USPS lost my green card！ HELP!

[JadeW]

My I485 is finally approved on Dec 7th, after 10 months from my interview in Feb. My GC has been out for delivery since 12/11, but I have gotten nothing so far. It looks like USPS has lost my green card. Does anyone have similar experience? Any advice? Should I keep waiting, filing a e request, or prepare to file a I90 for replacement card?

[krypton9591]

My I485 is finally approved on Dec 7th, after 10 months from my interview in Feb. My GC has been out for delivery since 12/11, but I have gotten nothing so far. It looks like USPS has lost my green card. Does anyone have similar experience? Any advice? Should I keep waiting, filing a e request, or prepare to file a I90 for replacement card?

have you signed up for informed delivery? If so there's a little check mark you can click saying you never received a package. also you can contact USPS directly and have them locate it with the tracking number you recieved, or you can contact USCIS and ask them what to do. Best of luck

[aggiedubs]

My I485 is finally approved on Dec 7th, after 10 months from my interview in Feb. My GC has been out for delivery since 12/11, but I have gotten nothing so far. It looks like USPS has lost my green card. Does anyone have similar experience? Any advice? Should I keep waiting, filing a e request, or prepare to file a I90 for replacement card?

What exactly are referencing when you say it has been out for delivery? What notification source did you pull that from?

[gradstudent2018]

If you are saying it was out for delivery that means you have a tracking number, hence you know which USPS office it was being distributed from, have you tried going to that office?

[JadeW]

What exactly are referencing when you say it has been out for delivery? What notification source did you pull that from?

After the card is mailed out, USCIS gave me a tracking number, which showed the mail is out for delivery on 12/11, but no more update after that.

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If you are saying it was out for delivery that means you have a tracking number, hence you know which USPS office it was being distributed from, have you tried going to that office?

Thank you! That's a good idea! I will go visit the post office tomorrow.

[aggiedubs]

After the card is mailed out, USCIS gave me a tracking number, which showed the mail is out for delivery on 12/11, but no more update after that.

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Thank you! That's a good idea! I will go visit the post office tomorrow.

Gotcha. Didn't know they send tracking numbers. Good to know as mine should be coming soon. And yes, I would definitely make my way to the nearest USPS office. Good luck!

[Jjfrd]

Hey! I'm sorry this is happening. Same thing happened to me, kinda of.

I did receive my green card however that was before USCIS gave me the tracking number and before USPS started moving my piece of mail from Kansas to Arkansas.

I never received what I was supposed to get from USPS. I hope I didn't have 2 green cards coming for me somehow and one is lost.

I've been dealing with them for about a month, they finally got tired and said they sent back to USCIS. I asked for a tracking number for the return and they stopped responding.

I guess I'll never know what was on that package. My was just like your "out for delivery" and never got home.

After the card is mailed out, USCIS gave me a tracking number, which showed the mail is out for delivery on 12/11, but no more update after that.

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Thank you! That's a good idea! I will go visit the post office tomorrow.

[JadeW]

Update from the post office

So I went to my local post office today. They told me that the mail is out for delivery, so it has been with the carrier. I called the carrier and it seems like there has been some delay in mail delivery in my region. Hopefully my GC will show up in my mail box in the next a couple days. If not, I will try to call the carrier again, and hope they can help me locate my GC.

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

Reach out to your US Senator and ask for help.

To anyone reading this, make your life easier and ask USPS to hold all your mail at your post office. You can lift the gold once you pick up your green card from your post office.

[ember]

My I485 is finally approved on Dec 7th, after 10 months from my interview in Feb. My GC has been out for delivery since 12/11, but I have gotten nothing so far. It looks like USPS has lost my green card. Does anyone have similar experience? Any advice? Should I keep waiting, filing a e request, or prepare to file a I90 for replacement card?

I had a similar experience. I got the "out for delivery" status in the morning, expected delivery by 8pm. 9pm, no card. Okay, fine, it was Saturday, maybe they have shortened routes or something? Next day status changed to "delayed delivery" or something. Monday, no card. Called post office and was told it was out for delivery, with the carrier. THEN they told me they called the carrier and that it had been delivered. Nope, no card. I stayed home Wednesday, waited for the carrier. Originally she promised it had been delivered. Nope. Showed her the scan & tracking number. She suggested a neighbor had stolen it. LOL. Nope. I asked her to check the truck, she said she knew it wasn't there. I asked her again, so she called someone. She ended up calling like 3 people, and eventually it was tracked down somewhere in the mail room. She went back and then hand delivered it to me after her route was finished.

I don't love confrontation so it was a bit stressful, but I am SO glad that I pushed back. Sometimes things get lost and it's just easier for them to not really look into it and assume it'll show up. Not important to their lives, you know?

I would suggest doing something similar. Take a day off if you can, or go after work. Make sure the post office knows you're looking for something. Keep calling them. Ask them to call the carrier. Wait for your carrier, ask them in person. Give them suggestions ("could it be under a seat in the truck?" "could it still be at the sorting facility?" "could it be in the mail locker?") and see if that triggers something in their minds.

Good luck!!!

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

I do not have data/studies/citations on HOW OFTEN this happens, but it happens often enough to make the news. SOOOOOO for the love of the SWEET BABY JESUS folks, when USCIS approves your green card, place a hold on ALL YOUR MAIL, and lift it once you pick up your Green Card at the Post office.

[krypton9591]

Reach out to your US Senator and ask for help.

To anyone reading this, make your life easier and ask USPS to hold all your mail at your post office. You can lift the gold once you pick up your green card from your post office.

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