Need advice

[Dean]

Greetings Board,
I hope all is well with each of you....

Things here are well with Paty, Lina and me....
Paty is plugging away in ESL school and Lina is ready to start K'garden in August....

We had our second wedding here at the house for my family and friends on June 24th. It was cozy and enjoyable with Paty and Lina being introduced to the family and work associates.

My question is this....

How long is customary to wait for the Green Card to arrive in the mail?
We live in NC so I guess we fall under the processing station in Texas.

Immigration seems to indicate that we should get the green card within approximately 90 days....

How long should we wait to begin being concerned?
What steps to take to rectify the situation?

Thanks,
Dean

[Pete E]

... in response to Need advice, posted by Dean on Jul 24, 2001

Dean,
Forgive me if I missed your story here,but did Paty come in to the country on a spousal visa or fiancee visa?
I can speak to the spousal visa.When my wife and her son entered the country with their relative(spousal)visa,INS talked to them before they were allowed to come in to the airport where I was.INS started the process at that time and they got their green cards in the mail in 6-8 weeks or so.My wife could have got her social security card right away but the American Embassy in Bogota wrote over a number in her visa,so SS wanted to see it show up on their computer system before giving her a SS card.The green cards showed up first and SS accepted that,turned in a form and she got her SS card in 10 days.
Congratualations,it sounds like you  have a nice family.

Pete

[Dean]

... in response to Re: Need advice, posted by Pete E on Jul 24, 2001

Thanks Pete....

We did the spousal thing....
No problems with immigration in Atlanta....
Agree to the SSN application process...matter of minutes...
refreshing change after the document process for the marraige in Colombia....

It's been since 4-2001...
It more than 90 days....
passport stamp good for 1 year so no immediate worries....

Thanks for your costodial information posted in january...
based on your experience we pursues full custody for Lina with Paty prior to moving to NC.

DAS closely scrutinizes documents in the airport prior to leaving....

Weird...US easy to leave, hard to get in....
Colombia easy to get in...hard to leave....

Thanks Buddy,
Dean

[JunFan]

... in response to Need advice, posted by Dean on Jul 24, 2001

I think it can take over a year in some cases. I'm sure there is a website like the K-1 Visa one that has recent approval times for reference.

Mike

www.sparhard.com/colombia.htm