Application Process for removing Conditional Residency

[davewolfs 0]

Hey everyone,

My temporary permanent residency card will be expiring in October of this year. With that said, it's probably time that I begin applying for my non temporary permanent residence card. I wanted to know how involved this process was, for my initial application I hired a lawyer because of some legal troubles that I had as an adolescent. In terms of getting approved, is this application usually much easier? I'd like to save on legal costs this year if possible. Any advice is appreciated. I should also mention that I was arrested and charged with resisting arrest without violence the day after I received my permanent residence card (talk about luck!). As far as I know, the charges were removed, I was given a complete discharge. Will I need to worry about this at all?

Thanks!

[Kathryn41 3,205]

The I-751 is about proving you have a valid marriage. Read over the guides first. Read over the I-751 form and the instructions. Go through your files and gather together all of the evidence that is suggested. Make sure you have documents that show you have co-mingled your financial and personal lives that cover the whole time period of your marriage. If your adolescent received his/her greencard within 90 days of you getting yours you can include him on your form as well just adding additional biometrics fee. If he/she received the greencard more than 90 days from when you did they need to file a separate application and fee.

You will need to have original documents detailing your arrest and court appearance and the dismissal of the charges. These will need to be sent in as well, along with a written explanation of what happened and why. Without knowing more about the circumstances it is hard to say what impact, if any, this will have on your application.

Quite honestly, I found the application very straight forward. Even if you hired a lawyer you would still be doing 90% of the work - gathering documents, etc. - so I think you should be able to manage it on your own if you do your preparations before hand. You would be able to file 90 days prior to when your green card expires.

Good luck.