Green Card / Process - Next Steps

[Caitlin Kennedy 67]

Hi all, My husband is to receive his AP/EAD card within the week as we are waiting for our green card interview to be scheduled so he can travel and work. In the meantime, we are looking ahead, (because when are you not in this process?) Is the below process correct?

Edited September 30, 2020 by Caitlin Kennedy

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

Yes, your husband will receive his conditional greencard which will be valid for 2 years. Currently, he can file the petition to remove conditions 90 days prior to expiration. He can also file for citizenship, currently, 90 days prior to his 3 year anniversary of being a permanent resident (this would be the date on his initial conditional greencard). In the meantime keep track of things such as his travel in/out of the USA, jobs, addresses, etc- these will all be needed on the forms. It's also a good idea to be aware of how you guys are commingling your finances/life- as this will need to be shown at both steps as well. 

[Wuozopo 4,293]

4 hours ago, Caitlin Kennedy said:

Hi all, My husband is to receive his AP/EAD card within the week as we are waiting for our green card interview to be scheduled so he can travel and work. In the meantime, we are looking ahead, (because when are you not in this process?) Is the below process correct?

 Hi Caitlin 👋

 

His greencard will have a date on it “Resident since xx/xx/xxxx”. 
Two years from that date the card expires, so he must submit I751 Removal of Conditions (aka ROC) before the expiration. The earliest you can submit is 90 days before. That was our biggest application because you send evidence covering 2 years proving you share your life, finances, living arrangements. What we did was start a folder Immediately and throw in sampling’s of things with both names. Joint bank accounts, joint tax returns, leases or mortgages, bills with both names, joint credit cards, driver licenses showing same address, anything where one is beneficiary or the other,  Car insurance listing both names.  Just copy and throw in the folder so you have some stuff from early in your marriage until the time you apply for ROC. Otherwise you might throw out the old car insurance paper when you get new ones. For things like monthly bank statements, I only did the earliest date, some in the middle, and the most recent. When the time comes to file you will have a folder full of stuff to sort and choose what to send. No scrambling for years-old proofs. An interview would be rare. They just mail a new greencard that has a 10 year expiration, but it can take a year for them to get around to your application.

 

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His first greencard will have a date on it “Resident since xx/xx/xxxx”. 
Three years from that date, he may apply for US citizenship if he is still married to you. Otherwise it’s five years from his first greencard date.. You don’t need a massive amount of of evidence. I only sent a few new things with dates since the ROC marriage proofs just to show we continued to be married.

 

Edited September 30, 2020 by Wuozopo

[trudi 1,317]

We had an old shoebox and just threw things in as we got them 😁🤣