Should have been CR-1, but got an IR-1

[shayneandshelley 0]

Ok, get this...

Hubby gets his CR-1 visa on 8/19/05. We were married less than 2 years at the time. When he finally got his green card, he got a Permanent Resident Card with an expiration date of 10/21/2015 and says it's an IR-1. I finally called USCIS today. The guy said that in his records, it's not a mistake, that he really has Permanent Residency (IR-1) and that the expiration date is correct.

Has ANYONE ever heard of this??? I asked the guy several times to make sure. The customer service guy said that for whatever reason, they decided to give us the IR-1. I think it must be pretty rare. Hubby thinks it must happen all the time.

Is there anyone out there who also had this happen? Or is this the miracle I think it is???

Thanks for your responses!

[Yodrak 7]

shayneandshelley,

What is the date of your marriage? What is the date that your husband entered the USA?

If the dates are more than 2 years apart, your husband correctly got LPR status without conditions (IR-1) on the date that he entered.

Yodrak

Ok, get this...

Hubby gets his CR-1 visa on 8/19/05. We were married less than 2 years at the time. When he finally got his green card, he got a Permanent Resident Card with an expiration date of 10/21/2015 and says it's an IR-1. I finally called USCIS today. The guy said that in his records, it's not a mistake, that he really has Permanent Residency (IR-1) and that the expiration date is correct.

Has ANYONE ever heard of this??? I asked the guy several times to make sure. The customer service guy said that for whatever reason, they decided to give us the IR-1. I think it must be pretty rare. Hubby thinks it must happen all the time.

Is there anyone out there who also had this happen? Or is this the miracle I think it is???

Thanks for your responses!

[shayneandshelley 0]

Married 3/22/04, he entered the US the day after the interview in Montreal, on 8/19/05.

I was almost afraid to post this, but then I remembered....I called USCIS to confirm it!

Thanks for the reply

[luvbugs4ever 0]

yeah your husband is too lucky to be upgraded to IR-1. I read someone from the other website (WOF) that there process took 16 months and by the time she got her visa she was upgraded from CR-1 to IR-1. Congratulations anyway!

[Yodrak 7]

shayneandshelley,

I would nevertheless submit and I-751 during the 90-day period prior to 8/19/2007. If a mistake has been made, your husband is not absolved of paying the consequences if and when the mistake is discovered.

Yodrak

Married 3/22/04, he entered the US the day after the interview in Montreal, on 8/19/05.

I was almost afraid to post this, but then I remembered....I called USCIS to confirm it!

Thanks for the reply

[babybunny 2]

shayneandshelley,

I would nevertheless submit and I-751 during the 90-day period prior to 8/19/2007. If a mistake has been made, your husband is not absolved of paying the consequences if and when the mistake is discovered.

Yodrak

Married 3/22/04, he entered the US the day after the interview in Montreal, on 8/19/05.

I was almost afraid to post this, but then I remembered....I called USCIS to confirm it!

Thanks for the reply

I agree with Yodrak...

[Captain Oates 911]

When I turn up at the POE clutching my full immigrant visa, should I point out to the Officer that we have been married 2 years and one day and we would expect the ir-1 unconditional green card and can he put a note on the file- or can't he put notes on it ? ie is it up to the hormones/hangover of the person who eventually issues the green card as to the period of the card (and what permutations of the name they use) ?

My last name is 4 letters long and a very common one (4 people in my university class had the same name), and with no alternative way to spell it - they still got it wrong when I entered with K1 and caused a SS card issuance problem....

[babybunny 2]

When I turn up at the POE clutching my full immigrant visa, should I point out to the Officer that we have been married 2 years and one day and we would expect the ir-1 unconditional green card and can he put a note on the file- or can't he put notes on it ? ie is it up to the hormones/hangover of the person who eventually issues the green card as to the period of the card (and what permutations of the name they use) ?

My last name is 4 letters long and a very common one (4 people in my university class had the same name), and with no alternative way to spell it - they still got it wrong when I entered with K1 and caused a SS card issuance problem....

ok...if you want to