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Cmehat   0

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Hi Everyone,

It's been a while since I've been back to Visa Journey. I'm VERY confused and I'm hoping someone can help clarify this for me. So I came to the US on a K1 visa, everything went smooth, I got married, we applied for my AOS. Got my employment authorization, green card. I'm working, life is good, praise the Lord.

HOWEVER... We're planning on visiting Canada in Sept and it just occurred to me, "AM I ABLE TO GO?" Are there any restrictions that I have? Also, My GC expires Feb 2012 so do I need to renew my Green Card? I don't want American citizenship so what actions would I have to take?

Please help!

Thank you in advance,

Cindy

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Inky Grand Master

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You have a 2 year green card im sorry you DO NOT RENEW IT.

You remove conditions on it and get a 10 year green card.

You need to go look at the removal conditions guide because you should of been collected evidence spanning 2 years of your marriage to supply for this process.

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Your I-129f was approved in 5 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 67 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

AOS was approved in 2 months and 8 days without interview.

ROC was approved in 3 months and 2 days without interview.

I am a Citizen of the United States of America. 04/16/13

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About the removal of conditions, what Inky said. For the trip to Canada, shouldn't be a problem, as long as it's less than 6 months. They might be a bit suspicious if it's more than a few months without a good reason, but if it's just a short vacation/trip to visit family or something along those lines it shouldn't be an issue, you'll just show your green card along with your passport upon re-entry.

ALFREDO KIDS

2009-12-10: Met 2013-7-23: Filed I-130
2010-9-29: Engaged 2013-7-26: NOA1
2011-5-31: Filed I-129 2014-1-22 (2 of them), 2014-1-28 (1 of them): NOA2
2011-6-6: NOA1 2014-2-08 (2 of them) 2014-2-14 (1 of them): NVC received packet
2011-10-18: NOA2 2014-3-19 (2 of them), 2013-2-25 (1 of them): AOS fee bill generated
2011-10-26: Left NVC 2014-3-26: DS-261 filed, called for cases to be re-linked since one was
2011-10-31: Consulate received separated from the others to only pay one AOS fee
2011-12-1: Interview 2014-3-27: Cases are linked, paid AOS fee
2011-12-20: Visa received 2014-3-28: IV fees generated, paid
2011-12-27: Entered US 2014-4-1: Fees listed as paid
2012-1-20: Married 2014-4-2: AOS and IV packages sent
2012-1-23: Filed AOS/EAD 2014-4-3: DS-260 filled out
2012-1-27: AOS/EAD NOA 2014-4-4: Packages received by NVC

2012-2-6: Biometrics (appointment scheduled 2-14, but we had a trip 2014-4-25: Got checklist for AOS paperwork (they didn't actually want my

planned then and showed up early, they allowed it). income/his income where indicated on 864/864a, they wanted our
2012-3-26: EAD approval combined income for each, even though that's not what it says and
2012-3-29: AOS Interview and approval makes no sense whatsoever, also must put N/A in residence on
2012-4-2: EAD received 864a even though it says that nowhere and on 864 specifically says
2012-4-7: Greencard received to not use N/A but leave blank)

2013-12-31: Filed I-751 2014-4-26: Sent new AOS forms

2014-1-6: NOA1 2014-4-28: Package received by NVC

2014-1-31: Biometrics 2014-5-23: Told case complete over phone

2014-4-17: Approval 2014-5-29: Received case complete emails

2014-4-23: 10yr Green Card received 2014-5-31: Received interview date

2014-7-14: Interview

2014-7-24: Packets/Passports/Visas arrived at DHL (but tracking never said "waiting for pickup", on US website said "in transit", only found out by calling DHL in Ecuador)

2014-8-13: Entered US

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You have a 2 year green card im sorry you DO NOT RENEW IT.

You remove conditions on it and get a 10 year green card.

You need to go look at the removal conditions guide because you should of been collected evidence spanning 2 years of your marriage to supply for this process.

So what happens when the 10 year green card gets close to expiration? And how much is it to apply for 10 year green card? Thanks

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So what happens when the 10 year green card gets close to expiration? And how much is it to apply for 10 year green card? Thanks

All the costs are listed in the USCIS website with the forms.

You renew the 10 year card with I-90 form every 10 years.

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Your I-129f was approved in 5 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 67 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

AOS was approved in 2 months and 8 days without interview.

ROC was approved in 3 months and 2 days without interview.

I am a Citizen of the United States of America. 04/16/13

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All the costs are listed in the USCIS website with the forms.

You renew the 10 year card with I-90 form every 10 years.

When do I know to file for my Removal of Conditions. 90 days before which date? My expiration of GC? Sorry for all the questions! :blush:

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90 days before expiration date on the GC. Make sure you count carefully too because if you send it to early they reject and return it.

When you get the first notice that says they have your petition it also serves as a 1 year GC extension. Don't lose it!

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Your I-129f was approved in 5 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 67 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

AOS was approved in 2 months and 8 days without interview.

ROC was approved in 3 months and 2 days without interview.

I am a Citizen of the United States of America. 04/16/13

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90 days before expiration date on the GC. Make sure you count carefully too because if you send it to early they reject and return it.

When you get the first notice that says they have your petition it also serves as a 1 year GC extension. Don't lose it!

Okay, great. Thanks for all your help!!

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It will cost you $590 to get your 10-year Green Card.

From then on it will cost you $455 to get a new 10-year Green Card, every ten years or whenever you lose it. So if you are 30 or 40 years of age, you will spend literally thousands of dollars just on Green Cards alone, always running the risk to get kicked out of the country for a variety of reason.

The solution is to surrender the Green Card and exchange it for a US passport, which is what 99.99% of all Canadians do as soon as they are eligible. Those who do not do that usually don't meet the requirements of good moral character, i.e, have been convicted of a crime. If you prefer to spend thousands of dollars on Green Cards instead of becoming a US citizen, you either must have a very good reason for that, or you haven't really put much thought into the subject.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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It will cost you $590 to get your 10-year Green Card.

From then on it will cost you $455 to get a new 10-year Green Card, every ten years or whenever you lose it. So if you are 30 or 40 years of age, you will spend literally thousands of dollars just on Green Cards alone, always running the risk to get kicked out of the country for a variety of reason.

The solution is to surrender the Green Card and exchange it for a US passport, which is what 99.99% of all Canadians do as soon as they are eligible. Those who do not do that usually don't meet the requirements of good moral character, i.e, have been convicted of a crime. If you prefer to spend thousands of dollars on Green Cards instead of becoming a US citizen, you either must have a very good reason for that, or you haven't really put much thought into the subject.

Bob, One has to be in the US for 5 yrs before applying for citizenship. I surmise from your timeline, this period starts when you get your first greencard?

Thanks.

Marriage 2010-10-09

I-130 Sent : 2010-10-12

I-130 NOA1 : 2010-10-20

I-130 Approved : 2011-03-31

NVC Received : 2011-04-13

Received DS-3032 / I-864 Bill : 2011-04-22

Pay I-864 Bill 2011-04-22

Receive I-864 Package : 2011-04-26

Return Completed I-864 : 2011-05-03

Return Completed DS-3032 : 2011-05-01

Receive IV Bill : 2011-04-27

Pay IV Bill : 2011-04-27

Receive Instruction Package : 2011-04-29

Case Completed at NVC : 2011-05-20

Interview Date Montreal : 2011-07-19

Interview Result : Approved

POE Coutts, Ab : 2011-07-29

I-751 Sent : May 01, 2013

Early Biometrics : May 28, 2013

I-751 Approved: August 26, 2013 dancin5hr.gif

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Bob, One has to be in the US for 5 yrs before applying for citizenship. I surmise from your timeline, this period starts when you get your first greencard?

Thanks.

3 years if married to USC, not 5 years. Time starts by the residence since date on the green card. 5 years only from divorce or from another means of getting the GC.

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Your I-129f was approved in 5 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 67 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

AOS was approved in 2 months and 8 days without interview.

ROC was approved in 3 months and 2 days without interview.

I am a Citizen of the United States of America. 04/16/13

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Bob, One has to be in the US for 5 yrs before applying for citizenship. I surmise from your timeline, this period starts when you get your first greencard?

Thanks.

If married to a USC (which you are) and still married to that very USC, you can apply after 3 years minus 90 days.

ROC 2009
Naturalization 2010

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