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When does my time as a permanent resident begin?

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milimelo   4,475

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As soon as you're processed at POE you'll get a stamp in your passport - page next to your immigrant visa and that will turn your immigrant visa into a temporary green card. You're then a green card holder aka LPR and that's your date for counting to I-751 (if applicable) and N-400. 

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3 hours ago, MMDG said:

As the title says,how do I determine this info before getting my physical green card? 
is it the day I enter USA? 
or is it the day I was granted the IR1 visa?

The day you use the spouse visa to enter the USA.

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8 hours ago, MMDG said:

As the title says,how do I determine this info before getting my physical green card? 
is it the day I enter USA? 
or is it the day I was granted the IR1 visa?

You became a legal resident the moment you entered the US with the visa.

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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As the others have said, it is when you enter the country activating your spousal visa.  I will only add that when you actually receive your physical GC and check the "resident since date", this should show the date you entered the US on your visa, if it does not, you can file an I90 to have USCIS correct its mistake (at their cost) showing your CBP endorsement stamp as proof.

Visa Received : 2014-04-04 (K1 - see timeline for details)

US Entry : 2014-09-12

POE: Detroit

Marriage : 2014-09-27

I-765 Approved: 2015-01-09

I-485 Interview: 2015-03-11

I-485 Approved: 2015-03-13

Green Card Received: 2015-03-24 Yeah!!!

I-751 ROC Submitted: 2016-12-20

I-751 NOA Received:  2016-12-29

I-751 Biometrics Appt.:  2017-01-26

I-751 Interview:  2018-04-10

I-751 Approved:  2018-05-04

N400 Filed:  2018-01-13

N400 Biometrics:  2018-02-22

N400 Interview:  2018-04-10

N400 Approved:  2018-04-10

Oath Ceremony:  2018-06-11 - DONE!!!!!!!

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Always the day you enter using your visa. It is valid to mention that if you travel abroad (from the US to somewhere else) the time you are out of the country does not count for the naturalization processes. 

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