I did not recieve my green cardsfor ten years yet

[rajvinder kaur 6]

Hi friends, I am again here with my new immigration questions with great hope that you will help me this time aslo like before. Actally I applied for me and for my son removal conditon green card in August 2016 but I didnot recieve my green cards yet. My conditioner cards were expired on spetember 2016. I have extention letters for one year which will end on september 19, 2017 which is after a month and few days from now. So my question is what should I do now? Just wait or..there is something I can do. Also, I want to know when I will be able to apply for citezenship. On visajourney, I read that I can apply for citizenship after three years of parmanent residence but my agent said that I can apply after 3years and 6 months after becoming residence. I m married with my citizen husband for 5years and 6 months now. I will be living in usa for three years on septemmber 19, 2017. Thank u.

[Haideraaz 19]

Hi ,, It's ok .. i received mine after 1 year and half ! .. they take a long time with that specially if your case is in Vermont ? .. what you have to do if your extension letter expires try to take an info pass from the nearest USCIS office and they will stamp your passport for an extra year ! and for the citizenship you cant apply while your green card is pending ! good luck

[geowrian 22,338]

It's not uncommon for ROC to take over a year at many service centers. Yes, you can apply for citizenship under the 3 year rule while waiting for ROC to complete so long as you meet the 3 year rule requirements (other than having completed ROC). You can apply 90 days prior to the 3 year anniversary of your original green card ("Resident Since" on the green card). How long you've been married or actually living in the US doesn't matter...it's based on how long you've been a permanent resident.

[mindthegap 2,605]

Fire your (useless) agent.

[dwheels76 5,469]

I believe they are on May 2016 filers. It's taking 15 to 18 months now. Most re ready to file citizenship so you will be able in August to file that.

[rajvinder kaur 6]

Thank u to all my friends. It is really a great help. My case is in california center.

 

 

Edited July 26, 2017 by rajvinder kaur

[shell20 746]

22 minutes ago, rajvinder kaur said:

Thank u to all my friends. It is really a great help. My case is in california center.

 

 

Your agent is unbelievable, sack them as stated above.

 

You can file as a fellow vjer said after 3 years  from the date of your conditional GC  you are allowed to do this 90 days before the 3 year anniversary of that said card and not a day before

 

. As above it does not go on how long you are married or lived here. It goes on the date of the card.  Now you can go and get a I551  stamp in your passport  at a field office, if your extension letter runs out, which enables you to travel and work while you are still waiting. My field office said I could do this 2 weeks before my letter expires, but I think it differs with each field office. 

 

I think, not 100 percent sure as I have not got to that stage or looked in it, but I think you may be able to do a service request after a year of waiting.  I am sure someone on this forum will clarify this for you!

[rajvinder kaur 6]

5 hours ago, shell20 said:

Your agent is unbelievable, sack them as stated above.

 

You can file as a fellow vjer said after 3 years  from the date of your conditional GC  you are allowed to do this 90 days before the 3 year anniversary of that said card and not a day before

 

. As above it does not go on how long you are married or lived here. It goes on the date of the card.  Now you can go and get a I551  stamp in your passport  at a field office, if your extension letter runs out, which enables you to travel and work while you are still waiting. My field office said I could do this 2 weeks before my letter expires, but I think it differs with each field office. 

 

I think, not 100 percent sure as I have not got to that stage or looked in it, but I think you may be able to do a service request after a year of waiting.  I am sure someone on this forum will clarify this for you!

Ok. Thank u friend. 

 

[shell20 746]

Just now, rajvinder kaur said:

Ok. Thank u friend. 

 

Youre welcome, however I thought about a service request after I commented and I think that a year isnt quite right, I think if I remember from AOS, you have to wait until California is stating on processing times that it is processing your date.    At the moment according to processing times it's either June or July.  You can't make a service request I don't think, until it shows its processing September cases and then it has to be the day you filed or a later date.  Just looked they are processing June https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processingTimesDisplay.do;jsessionid=abcJO7HL1clIb6rZLob2v  as from the end of April.  These processing times are updated each month, around the middle of the month.  Once they say they are processing your date then you can make that service request.

[nightingalejules 678]

On 7/26/2017 at 6:44 AM, rajvinder kaur said:

Hi friends, I am again here with my new immigration questions with great hope that you will help me this time aslo like before. Actally I applied for me and for my son removal conditon green card in August 2016 but I didnot recieve my green cards yet. My conditioner cards were expired on spetember 2016. I have extention letters for one year which will end on september 19, 2017 which is after a month and few days from now. So my question is what should I do now? Just wait or..there is something I can do. Also, I want to know when I will be able to apply for citezenship. On visajourney, I read that I can apply for citizenship after three years of parmanent residence but my agent said that I can apply after 3years and 6 months after becoming residence. I m married with my citizen husband for 5years and 6 months now. I will be living in usa for three years on septemmber 19, 2017. Thank u.

As previously mentioned, you can get a passport stamp if you make an InfoPass appointment at your local USCIS office that will extend your GC for another year. 

 

My question, though, is: why should you need to remove conditions at all? If you've been married to your husband for 5.5 years, then you must've already been married more than 2 years when you became a permanent resident. You should have gotten a 10 year green card from the beginning, shouldn't you?

 

And yes, fire your "agent" - especially if he/she had anything to do with you getting the wrong GC when you came to the US and not correcting it! 

 

The only thing that would keep you from filing for naturalization right on time is if you spent more than 6 months out of the US on one trip or if you've spent more than 18 months outside of the US in total over the 3 years. 

 

If you have been married to the person who petitioned you the whole 3 years, and you are within 90 days of the anniversary of your green card, and you've been living in the state where you're going to apply for at least 3 months, and you haven't been absent from the US for more than 6 months on one trip or 18 months altogether since becoming a permanent resident, you can apply for citizenship 90 days before the 1 year anniversary of your residency

 

On 7/26/2017 at 7:06 AM, Haideraaz said:

 and for the citizenship you cant apply while your green card is pending ! good luck

Not true... as long as you're still married to the USC that got you your green card, the state of your I-751 petition has no bearing on whether you can apply for citizenship. 3 yrs less 90 days after you became a permanent resident, you can apply for citizenship.

[rajvinder kaur 6]

9 hours ago, nightingalejules said:

As previously mentioned, you can get a passport stamp if you make an InfoPass appointment at your local USCIS office that will extend your GC for another year. 

 

My question, though, is: why should you need to remove conditions at all? If you've been married to your husband for 5.5 years, then you must've already been married more than 2 years when you became a permanent resident. You should have gotten a 10 year green card from the beginning, shouldn't you?

 

And yes, fire your "agent" - especially if he/she had anything to do with you getting the wrong GC when you came to the US and not correcting it! 

 

The only thing that would keep you from filing for naturalization right on time is if you spent more than 6 months out of the US on one trip or if you've spent more than 18 months outside of the US in total over the 3 years. 

 

If you have been married to the person who petitioned you the whole 3 years, and you are within 90 days of the anniversary of your green card, and you've been living in the state where you're going to apply for at least 3 months, and you haven't been absent from the US for more than 6 months on one trip or 18 months altogether since becoming a permanent resident, you can apply for citizenship 90 days before the 1 year anniversary of your residency

 

Not true... as long as you're still married to the USC that got you your green card, the state of your I-751 petition has no bearing on whether you can apply for citizenship. 3 yrs less 90 days after you became a permanent resident, you can apply for citizenship.

Hi. Thank u for your response. Actually i married to my husband 4.5 years now not 5.5 years. It is by mistake. I married t o my husbamd in January 2013 and I entered in USA in september 14 which is before completing the two years marriage anniversery. So I got conditonal green cards. Thank u freind.

 

[rajvinder kaur 6]

On 7/26/2017 at 8:12 AM, dwheels76 said:

I believe they are on May 2016 filers. It's taking 15 to 18 months now. Most re ready to file citizenship so you will be able in August to file that.

Hi. Can I file for citizenship in August? My extension letter will expire in September 19, 2017. Can I apply without stamp in my passport or without ten years green card? I think I can only make an infopass appointment two weeks ago before the expiry date of extension letter.

[rajvinder kaur 6]

On 7/26/2017 at 10:32 AM, shell20 said:

Your agent is unbelievable, sack them as stated above.

 

You can file as a fellow vjer said after 3 years  from the date of your conditional GC  you are allowed to do this 90 days before the 3 year anniversary of that said card and not a day before

 

. As above it does not go on how long you are married or lived here. It goes on the date of the card.  Now you can go and get a I551  stamp in your passport  at a field office, if your extension letter runs out, which enables you to travel and work while you are still waiting. My field office said I could do this 2 weeks before my letter expires, but I think it differs with each field office. 

 

I think, not 100 percent sure as I have not got to that stage or looked in it, but I think you may be able to do a service request after a year of waiting.  I am sure someone on this forum will clarify this for you!

Thank u friend. This is a great helpful information.

[rajvinder kaur 6]

On 7/26/2017 at 7:06 AM, Haideraaz said:

Hi ,, It's ok .. i received mine after 1 year and half ! .. they take a long time with that specially if your case is in Vermont ? .. what you have to do if your extension letter expires try to take an info pass from the nearest USCIS office and they will stamp your passport for an extra year ! and for the citizenship you cant apply while your green card is pending ! good luck

Ok thank u. Stamp on passport is not enought to apply for citizenship? Some says that it is enough to appy for citizenship.

[rajvinder kaur 6]

On 7/26/2017 at 7:41 AM, mindthegap said:

Fire your (useless) agent.

Ok thank u.