Renewal of 2-yr green card

[♥ Teena♥ Joe♥ 0]

Hi everyone, I dont know where to post my topic but I just gave it a try in this forum. I just turned 1 yr here in US yesterday but in preparation for nxt yr renewal of GC I want to know how the process will go and how much money I need to prepare.

Also, can I apply for naturalization on that time too?

I will appreciate any answers for my topic. Thank you in advance and God bless us all...

Teena

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hi everyone, I dont know where to post my topic but I just gave it a try in this forum. I just turned 1 yr here in US yesterday but in preparation for nxt yr renewal of GC I want to know how the process will go and how much money I need to prepare.

Also, can I apply for naturalization on that time too?

I will appreciate any answers for my topic. Thank you in advance and God bless us all...

Teena

Check the I-751, lifitng of conditions forum and read the pinned topics at the top of the page

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Hi everyone, I dont know where to post my topic but I just gave it a try in this forum. I just turned 1 yr here in US yesterday but in preparation for nxt yr renewal of GC I want to know how the process will go and how much money I need to prepare.

Also, can I apply for naturalization on that time too?

I will appreciate any answers for my topic. Thank you in advance and God bless us all...

Teena

Hi Teena,

Welcome to VJ. I am moving your post to the correct forum which is called "Removal of Conditions".

Basically, from 90 days before your two year green card expires to when it expires you need to file form I-751 with the proper USCIS office for your part of the country. You can't file earlier and you can't file after your green card expires so you need to file within that 90 day window.

You will see on the form that they request 'evidence' that shows you have a real marriage rather than one just for immigration benefits. You will need income tax returns or transcripts (available for free from the IRS) for the years of your marriage - or at least since you got the green card; copies of joint bank account statements, credit card statements, joint bills for household expenses like phone, heat, etc., joint loans together; joint ownership or lease of property; birth certificates of any children born to you and your husband, health cards listing both of you together, car registration listing both of your together, insurance listing both of you together, wills with each other as executor and/or beneficiary, things like that. You don't need to have everything but you do need to show documents proving you have co-mingled your assets and liabilities financially and share a life together personally. The documents also need to cover the whole time of your marriage, not just the last few months. What I found helpful was to set aside a box now and when you get something in the mail that fits the criteria you put it in the box (and you can go back over your last year's papers and find those ones now and put those in the box too). When it comes time to fill out the form you already have a lot of evidence that you can choose from and it makes things much easier.

You send the form, the copies of your evidence and the fee of $465 plus an $80 biometrics fee for a total of $545 to USCIS. They send back an NOA receipt notice. This receipt notice also contains a sentence stating that this document extends the validity of your green card for one more year. You need to carry a copy of your receipt notice with your expired green card and it proves you are still in legal status. You will next receive a biometrics appointment letter, go and get your fingerprints done and photo taken, and then wait. If your evidence is sufficient, you will probably receive your 10 year green card without an interview, although an interview is always possible.

You will find it useful to read over the topics 'pinned' at the very top of this forum as well as reading the information in the Guides for Removal of Conditions.

You cannot apply for Naturalization at the same time. You can apply for Naturalization starting 90 days before the 3rd anniversary of your green card as long as you are still married to the same US citizen who petitioned for you. You need to be both married for at least 3 years and a permanent resident for at least 3 years before you are elligible to become a US citizen through marriage to a US citizen.

Good luck. You will find lots of useful information here in the 'Removal of Conditions" forum.

Edited November 2, 2009 by Kathryn41

[TracyTN 237]

All the info you need is on this site if you'll just take the time to look for it.

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

[♥ Teena♥ Joe♥ 0]

Thank you everybody, that really helps me a lot. I learned a lot for me to prepare. Thank you so much and God bless us all.