10 Years Permanent residency without going through the 2yr conditional one

[sway29 0]

One of my friends told me that he got a 10year permanent green card right after his interview without having to go through the 2 year conditional status. Is it true? His marriage is less than 2 years.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

One of my friends told me that he got a 10year permanent green card right after his interview without having to go through the 2 year conditional status. Is it true? His marriage is less than 2 years.

No it's not true. He's obviously mistaken.

Well.. if he had a greencard for another reason other than marriage then yes it could be true... To get a 10 year GC through K1, or K3, or CR1/IR1 you need to have been married 2 years.

For K1 you get the 2 year card and THEN ROC to the 10 year.

[Krikit 1,165]

Sometimes they make a mistake when issuing the cards. There have been some on VJ who have received them in error. I can't recall if the correct one was reissued or what happened. You might be able to find them in a search.

[justashooter 430]

perhaps conversion of a tourist, student, or business visa, or vwp?

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

There are 3 possible scenarios to this:

1) your friend is an idiot or a liar.

2) your friend got married before 1986 when IRCA was implemented.

3) your friend got his 10-year card in error. That happens, and it's bad, because even though it's not his fault, he is expected to correct the error, and remove conditions like he would if he had received a 2-year card. If he doesn't, his residency expires. The moment it is detected, i.e., if he files for naturalization, he's screwed, big time.

[pront 0]

So does anyone has a definitive answer to this problem? Do you have to remove conditions and does the USCIS allow you to remove conditions if their system shows you don't need to do it?

[pront 0]

So does anyone has a definitive answer to this problem? Do you have to remove conditions and does the USCIS allow you to remove conditions if their system shows you don't need to do it?

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

So does anyone has a definitive answer to this problem? Do you have to remove conditions and does the USCIS allow you to remove conditions if their system shows you don't need to do it?

Nobody can give a definitive answer without concrete information, and that hasn't been provided. All that's been provided is "my friend told me" and "they've been married less than two years". Bob laid out some possible scenarios. We don't yet know which of these applies. Knowing that would go a long way toward providing a definitive answer.

[pront 0]

There are 3 possible scenarios to this:

1) your friend is an idiot or a liar.

2) your friend got married before 1986 when IRCA was implemented.

3) your friend got his 10-year card in error. That happens, and it's bad, because even though it's not his fault, he is expected to correct the error, and remove conditions like he would if he had received a 2-year card. If he doesn't, his residency expires. The moment it is detected, i.e., if he files for naturalization, he's screwed, big time.

You see, even if he tries to file I 751, they may reject it because the system shows he has no conditions. I have seen it on this board- people file I 751 and it gets rejected because they received a 10 year card by mistake. And the USCIS doesn't want to take their I 751. What are these people supposed to do?