Green Card

[C4Racer]

Bingning, my wife's son, arrived September 18th to US on IR2.

He is 19 years old.He should be automatic for green card.

We have yet to see his green card or the welcome letter.

Is this normal lately? Should I be calling to see where his card is at?

[dnoblett]

Did you pay immigrant fee here?

 

http://www.uscis.gov/uscis-elis/how-pay-uscis-immigrant-fee-uscis-electronic-immigration-system

[C4Racer]

No. No one mentioned about another fee.

He has nothing from the consulate about the fee.

This web page says, they should have given him paperwork.

[dnoblett]

No. No one mentioned about another fee.

He has nothing from the consulate about the fee.

This web page says, they should have given him paperwork.

 

Someone dropped the ball, the ELIS fee is something fairly new, was instituted a couple years now.

 

However, his passport+Visa will act as a 1 year temp green-card, can get SSN and even take a job using the visa.

[C4Racer]

We need his A number to pay his ELIS Fee.

No paperwork from consulate, no A number from them.

It is suppose to be on his visa.

The number on his visa is only 8 characters long.

When I try to use it on the pay site, it says the A number should be nine digits.

Any idea, short of a trip to the local USCIS office, where we can get his A number?

 

 

OK. I answered my own question.

Seems the number can be 7,8 or 9 digits.

The pay site needs 9 digits.

You just add a 0 to the begining.

Here is a link to the info:

 

https://e-verify.uscis.gov/esp/help/EvHelpAlienandI94Nbr.htm

Edited November 24, 2015 by C4Racer (see edit history)

[dnoblett]

We need his A number to pay his ELIS Fee.

No paperwork from consulate, no A number from them.

It is suppose to be on his visa.

The number on his visa is only 8 characters long.

When I try to use it on the pay site, it says the A number should be nine digits.

Any idea, short of a trip to the local USCIS office, where we can get his A number?

 

 

OK. I answered my own question.

Seems the number can be 7,8 or 9 digits.

The pay site needs 9 digits.

You just add a 0 to the begining.

Here is a link to the info:

 

https://e-verify.uscis.gov/esp/help/EvHelpAlienandI94Nbr.htm

 

Yep pad the number with a zero at the start of the number.

[yuehan123]

Our IR-5 entered Sept 10th. Greencard and welcome letter dated Oct 13 with ELIS Fee pre-paid before arrival.

[C4Racer]

Ok - Paid the ELIS Fee after his entry since consulate failed to let us know it was needed.

Paid November 23, 2015. It took until February 2016, but hey he got his Green Card in the mail.

 

Thanks all