm living outside of U.S.. I understand that once I enter the U.S. (and before the visa expires), I will become a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR). What is my legal status before entering the U.S., but whilst holding the U.S. immigrant visa? Do I become LPR upon endorsement of the visa foil, or when I have received the visa? The reason that I'm asking is that, various prospective employers are asking me if I'm an LPR, and what my legal status is. Thanks

Updating this post because I reached closure. I recently had the visa interview and during the interview, the officer was able to find the approval of the waiver in the DHS system. He asked if I had the waiver on file. I said that I don't know as the waiver was never asked to be submitted. He then proceed and checked in his system and found it and that's that. I just want to mention that on my DS260, I wrote that I obtained the waiver and included the USCIS case number too. That may have helped. On a different note, the request for duplicate is still pending, and the current wait time is more than 1 year. I guess I just made a donation to USCIS by filling the I-824.

Hey, I'm too interested in this situation. I have a tentative job, but not an offer. @Nana B, have you passed the interview?

Two points here. First I no longer live in the US. In addition I've subscribed for informed delivery as well I had paid USPS for redirecting especially for this case. Aparently this didn't work for the approval. Second, I will be lazy on this and skip the ombudsman path. My understanding is that ombudsman is suppose to deal with systematic problems, this doesn't seem to be fundamental to the system. Without discouraging anyone, I do not think this approach is worth my effort. All of the above are personal opinions 😁.

The letter, attached in RTF format to the e-mail, mentioned only the beneficiary's name. So far it seems OK, because the interview includes my dependant too.

Meanwhile, I got my interview scheduled for the beginning of October. I'll keep you posted about the waiver situation.

One week ago, I've requested to expedite the decision on I-824. It was swiftly denied.

I filled beginning of May. What are you basing your advice on? Looking through the forum, getting the expedite approved seems next to impossible, and having the interview seems not to be a valid reason. In addition, someone was mentioning that the interviewing officer already has access to some of your docs. My DS260 specifies the case number at waiver case at USCIS. Sure, I can try, but I'm really discouraged at this point as I spent too many resources on this process.

Yes, I did. It's been almost 5 months since the check was cashed and since I received the confirmation receipt. Since then, no updates. It looks like it takes more than 5 month to issue the duplicate. The current estimate time for processing I824 is about 12 months. Meanwhile, my visa interview is scheduled for October, so probably it won't arrive in time. I hope the interview will go well without me needing to show the waiver on paper.

No interview yet, it's been ~60 days since I am "documentarily complete". I'm waiting for the interview in Bucharest.

Were you asked to show the approval of the waiver, or was the officer able to check internally? I'm asking because I never got the paper confirmation. The case shows as approved on USCIS portal.

What is your visa class?