CONDITIONAL GREENCARD ( I am living overseas)

[Completely 3]

Hi All:

I received my greencard 17th November 2006 and will expire Nov 18 2008. I went to the states twice. My question is what will be the good time to file the Petition to Remove Condition.. The website indicates 90 days before expiry or your petition will be rejected if you file the Petition early... But I am reading the some of the post they are having delays.

I also filed my N400 based on 319b because I worked overseas same as my husband.

Folks, I need your help..

[Completely 3]

Hi All:

I received my greencard 17th November 2006 and will expire Nov 18 2008. I went to the states twice. My question is what will be the good time to file the Petition to Remove Condition.. The website indicates 90 days before expiry or your petition will be rejected if you file the Petition early... But I am reading the some of the post they are having delays.

I also filed my N400 based on 319b because I worked overseas same as my husband.

Folks, I need your help..

I think I accidentally deleted the replies on this post.. I forgot the name id of the person who has replied me.

[kc456 0]

what is 319b?

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Hi All:

I received my greencard 17th November 2006 and will expire Nov 18 2008. I went to the states twice. My question is what will be the good time to file the Petition to Remove Condition.. The website indicates 90 days before expiry or your petition will be rejected if you file the Petition early... But I am reading the some of the post they are having delays.

I also filed my N400 based on 319b because I worked overseas same as my husband.

Folks, I need your help..

How will you remove conditions if you do not reside in the US? There are certain time frames where you are allowed to leave US soil without loosing your residency; so check that out. And you cannot file early or indeed it will be rejected.

And yes, what is 319b?

[Marilyn. 340]

Expedited Naturalization under INA section 319( B )

You may be able to naturalize without having resided in the United States for three years if you are married to a US citizen who is stationed abroad for work with an American company, an international organization, or a religious organization with a presence in the United States. This is sometimes called "expedited" naturalization and is authorized under section 319( B ) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Your spouse must be "regularly stationed" abroad for you to qualify under this section. Citizenship and Immigration Services has interpreted that to mean that your spouse is contracted to work abroad for at least a year from the time of your interview. After your spouse's overseas employment ends, you must intend to take up residence in United States.

Procedure

Once you have become a permanent resident (for example, by entering the United States with an immigrant visa), you may apply for naturalization under 319( B ) in any part of the country. You select a District Office where you would like to naturalize and file the application with the CIS Service Center that has jurisdiction over that office.

After filing the N-400 application, you will be able to do your fingerprints at a US Embassy or Consulate near you. You have to return to the United States for the interview and the oath ceremony. It may be possible to do the oath immediately following the interview.

http://www.pjclaw.net/citizenship/319b.html

Edited April 30, 2008 by MarilynP

[kmineo 0]

Not sure how it works with the conditional GC, so I would ask a lawyer, but it seems if you are able to get naturalized before your expiration date on your GC, you wouldn't have to go through that process. And judging from the time frame (btw research what center is doing it the fastest as it seems you can choose any one) of 5 to 7 months you might be able to sneak it in before you GC expires in November. It is really wierd how the processes are faster when you are overseas. I remember thinking how lucky we were to get the Green Card through DCF through the embassy. But now we are stuck in the queue over here and have been waiting 10 months just to get the conditions removed. And our case is very straight forward (like I imagine a lot of them are) we file taxes together, I work and she now stays home with our son. We have a mortgage together....

It does look like you do have to be overseas for the next 18 months though in order to qualify.

http://www.state.gov/m/dghr/flo/c21634.htm

Good luck with it.