Difference Between IR1 and CR1?

[shoshweetygaff 0]

I'm just wondering what the difference is between this classification?

Maybe I'm just brain dead from all the acronyms?

Can anyone help clarify?

[lquin 0]

CR1 is a 2 year Greencard, the IR1 is the 10 year..

You get the CR1 if you have been married for less than 2 years...

The Conditional © part can be removed 90 days before your second anniversary..

Edited June 22, 2006 by lquin

[Cygnet 0]

CR1 is a 2 year Greencard, the IR1 is the 10 year..

You get the CR1 if you have been married for less than 2 years...

The Conditional © part can be removed 90 days before your second anniversary..

[shoshweetygaff 0]

CR1 is a 2 year Greencard, the IR1 is the 10 year..

You get the CR1 if you have been married for less than 2 years...

The Conditional © part can be removed 90 days before your second anniversary..

That's good to know. (Funny it's almost 2 years...)

[aussiewench 9]

CR-1 is for those married less then two years and gives one conditional resident status on entry to the US. One then applies to remove conditions 90 days prior to the second anniversary of entry into the US (not wedding anniversary).

IR-1 is for those married 2 years or more and they are granted permanent resident status on entry...no conditions to remove.

One can be granted a CR-1 visa prior to their second wedding anniversary but on entry if they have been married two years or more, Permant Resident status will be given.

[hampster 0]

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Paul

CR-1 is for those married less then two years and gives one conditional resident status on entry to the US. One then applies to remove conditions 90 days prior to the second anniversary of entry into the US (not wedding anniversary).

IR-1 is for those married 2 years or more and they are granted permanent resident status on entry...no conditions to remove.

One can be granted a CR-1 visa prior to their second wedding anniversary but on entry if they have been married two years or more, Permant Resident status will be given.

[meauxna 15]

The Conditional © part can be removed 90 days before your second anniversary..

Not quite (thus shoshweetygaff's amusement).

If you are a PR with conditions you *must* file to remove them in the 90 days before your card/status expire. It can take 30 days to never for the case to be adjudicated and the conditions to be removed.

http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/PermRes.htm

Now That You Are A Permanent Resident

Some of you may be CONDITIONAL RESIDENTS. This page applies equally to you while you are in conditional resident status. The difference between you and an unconditioned permanent resident is that your permanent resident status will expire in two years from when it was given, unless you successfully petition to have the condition removed. Those of you with conditional permanent residence either received your residence through a marriage relationship where the marriage was less than two years old at the time you became a Permanent Resident, or you received that status through an investment as an employment creation immigrant (EB-5). If you successfully petition for removal of the condition on your immigration status, this page will still apply to you as a Permanent Resident.

http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/remcond.htm

How Do I Remove the Conditions on Permanent Residence Based on Marriage

Background

A lawful permanent resident is given the privilege of living and working in the United States permanently. Your permanent residence status will be conditional if it is based on a marriage that was less than two years old on the day you were given permanent residence. You are given conditional resident status on the day you are lawfully admitted to the United States on an immigrant visa or receive adjustment of status. Your permanent resident status is conditional, because you must prove that you did not get married to evade the immigration laws of the United States.

You and your spouse must apply together to remove the conditions on your residence. You should apply during the 90 days before your second anniversary as a conditional resident.The expiration date on your alien registration card (commonly know as green card) is also the date of your second anniversary as a conditional resident. If you do not apply to remove the conditions in time, you could lose your conditional resident status and be removed from the country

Edited June 22, 2006 by meauxna

[JoelAndAnalyn 0]

CR-1 is for those married less then two years and gives one conditional resident status on entry to the US. One then applies to remove conditions 90 days prior to the second anniversary of entry into the US (not wedding anniversary).

IR-1 is for those married 2 years or more and they are granted permanent resident status on entry...no conditions to remove.

One can be granted a CR-1 visa prior to their second wedding anniversary but on entry if they have been married two years or more, Permant Resident status will be given.

So even though we expect my wife to get her visa in October. We were married December. If she waits to enter the US until December, she will get the 10 year green card? I haven't been reading what people have been going through with the adjustment of status process. I wonder if it's worth it to wait?

If the AOS process drags on forever, will that prevent her from applying for citizenship after 3 years? I mean, if the AOS is still pending even after 1 year after filing?

Joel

[Tim and Bethanie 1]

CR-1 is for those married less then two years and gives one conditional resident status on entry to the US. One then applies to remove conditions 90 days prior to the second anniversary of entry into the US (not wedding anniversary).

IR-1 is for those married 2 years or more and they are granted permanent resident status on entry...no conditions to remove.

One can be granted a CR-1 visa prior to their second wedding anniversary but on entry if they have been married two years or more, Permant Resident status will be given.

So even though we expect my wife to get her visa in October. We were married December. If she waits to enter the US until December, she will get the 10 year green card? I haven't been reading what people have been going through with the adjustment of status process. I wonder if it's worth it to wait?

If the AOS process drags on forever, will that prevent her from applying for citizenship after 3 years? I mean, if the AOS is still pending even after 1 year after filing?

Joel

If you were married in December of '04 (2years) then yes she would qualify at the time for the 10 year green card, but if she comes in October you would still fall under the CR-1. You don't adjust status with either of these.

[meauxna 15]

So even though we expect my wife to get her visa in October. We were married December. If she waits to enter the US until December, she will get the 10 year green card? I haven't been reading what people have been going through with the adjustment of status process. I wonder if it's worth it to wait?

If the AOS process drags on forever, will that prevent her from applying for citizenship after 3 years? I mean, if the AOS is still pending even after 1 year after filing?

Joel

hi Joel, I'm glad you asked!

First: yes, if you've been married for less than 2 years and are issued a CR-1 class visa, but ENTER the US the first time AFTER your 2nd wedding aniversary, you should be admitted as class IR-1 and receive a 10 year card, and have no conditions on your residency to remove and no need to file I-751.

If you fall into this rare situation, take extra care to make sure the officer at the POE knows it, and admits you correctly.

Is it worth the wait? Well, here's where I see something. You have confused AOS with something else.

If you are married, and your wife is coming on an Immigrant Visa (CR or IR) there is no AOS in your future.

AOS accomplishes the same end result as an immigrant visa. People who complete AOS are Permanent Residents. People who enter with an Immigrant Visa are Permanent Residents. A Permanent Resident (PR) holds a Green Card as proof of their status.

AOS/Adjustment of Status is short for adjusting status as a non-immigrant TO an immigrant status.

If your wife comes right away and is admitted as CR-1, you will have one more petition to file: I-751 (see links above). You will file it in the 90 days before her card expires (2 years minus 90 days).

If you wait, you save $205 (as of today) and the "hassle" of filing one more form.

The choice is yours, but I-751 is NO BIG DEAL.

When your wife enters with *either* CR or IR, her time towards citizenship starts counting immediately.

If you get a weird, slow I-751, and it has not been approved by the time she is eligible to apply for citizenship (it does sometimes take more than one year for no reason), she can file N-400 anyway. Many people used to do this and when it comes time for the naturalization interview, the I-751 would be handled first, and then the N-400. I-751s are usually approved quickly now (in less than 6 months).

I hope that made sense.. tell me if it didn't.

[JoelAndAnalyn 0]

Is it worth the wait? Well, here's where I see something. You have confused AOS with something else.

If you are married, and your wife is coming on an Immigrant Visa (CR or IR) there is no AOS in your future.

AOS accomplishes the same end result as an immigrant visa. People who complete AOS are Permanent Residents. People who enter with an Immigrant Visa are Permanent Residents. A Permanent Resident (PR) holds a Green Card as proof of their status.

AOS/Adjustment of Status is short for adjusting status as a non-immigrant TO an immigrant status.

If your wife comes right away and is admitted as CR-1, you will have one more petition to file: I-751 (see links above). You will file it in the 90 days before her card expires (2 years minus 90 days).

If you wait, you save $205 (as of today) and the "hassle" of filing one more form.

The choice is yours, but I-751 is NO BIG DEAL.

Isn't this process of renewing the 2 year green card kinda the same as an AOS? Isn't there an interview, lots of papers to provide, have to go down to the local USCIS office, etc. like an AOS? If not, that's great.

I've been through an AOS before and it was a hassle, both had to get off work, go downtown Detroit, etc.

Joel

[Marilyn. 340]

you are removing the conditions not renewing the 2 year card..... you have to send in some paperwork along with some proof that you are actually together... you might have to go to an interview..

from my limited understanding of the AOS process, the AOS process is way more involved and shouldn't be compared to the removal of conditions

Edited June 22, 2006 by MarilynP