Lullaby78

Just wanna finish off my long journey timeline here. Got my card on Feb 28, 2011.

It took almost 7 months for me but I'm glad it's over.

EvaAndRickie, just wanna let you know that I've already got my green card. I got my card production email last monday and my card arrived on Friday (only took 4 days after card production email). It came in Priority Mail too, I was surprised. Hopefully you already got yours.

When did they say they sent your original green card out? If they sent to the old address, isn't it suppose to be returned to them and you can just ask them to remail it?

Well, I guess you can just file for naturalization when you're approaching 90 days prior to your 3 year anniversary. That just in case you have to wait that long for your 10 years green card.

ddkm, I'm still waiting for mine. Got approved on Jan 10th

You're not alone. I'm in the same situation. Got approved on Jan 10th and got approval letter on Jan 14th and still no card. My online status still show pending.. I'm so sick of waiting.

My wife recently received her 10yr card and the expiration date is 10 years from the date that we received the email that her ROC was approved and card production ordered.

Thank you Eric-Pris. So you received approval email and card production email on the same day, is that right?

I thought I was lucky when I received my approval letter in the mail a month ago and was so thankful I didn't get RFE or interview. However, it turned out I'm still waiting for my card that doesn't seem like going to be produced anytime soon. So you're way luckier than me that they already producing your card.

Congratulations!! It's time to celebrate!!

Who cares about 10 days over a 10 yr period?

My son sent in an I-90 to replace his card back in October.... Biometrics was in December... Card arrived the first week in February with a expiration date of 02.04.2021... 10 years from the date the card was produced

Thank you payxibka. Your son file I-90 under what cause? his green card was stolen or expired?

Wow.. that's great. Congratulations!!

Thank you Chetsd & YuAndDan

Thanks Inky. I know that he date of approval for 2 year green card will be printed on the card as mine was the same However, for 10 year green card .. I'm not sure if it's different. Any other 10 year green card approved applicant wanna share?

I have question for those who already got their 10 year green card. The expiration date on the actual card, does it show to be expired in 10 years counting from the date of card production or the date of approval?

For example, if the date of decision in your approval letter is on Jan 5th, 2010 but the date of card production is on Jan 15th, 2010. Will the expiration date on 10 year green card be Jan 5th, 2020 or Jan 15th, 2020?

I called USCIS today, the customer service guy who first assisted me didn't even realize my case was approved since the online status still says pending. So they transferred me to a higher level representative (that's what they called, I believe it's the ISO that Darnell was referring to). The higher level guy said my application was approved since Jan 10th but there was no card production yet. He said it usually take from 2 to 4 weeks for the card to be mailed to my address. They let me verify my address and told me it was the correct one that's on file.

Since it's been almost 30 days, he said was gonna put in a service request for me to let the service center know that they should produce my card asap. He gave me the service request referral number and said I should call back again if I didn't get my card within the next 30 days.

Many thanks to everybody for contributing, I hope this service request would do the trick. I'll keep you guys posted!!

Thans Jkelly07. I'm gonna give USCIS a call soon, Hopefully my green card did not get lost somewhere.

Any other advise from other VJ fellows?

My ROC was approved on Jan 10, 2011 (almost 5 months after my NOA1). Since then, I've been waiting for my card to come in the mail and yet I still haven't received it. I got my approval via an actual letter in the mail, never got any email updates either for approval or card production, and my online status on USCIS website still says "initial review". The approval letter I got suggested to allow 60 days for the card to be mailed to my address. But honestly, I still haven't seen anybody that shared their timeline here had to wait this long to get their card in the mail, I see people usually got their cards within a week or two after approval. So, it has got me very worried.

Feb 10, 2011 is going to be 1 month since I received my approval letter and Feb 18, 2011 is going to be my 6 months anniversary since the day I originally filed for I-751.

Should I wait 60 days before I contact them or should I just make infopass right when I hit my 6 months processing time frame if I still haven't received my card? I'm not really sure if the 6 months processing time frame means you suppose to get your card by then or what.

Has anybody in the same situation here?

It's a pain, isn't it... FWIW I got the email and text notifications, then 4 days later the card came in the mail, and it was another week or so before the approval letter came. I had multiple emails/texts and eventually the status was updated on the USCIS website, but it was after I got the card, certainly. Kinda topsy-turvy, huh... Unfortunately, this is just a patience game. I had to wait till mid-December for my biometrics. At least you've had the approval letter and not been asked for an interview. I know you want the card, but at least you know it's on its way! Hang in there!

Thanks for your kind words StoryAngel. Congratulations on your approval and the new card. I guess there's nothing I can do except just keep waiting. I still haven't received any new updates on my online status, so I'm not sure if they even order card production for me yet. But hopefully the same thing happen to me that I get the card and then status update later.. that would be awesome.

Yurika & Jim. Thanks a lot for updating my timeline

Congratulations!!

I got my approval letter in the mail dated the decision date on 1/10/11 and up until now I'm still waiting for my card. It's frustrating since most people (both from August and September's filers list) usually get their card within a week or two after approval.

Has anybody from August here still waiting for their cards after approval? I checked my USCIS online status and it's still say "initial review", and I still haven't got any email notifications for card production. I had to wait almost 5 months for my approval letter and now I have to wait longer than others for card production. I'm so sick of waiting.. urghh!!!!

Thanks everybody for your replies. I guess I'm a little too paranoid about everything and that's just my nature. Also, after almost 5 months of waiting and being one of the last filers in August's list who got approved while 75% of September filers did get approved before me, I already thought I will be called for interview for sure. Thank God it didn't happen.

It still says pending on USCIS website but I guess it doesn't matter since I got my approval letter. Thanks again everybody.

PS. Yurika&Jim, it's interesting you got your approval letter on fancy paper. Maybe it was a VSC thing, I'm not sure.

Hi All,

I just received approval letter in the mail from USCIS today. Only the letter in the mailbox, no card, no email or text message notifications. The letter says "Congratulations! Your request for the removal of the conditional basis of your permanent resident status has been approved. You are deemed to be a lawful Permanent Resident of the United States as of the date of your original admission or adjustment of status."

Also the letter suggested I should receive a new card within 60 days. The date of decision on the letter is 01/10/2011. However, I'm a little surprised that the approval letter was printed on just a plain white paper, not a USCIS letterhead like other letter I used to get from them. So I have a few questions for those who already got their approval letter.

1. Do the approval letters you guys get were printed on a plain white paper just like me?

2. For me, on the bottom left corner, it was printed the address of my local office, however, the envelope was postmarked and sent from Lincoln, NE. Is this the same as everyone?

I'm still a little skeptical since I've been waiting for a long time (almost 5 months), and also there's no email updates for me like others. I just checked the USCIS website, it's still pending. So I'm not sure if I should celebrate just yet.

Psho, first of all Happy birthday to you and I'm so sorry for the RFE, it's a pain in the butt!! However, this at least means they've picked up your file and reviewed it. I've seen a lot of people got approved shortly after submitting more evidences. I'm sure you'll be fine.

For me, I still don't know what's going on with my case, no RFE, no update, no approval.. it's frustrating. It's been over 3 months after my bio.

Thanks a lot!! Yurika & Jim and RMC for your supportive replies. I still haven't heard anything from USCIS so far. I can't help but thinking there might be something wrong with my case since I'm almost the only person out of August filers list that still waiting. Almost half of September filers have already got approved before me, as well as I am happy for them but still also frustrating to see

Now I'm getting real worried. Jan 7th will be 3 months after my bio and Jan 17th would be 5 months since I filed. I just called USCIS call center and they said my case's still pending. Why does it take so long? Seems like I'm the only one who has to wait this long.

Does it look like I might get called for interview? How long does it usually take to be informed for interview? I'm so stressed out right now.

Congratulations! You got nofification by email?

Same for us....got the notice today, I thought they were closed for the Holidays.... please update the chart with our approval.

On December 28, 2010, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283

Congratulations! You got nofification by email?

KristyVQT, thanks for your reply. No wondernyour case got approved so fast. You did overwhelm them with a lot of documents

Silverfai, Congratulations! What is the date on your approval letter? And has your online status on USCIS website changed at all after you got a Letter?