QUESTION!

[MrsRowe 2]

Okay, i have already had my 1st wedding anniversary. By the time USCIS is finished with us, i am guessing that it's going to another 7 or 8 months, if we are lucky Won't they just go ahead and issue the 10 year visa then? I mean we would have been almost married for 2 years by then. It just doesn't make any sense to issue a 2 year greencard then.

I know its' USCIS and they dont' actually work smart nor hard lol but geeze, i think this is just simple common sense. . Does anyone know?

[YuAndDan 153]

Here is what happens;

If your interview for the CR-1 before 2nd wedding anniversary, the resulting visa is coded CR-1, HOWEVER, if you hold and then enter the USA AFTER your second wedding anniversary, the resulting green-card should be UN-Conditional 10 year card.

If your interview happens after 2nd wedding anniversary, then the visa should be coded IR-1 and the resulting green-card will be the 10 year one.

[NicoleX08 1]

huh... that is good, I thought that once they approved you, it did not matter when you entered, it was from the time you got approved for the green card that determined what visa it is. That is good news

[YuAndDan 153]

huh... that is good, I thought that once they approved you, it did not matter when you entered, it was from the time you got approved for the green card that determined what visa it is. That is good news

Nope, Residency status is determined by when you enter the USA.

Keep in mind a CR-1 visa has only a limited term of validity, so you need to use it before it expires, which may be before 2nd wedding anniversary.

[NicoleX08 1]

we have been married for 6 months, and we are still waiting for the I-130 to be approved. The way USCIS is moving, we could be on our 5th wedding anniversary before he gets his interview....

[MrsRowe 2]

Here is what happens;

If your interview for the CR-1 before 2nd wedding anniversary, the resulting visa is coded CR-1, HOWEVER, if you hold and then enter the USA AFTER your second wedding anniversary, the resulting green-card should be UN-Conditional 10 year card.

If your interview happens after 2nd wedding anniversary, then the visa should be coded IR-1 and the resulting green-card will be the 10 year one.

Okay. Thank you. I like your avatar by the way.