MY 2years Green Card is about to expire

[safae111 0]

HI everybody...

I came to usa on march 2013 with a 2 years green card to joined my husband ..now my green card gonna expire soon please let me know what should i do to extend it and get a 10years one..

[Dave&Roza 748]

HI everybody...

I came to usa on march 2013 with a 2 years green card to joined my husband ..now my green card gonna expire soon please let me know what should i do to extend it and get a 10years one..

You file the I-751 form for removal of conditions (ROC). You may file that form starting 90 days before the expiration date on your GC up to the date the GC expires--the USCIS receive by this date not postmarked--but the sooner the better. You will receive an extension letter extending your LPR status for another year so you may continue to work and travel internationally. Once the ROC is approved you will have a 10 year GC.

Follow the guides here: http://www.visajourney.com/content/751guide

Good luck,

Dave

[Pitaya 2,577]

HI everybody...

I came to usa on march 2013 with a 2 years green card to joined my husband ..now my green card gonna expire soon please let me know what should i do to extend it and get a 10years one..

From the IR1/CR1 guide (emphasis added):

At the bottom of either a CR-1 visa or IR-1 visa is the following sentence, "Upon Endorsement Serves As Temporary I-551 Valid For One Year." The endorsement is a standard CBP admission stamp with applicable information written in by the officer. This allows the visa itself to act as a temporary green card before the actual green card arrives in the mail. Additionally, if your relative is a CR-1 visa holder, the green card will only be valid for two years. Within ninety days before the green card expires, you will have to file an I-751 form to remove it's conditional status.

Good luck on your immigration journey.

Edited August 27, 2014 by A&B

[AudreyND 14]

Here's a good start:

http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/conditional-permanent-residence

(Silly internet... everyone's reply did not show until after i posted lol oh well!)

Edited August 27, 2014 by AudreyND

[milimelo 4,486]

~Moving to Removing conditions forum.~

[akihon 129]

do people not pay attention to these things? the immigration officer at the AoS interview even tells you to remember to remove conditions two years after you get your conditional residency.

[onye uwaoma 131]

How do people spend time to respond to unserious threads such as this one? Really? How did the op know the greencard is about to expire and did not know how to renew it? This isn't funny hehehe....ridiculously unserious..... Hisses mtcheeeeeeeeew...

[nobbie 105]

do people not pay attention to these things? the immigration officer at the AoS interview even tells you to remember to remove conditions two years after you get your conditional residency.

How do you know they had an AOS interview and even if they did how do you know what was said.

[akihon 129]

How do you know they had an AOS interview and even if they did how do you know what was said.

Even if they didn't, or haven't, I didn't need the immigration officer to tell me that I needed to remove conditions on my card after two years. , if I received something that starts with "conditional", I'd be doing everything I can to figure out how to get that conditional thing off! These are the kinds of things that you need to pay attention to or risk ###### deportation. That is how serious this is. Does the expiry date on the card not even make people THINK that they probably have to do something before then?

Sometimes people just want to be ###### spoonfed everything.

Edited August 28, 2014 by akihon

[medsox 2]

Troll! uscis sends out reminder to file I-751.

Edited August 28, 2014 by medsox

[seth2013 39]

Guys, if it's March 2013 then she has until March 2015 at the latest to file. It sounds like she's asking what to do with plenty of time to spare. No reason to get snarky.

Troll! uscis sends out reminder to file I-751.

If you have moved, you will probably not receive the letter even if you report a change of address to USCIS. My husband's reminder letter was sent to our old address, even though we reported our change of address with the forms on the website.

[nobbie 105]

Even if they didn't, or haven't, I didn't need the immigration officer to tell me that I needed to remove conditions on my card after two years. ######, if I received something that starts with "conditional", I'd be doing everything I can to figure out how to get that conditional thing off! These are the kinds of things that you need to pay attention to or risk ###### deportation. That is how serious this is. Does the expiry date on the card not even make people THINK that they probably have to do something before then?

Sometimes people just want to be ###### spoonfed everything.

I agree people ought to be aware, I just got my 2 year card and am keeping stuff for ROC already.

No, not everyone has an interview, I did not for AoS.

Just not sure why you need to come on here and swear.

[NickD 203]

11 months after we sent in our stack of AOS forms before our interview, IO said can only issue a conditional green card, not married for two years, we were married for 15 months. What's a two year card? Said have to file an I-751, and make sure you do this and send this in 90 days before the expiration date or can't travel or work.

Wrote that down and put a notice on our refrigerator door that stayed there for 21 months. After reading the requirements, see where our work was cut out for us, stuff that normally ended up in the trashcan had to be saved. Did download the form and kept it up to date with trips and all that. Had to add my wife's name to my home deed, attorneys wanted 500 bucks for this, but the key factor was finding that secret form. That I did and got by with ten bucks. Our register of deeds was very helpful, gave her the link for that form. Said I did a perfect job, attorneys are always making an error. This cost me ten bucks. Was not concerned about getting divorce with Wisconsin divorce laws, we were married long enough anyway where she could claim half of everything if she wanted to, with her name either on or off with the deed.

Had three vehicles, but only paid a hundred bucks for one to have her name on the title, no way to get around this. When the time came, downloaded the latest form to copy and paste everything over to it and had about an inch thick of evidence.

For all of our efforts, received a one year extension notice that she was required to carry with her with her expired green card. Call this cheating, made a copy of it and and stored the original in a safe. But had to take the original with us for trips abroad. I carried that, don't have a purse that can be stolen.

With Emilio in charge of the USCIS, that Cuban refugee that helped Bush get elected, was shifting these forms all over the place. Good thing I made compete copies of everything, we needed those. Neither her employer nor the DMV knew nothing about that one year extension, took a lot of explaining. She also had a conditional driver's license.

No green cards came in, had to make a trip to St. Paul to get an I-551 stamp in her passport, another wasted 450 mile round trip. Because of this, also applied for US citizenship at the same time, just about exactly one year later we sent in the I-751. In filing the N-400, wanted all the evidence we already submitted for the I-751, but also a lot of evidence from our AOS. Could only wonder how the USCIS determined she was eligible for the green card in the first place. That was really a huge stack of evidence.

But I feel this accelerated her getting her ten year green card. Came in two weeks after her citizenship interview, only to give it back a couple of weeks later for her certificate.

Also have a stepdaughter in the same boat, but she barely turned 18 when my wife had her citizenship interview. Pleas to the USCIS didn't work due to long delays with our AOS processing, she had to wait another two years with another 1,350 miles of driving. One for biometrics, another for her interview, and the third to receive that piece of paper at her oath ceremony. Then it was finally over, but apparently not for me. When I go out to my mail box, do I have to save this or can I just pitch it?

[Berty 74]

Does the expiry date on the card not even make people THINK that they probably have to do something before then?

Well yes, which is probably why the OP is asking. That they need to ask (or can't find out for themselves) is a separate issue and one that has taken this thread into a different area which, frankly, isn't very pleasant.

[soapbox rant]

I hope that abated some of your stress.

[AnotherLostSoul 167]

OP: if you got your green card in March 2013, the soonest you'll have to think about ROC is March 2015. You have plenty of time, no worries! Please read both USCIS website, as well as the top two topics in this forum thread. Both places tell you exactly the procedure to file for ROC in March 2015. All the best!