2-year Green Card vs. 10-Year Green Card

[doodads 0]

I filed for a CR-1 for my wife and she was approved. When she arrived at the airport (Dulles) in the USA, we had been married two years and one month. She asked the POE officer for a 10-year green card since we had been married over 2 years, but he said he had to give her a 2-year green card. A week later we returned to the airport and talked to a POE officer and explained the situation. He called the Texas Service Center, and they told him to fax them copies of her passport, visa, and marriage certificate and they would review it and call us. They never called us.

We contacted our congressman's office and explained the situation to a woman on his staff. After 8 months and MANY unreturned phone calls to her, the woman on the staff finally called me last week and said that the Service Center told her that my wife cannot get a 10-year green card until we apply for it right before her 2-year green card expires.

I thought that if we were married for more than 2 years when she arrived here, she could receive her 10-year green card right away. Does anybody know if what we have been told is correct or not?

Thanks,

Bob

[YuAndDan 153]

They don't call the USCIS miss-information line that for nothing.

Have you tried an Info-Pass appointment to your field office? Sometime going to USCIS in person with evidence in hand gets best results.

The rule is if married 2 years or longer at the date that LPR status is granted (Entry date at POE) the resulting card is one without conditions. You are right, POE officer was wrong.

Did you receive any green-card??

[frali 2]

Can I also throw in the mix a question I have? How much does it cost when you are removing conditions from a 2 year GC to 10 Year one and how much paperwork and wait is required?

[YuAndDan 153]

Can I also throw in the mix a question I have? How much does it cost when you are removing conditions from a 2 year GC to 10 Year one and how much paperwork and wait is required?

Read the I-751 guide and removal of conditions FAQ.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;page=751guide

http://www.visajourney.com/faq/k1k2visa-re...conditions.html

FEE:$545