Is I-751 a requirement for all US citizens filing I-130 for spouses

[nakhan1 0]

Hello,

I am a US citizen (living in a Chicago suburb) and filed N-400 for my wife (from Pakistan) on March 13th, 2009. Yesterday (April 11th), she received the invitation for finger printing.

My question is.......Is I-751 (Petition to remove conditions on residence) a requirement for a US citizen filing for the spouse?

I don't believe I filed I-751 for my wife.

Is this going to cause a problem with my wife trying to get citizenship.

If so, can I file I-751 now?

[Otto 83]

Critical information missing - is it safe to assume your wife has a valid 10-year PR/Green card?

[I Miss Her 0]

Hello,

I am a US citizen (living in a Chicago suburb) and filed N-400 for my wife (from Pakistan) on March 13th, 2009. Yesterday (April 11th), she received the invitation for finger printing.

My question is.......Is I-751 (Petition to remove conditions on residence) a requirement for a US citizen filing for the spouse?

I don't believe I filed I-751 for my wife.

Is this going to cause a problem with my wife trying to get citizenship.

If so, can I file I-751 now?

I-751 use to remove condition on permanent residency (GC has 2 years expiry date) if marriage less than two years but if it is more than two years of marriage USCIS gives 10 years GC. Have a look on GC card.

[nakhan1 0]

Critical information missing - is it safe to assume your wife has a valid 10-year PR/Green card?

Yes. The GC is good for 10 years. We have been married for 6 years (since 2003). The GC doesn't expire until 2015. There is nothing on the GC that states that it is conditional.

[jsnearline 2]

What is the category code on the card? (IR1, IR6, IF1...)?

[Dakine 26]

Critical information missing - is it safe to assume your wife has a valid 10-year PR/Green card?

Yes. The GC is good for 10 years. We have been married for 6 years (since 2003). The GC doesn't expire until 2015. There is nothing on the GC that states that it is conditional.

You are covered!

IR-1 10 year GCs are not conditional residence but are permanent residence and don't need to remove conditional status.

[NickD 202]

Critical information missing - is it safe to assume your wife has a valid 10-year PR/Green card?

Yes. The GC is good for 10 years. We have been married for 6 years (since 2003). The GC doesn't expire until 2015. There is nothing on the GC that states that it is conditional.

You are covered!

IR-1 10 year GCs are not conditional residence but are permanent residence and don't need to remove conditional status.

LOL, how can anyone call a ten year card "permanent"? Certainly reason to apply for USC, now that is permanent. Having that I-751 reminder hanging on my refrigerator door for 21 months was bad enough, 117 months is unthinkable.

Was also a reminder not only to share my life, but my possessions as well, but if a marriage does go sour, really don't need all that legal stuff, the state will make damn sure you share all of our possessions even though you are no longer sharing your life. But the USCIS doesn't know that, they have some strange idea, they are the only lawmakers in this country.

Not only to they forget about state laws, but also completely forgot what they put you through for the AOS and the I-751, especially that I-864. If anything nasty happens to your spouse that leaves them with a precondition, can get kicked off your health insurance policy and you can't even apply for Medicaid, what else is there? But with the N-400, the USCIS doesn't know a damn thing about you, so you start the entire process again.

But once it's over, it's over, including the I-864. Really not a very well thought out system, but that is the way it is. And trying to maintain a foreign passport while you are living here?

[TayRivers 4]

But with the N-400, the USCIS doesn't know a damn thing about you, so you start the entire process again.

When you go for your N-400 interview they know everything about you. They have your entire immigration file infront of them, with all the information you have supplied to USCIS over the years.

[Stella08 0]

Critical information missing - is it safe to assume your wife has a valid 10-year PR/Green card?

Yes. The GC is good for 10 years. We have been married for 6 years (since 2003). The GC doesn't expire until 2015. There is nothing on the GC that states that it is conditional.

You are covered!

IR-1 10 year GCs are not conditional residence but are permanent residence and don't need to remove conditional status.

LOL, how can anyone call a ten year card "permanent"? Certainly reason to apply for USC, now that is permanent. Having that I-751 reminder hanging on my refrigerator door for 21 months was bad enough, 117 months is unthinkable.

Was also a reminder not only to share my life, but my possessions as well, but if a marriage does go sour, really don't need all that legal stuff, the state will make damn sure you share all of our possessions even though you are no longer sharing your life. But the USCIS doesn't know that, they have some strange idea, they are the only lawmakers in this country.

Not only to they forget about state laws, but also completely forgot what they put you through for the AOS and the I-751, especially that I-864. If anything nasty happens to your spouse that leaves them with a precondition, can get kicked off your health insurance policy and you can't even apply for Medicaid, what else is there? But with the N-400, the USCIS doesn't know a damn thing about you, so you start the entire process again.

But once it's over, it's over, including the I-864. Really not a very well thought out system, but that is the way it is. And trying to maintain a foreign passport while you are living here?

As a LPR your greenccard expires, not your status. And you don't need your spouse to apply for a new greencard, just like you don't need your spouse to apply for citizenship if you've been a LPR for more than five years. I'm not sure about Medicare, but as a LPR I'm paying Social Security. And I know quite a few LPRs who have been living in the States for many years and who are doing just fine. They are even able to renew their foreign passports.

With all that said, yes, citizenship has many advantages. But it's not something you must have (and you won't get called for jury duty as a LPR either ). And for some people applying for American citizenship means giving up their old citizenship if their home country doesn't allow dual citizenship. You never know what reasons a person has to choose one way or the other.