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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Italy
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I've been already a USA citizen, but a friend of a friend of mine who just got married last December with an American citizen, got already the 10 year GC, basically she didn't get the 2 yr Gc, but she got right away the 10 year one.

Is that a new law? I'm just curious as I had to go through a certain bureaucracy in order to get the 10 yr GC, and to become a US citizen( no to mention ALOT money to be spent)......so I believe that now everything is smoother & easier.....how unfair!!!It should be the same for everybody....no matter what!!!!!

Anyone does anything about it?

Ty!!!!:-)

K1 VISA: 07/25/06 GOT VISA!!!!!!

30th of September 2006 WEDDING

AOS:01/29/2007 received Permanent Resident Card (GC)

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on 05/21/2010 Sent out docs to Arizona Lockbox Facility address via USPS

on 06/30/2010 Biometrics

on 09/24/2010 Interview Day - Passed the Test

on 10/19/2010 Oath - USA CITIZEN!!!!!

on 10/20/2010 I requested the US Passport

on 11/02/2010 the US Passport was received by Priority Mail

on 11/03/2010 @ the Social Security Office I changed my status from Resident to US Citizen

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No, actually, and it will be a serious problem for your friend because unless she has been married for over 2 years she is not eligible under law to receive the 10 year card. It is a mistake. Even if it is USCIS' mistake, she is still required to act like a conditional 2 year green card holder and file an I-751 petition within 90 days prior to the 2nd anniversary of her green card date. She needs to contact USCIS and advise them that she has received a 10 year card but has been married less than 2 years. They will require her to submit an I-90 to replace the card with a correctly dated one at no cost to her since it was their mistake. The worst thing she can do is pretend that everything is fine and proceed as if she has a valid 10 year card instead of the 2 year card. AT the very worst, if she proceeded with the 10 year card and didn't correct it, when she did file for citizenship she would find herself having to file the I-751 at that time and it would have to be adjudicated before they would get on to the N400 so in effect it would take longer and may cause her some hassles about why she didn't correct the error when it happened.

She is not the first that this has happened to and in all cases of which we are aware the green card holder is the one who ends up paying the consequences of USCIS' mistake. She needs to correct now. She can make an Infopass appointment at a USCIS office, bring along her marriage certificate and her green card (and her passport would also be a good idea) and ask them directly.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Argentina
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I've been already a USA citizen, but a friend of a friend of mine who just got married last December with an American citizen, got already the 10 year GC, basically she didn't get the 2 yr Gc, but she got right away the 10 year one.

Is that a new law? I'm just curious as I had to go through a certain bureaucracy in order to get the 10 yr GC, and to become a US citizen( no to mention ALOT money to be spent)......so I believe that now everything is smoother & easier.....how unfair!!!It should be the same for everybody....no matter what!!!!!

Anyone does anything about it?

Ty!!!!:-)

no, that's a mistake. they have to change the card. Immigration makes a lot of mistakes. She isn't elegible for the 10 year GC.

she will have problems in the future because she didn't remove conditions.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Italy
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Thank you so much for your kind replies, I will tell my friend to advise her friend then.....It sounded "weird" to me that now they give right away the 10 yr GC..........

Thanks alot!!!!

K1 VISA: 07/25/06 GOT VISA!!!!!!

30th of September 2006 WEDDING

AOS:01/29/2007 received Permanent Resident Card (GC)

ROC:04/11/2009 received Permanent Resident Card (GC) expiring in 2019!!!!

N-400:

on 05/21/2010 Sent out docs to Arizona Lockbox Facility address via USPS

on 06/30/2010 Biometrics

on 09/24/2010 Interview Day - Passed the Test

on 10/19/2010 Oath - USA CITIZEN!!!!!

on 10/20/2010 I requested the US Passport

on 11/02/2010 the US Passport was received by Priority Mail

on 11/03/2010 @ the Social Security Office I changed my status from Resident to US Citizen

ON THE 3RD OF NOV.2010 MY JOURNEY ENDS, WHICH STARTED IN DEC. 2005!!!!!!!THANKS TO VJ & VJ PPL!!!!!!!!

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Colombia
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Hmmm, something else to add to the USCIS time table list, this two year marriage thing. No law against a couple getting married, but is a law preventing you from living together until that AOS process is complete. We were about eight months short of that two year thing, so ended up with a conditional card, never asked us if we were living together like they did for the N-400. I love finding these discrepancies in these procedures. But have met a couple where it took over two years before they could get together after marriage, she got the ten year card.

Already know that 90 days means 90 days, send in an application one day early and can be rejected. With our I-751 experience, should have been one year and 90 days for that application. Took them 14 months and two weeks before those ten year cards come in. It was exactly 90 days when we sent in the I-751 application, not a day too soon, but perfectly okay for us to sweat it out waiting for those ten year cards to come in. Then having to carry around that one year extension, least that started on the expiration day of the green cards.

Stepson was barely over 21, couldn't petition for him, under 21 means 21, with the delays in the AOS looks like about seven years will go by before my wife can get her son here. But that is okay.

Same with the stepdaughter, barely over 18 when my wife could apply for citizenship, so had to wait the full five years. Would have been well under 18 if they didn't drag their feet during the AOS process.

One way to look at those ten years cards, they did date them from the time we finally received those, and NOT the date their condition cards expired. So in effect they got to live here for two weeks short of a year for free. But we got rid of those ten years cards as quick as we could. Unlike our auto insurance company that gives a refund if you dump a vehicle, no prorating with the USCIS. Wifes' card was still good for another 9 years and 45 weeks.

I gather you don't have to live together for those two years to get a ten year card, just be married for two years, but never thought about that until now.

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Canada
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Well if the couple had been married outside of the US for a few years then moved to the US or if they got married out of the US and then she moved to the US after a few years, then yes, they would receive the 10 year GC and not have to worry about the Conditional card as they've already been legally married past the conditional period.

If though they have not been married in a situation(s) like above, then yeah, like everyone else said it's probably a mistake...

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1997

Oct - Job offer in US

Nov - Received my TN-1 to be authorized to work in the US

Nov - Moved to US

1998-2001

Recieved 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th TN

2002

May - Met future wife at arts fest

Nov - Recieved 6th TN

2003

Nov - Recieved 7th TN

Jul - Our Wedding

Aug - Filed for AOS

Sep - Recieved EAD

Sep - Recieved Advanced Parole

2004

Jan - Interview, accepted for Green Card

Feb - Green Card Arrived in mail

2005

Oct - I-751 sent off

2006

Jan - 10 year Green Card accepted

Mar - 10 year Green Card arrived

Oct - Filed N-400 for Naturalization

Nov - Biometrics done

Nov - Just recieved Naturalization Interview date for Jan.

2007

Jan - Naturalization Interview Completed

Feb - Oath Letter recieved

Feb - Oath Ceremony

Feb 21 - Finally a US CITIZEN (yay)

THE END

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