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Filed: Timeline
Posted (edited)

Good morning,

I passed my interview and was given a conditional visa by the embassy and paid the I-551 fee online for my green card on arrival back to the US last night I handed in my package as instructed but was given a letter for a I-751 form? and a letter of conditional residence with 90 days to file it or I could be removed from the country.

What is this?

I thought once the interview had taken place and been accepted and the $165 for the green card had been paid that was it?

Edited by OfficialSono
Posted

In two years, or when your GC expires, you will have to go through a process called Removal of Conditions with form I-751. USCIS will check that your marriage was not entered into for fraudulent reasons. They were just informing you of the next step. But, you can relax for nearly two years. The ROC process is pretty straightforward too. Good luck.

AOS for my husband
8/17/10: INTERVIEW DAY (day 123) APPROVED!!

ROC:
5/23/12: Sent out package
2/06/13: APPROVED!

Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: China
Timeline
Posted

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to Removing Conditions on Residency forum; unrelated posts split off.

Our journey:

Spoiler

September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

 

Filed: Timeline
Posted

Echo the previous post. Not only "collect" the evidence but make sure it exists. Make sure the primary bank account you run you income and bills through is jointly owned. Either make your utility bills joint ("John and Mary Jones, 100 Main St. Anywhere AX") or put some in your name and some in the spouse's at the same address. Ask relatives to send you Christmas or other cards addressed to you both. Be sure your lease is in both names, or if you are living with relatives, perhaps sign some kind of "pro forma" lease. Get the same address on both driver's licenses. Use a single credit card, if not joint then with one of you as an authorized user of the other, or perhaps even more perversely (not that I've seen this suggested) you use one in the spouse's name and they use one in yours. (Why? USCIS likes to see that you trust each other with your money.) Make sure the other is the beneficiary on all your insurance and retirement accounts and keep documentation of the changes. Make sure you are both listed on the auto and homeowners insurance policy. If you buy a house, obviously title it in both names, and perhaps the same for a car. Get a family plan cell phone account. Perhaps (I have not seen this mentioned before but it seems like a good idea) open and use a new joint email account, like "JohnAndMaryJones@hotmail.com." Thinking about it, in the present age, maybe sharing an email account and passwords is the most trusting thing of all!

 
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