Remove Conditions after Naturalization

[zachp 3]

My wife became a us citizen in February, she was able to get expedited naturalization through military service. 

 

We recently received a notice from USCIS to remind us to file a form I-751 to remove conditions since her GC will expire in October. 

 

I assume this reminder was sent in error but I wanted to find out if anyone else had the same experience and if there is anything we need to do to make sure uscis knows she naturalized? 

[PaulaCJohnny 713]

Is she already a citizen? Does she have certificate and passport?

[Verrou 1,962]

that reminder if i remember correctly is auto sent letter by USCIS. if you want to be sure, just send brief letter to explain that she already a citizen + copy of naturalization certificate. is there any address on that notice? if yes, send it to that address. 

[Mike E 11,739]

47 minutes ago, zachp said:

My wife became a us citizen in February, she was able to get expedited naturalization through military service. 

 

We recently received a notice from USCIS to remind us to file a form I-751 to remove conditions since her GC will expire in October. 

 

I assume this reminder was sent in error but I wanted to find out if anyone else had the same experience and if there is anything we need to do to make sure uscis knows she naturalized? 

I would

 

* carry my U.S. passport card with me at all times. I think every citizen born abroad should do this.

 

* write to the USCIS address on that letter with a copy of the letter, a copy of the naturalization certificate, and a cover letter requesting USCIS to update its records. USPS priority mail should suffice, but if you want certainty, send it registered mail.
 

* a year after USCIS receives the above, do an FOIA to verify that the above was recorded in the A file

 

* 2 years after the GC was due to expire, check https://acis.eoir.justice.gov/en/ for any removal (deportation) cases.

 

 

 

[zachp 3]

1 hour ago, Verrou said:

that reminder if i remember correctly is auto sent letter by USCIS. if you want to be sure, just send brief letter to explain that she already a citizen + copy of naturalization certificate. is there any address on that notice? if yes, send it to that address. 

This was my assumption. Like they just set up the reminder to go out when they issue the green card and do not remove the reminder if something changes (it is uncommon after all for someone to be able to naturalize before they remove conditions).

 

I think this is a good medium, just sending a response so it shows that we did something

 

 

1 hour ago, PaulaCJohnny said:

Is she already a citizen? Does she have certificate and passport?

Yes, she has the certificate, a passport, and a letter from Biden (that everyone gets 🤣)!

[OldUser 6,608]

Ain't no such thing as conditional citizen @zachp

You can safely ignore auto reminder.

[Rafagus 64]

The only weird thing is that if you have a conditional green card, and the green card is about to expire, then you don't have the required three years of LPR status (if you're married to a US citizen) to be able to naturalize.

 

I would think she had a 10 year green card and USCIS made a mistake.

 

 

[Mike E 11,739]

1 minute ago, Rafagus said:

The only weird thing is that if you have a conditional green card, and the green card is about to expire, then you don't have the required three years of LPR status (if you're married to a US citizen) to be able to naturalize.

 

I would think she had a 10 year green card and USCIS made a mistake.

 

 

My read of https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/guides/chapter4.pdf says other wise

 

[zachp 3]

She 100% has legally naturalized. She enlisted in the Army which removed the required waiting period. 

 

It seems the consensus is that the notice is simply an automated message that they forgot to cancel since military service is a bit uncommon. 

[Mike E 11,739]

1 hour ago, zachp said:

She 100% has legally naturalized. She enlisted in the Army which removed the required waiting period. 

Correct. If one is a service member in U.S. today, or at any time on or was after 9/11, or was at any other time of war, LPR status is not even required to naturalize.

Edited July 20, 2023 by Mike E

[Ontarkie 14,217]

~~Moved to Military Discussion, from ROC - as this case is based on being a service member and they have some different perks.~~