Citizenship after 3 years of conditional residency or permanent

[monican 0]

My husband and I have just recieved the first NOAs for his CR1/IR1 Visa, Application of Status and EAD. None the less we are planning ahead for the eventual process for pursueing citizenship as well. My question is this... since we have only been married 3 months he will recieve Conditional Permanent Residence Status until 8/18/09. In terms of applying for citizenship it appears he can apply 90 days before he's been a permanent resident for 3 years. DOES this time include when he was a conditional permanent resident or when he the restrictions were lifted?

Thank you for your help!

Monica & Gino

[YuAndDan 153]

Three years of "Residency" makes no difference conditional or not.

[Mononoke28 135]

The countdown begins when he is given his green card, conditional or not.

Diana

[doninmichigan2004 0]

thanks, I' ve been wondering the same thing, and just started a topic on this subject, before I saw this one.

where is the official evidence on this on USCIS? I can't find it anywhere.

thanks again

[JVKn'CVO 11]

USCIS - A guide to naturalization

page 18

Saludos,

Caro

[simple_male 1]

My husband and I have just recieved the first NOAs for his CR1/IR1 Visa, Application of Status and EAD. None the less we are planning ahead for the eventual process for pursueing citizenship as well. My question is this... since we have only been married 3 months he will recieve Conditional Permanent Residence Status until 8/18/09. In terms of applying for citizenship it appears he can apply 90 days before he's been a permanent resident for 3 years. DOES this time include when he was a conditional permanent resident or when he the restrictions were lifted?

Thank you for your help!

Monica & Gino

It starts from the very first day when one is granted a conditional permanent resident card.

[doninmichigan2004 0]

thanks Caro, but I had already read that section in USCIS, and nowhere in there does it mention "Conditional" Status, so it is confusing.

thanks simple male, hope you and others are right, it would mean my wife is eligible this September, even though she received her 10 year green card yesterday.

[Marilyn. 340]

it says you have to be a permanent resident for 3 years...

and you are a permanent resident regardless if your green card is conditional or not...

[doninmichigan2004 0]

it says you have to be a permanent resident for 3 years...

and you are a permanent resident regardless if your green card is conditional or not...

thanks, that's what I thought when I read it on USCIS website, but was not sure.

[payxibka 10,047]

it says you have to be a permanent resident for 3 years...

and you are a permanent resident regardless if your green card is conditional or not...

thanks, that's what I thought when I read it on USCIS website, but was not sure.

Think about it another way... When you arrive at a POE there is a line for visitors and a line for US Citizens and permanent residents... No where do they make a distinction between conditional and not conditional residents... permanent residencey is just that....

[doninmichigan2004 0]

it says you have to be a permanent resident for 3 years...

and you are a permanent resident regardless if your green card is conditional or not...

thanks, that's what I thought when I read it on USCIS website, but was not sure.

Think about it another way... When you arrive at a POE there is a line for visitors and a line for US Citizens and permanent residents... No where do they make a distinction between conditional and not conditional residents... permanent residencey is just that....

that is true, but in researching the USCIS website, things are not always clear.

[JASONandDAA 0]