Basically, when you call the USCIS 1800 number on the bottom of your child's "welcome notice," it takes f.o.r.e.v.e.r. to speak to an actual person. After calling every couple of weeks since September, I was finally told at the beginning of December that a special request had been put in and we should have the card by December 29th.
Well, December 29th came and we still had nothing. So I called the USCIS headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was great! After a few rings, a real person answered the phone and was so helpful! She offered to look into our case and call me back or she offered that I could stay on hold. I of course told her I was happy to hold while she looked into it.
After a few minutes, she came back on the line and apologized. She said that basically our case had been overlooked at the processing center and the "button" was never "pushed" to have Beau's card mailed to us. She said she was really sorry. I spoke to her on December 29th and we had the card on January 5th! It really pays off to talk to the right person!
I have to say that throughout the adoption process, all of our paperwork that had to go through USCIS always took longer than the average time frame. So, I'm not surprised that this was no different.
In the end, I am just happy to have it! I was surprised to see it... I was expecting more of a "booklet" similar to a passport....but it looks more like a driver's license. It has a cute picture of Beau on it...the one taken in Korea at his visa interview.
Now we are just waiting on Beau's birth certificate.
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