Get Form I 181

Text: Your application for permanent resident status is being processed. If approved, a new permanent resident card will be mailed directly to you from our immigration card facility.

If you are a U.S. green card holder (permanent resident), you might be able to petition for your foreign-born children who are age 21 or older (referred to as sons or daughters by U.S. immigration law) to immigrate to the U.S. and receive lawful permanent residence (green cards).

After you receive the welcome notice, you should receive your Green Card in the mail sometime in the next 30 days. Altogether, that means you should receive your Green Card within 60 days of your approval for permanent resident status.

How long is it taking USCIS to process and send out Receipt Notices and Approval Notices? Historically, USCIS issues Receipt Notices and Approval Notices within 2 to 3 weeks.

Visit USCIS' Case Status Online tracker. Enter your Receipt Number. Click Check Status.

A lawful permanent resident (a foreign-born individual with a green card) may petition to bring their child to the United States, depending on the child's age and marital status. ... Permanent residents also may petition on behalf of unmarried sons and daughters who are over the age of 21 (as well as their children).

The process begins with USCIS, and you file the forms, and about 6 months later, you get an approval notice from USCIS. At that point, your son or daughter is placed into a wait.

OS155a is an "Immigrant Visa packet". This is given to those people whose green card was approved in a consular processing abroad. They do not get a physical green card straight away while they are abroad.

A lawful permanent resident (a foreign-born individual with a green card) may petition to bring their child to the United States, depending on the child's age and marital status. ... Permanent residents also may petition on behalf of unmarried sons and daughters who are over the age of 21 (as well as their children).