DK999

A couple contributors in the previous thread seemed to believe otherwise. So that raises the question: why are so many ghetto IR-1 people given 2-year green cards? Is this just human error on USCIS' part?

Spouse and I arrived in the land o' free today and thanks to some of you nice folks we came prepared for the ghetto IR-1 hurdle. Long story short, first officer says he can't endorse her CR-1 visa as IR-1. I ask for the supervisor. He says the same thing. I don't accept defeat and he says well you can take it "to the back," aka scary secondary down the long red line. So I agree. We waited almost an hour until an officer, who curiously wasn't wearing the same "cop" outfit as all the others handling people in secondary called our name, asked for our marriage cert, said gimme one min to take care of this, and handed back her passport with "IR-1" written in the endorsement stamp. Hoorah. Now for a dumb question: even though her entry was through CBP, does USCIS automatically get notified and thus start the green card processing? Any recent estimates on how long that takes? Thanks.

Thanks for all the good advice. Hoping to catch our CBP officer in a good mood. More than two years to replace a green card...holy #######

My spouse has been issued a CR-1 visa (yay), and because our 2nd anniversary is soon, we're going to enter the US after that date to secure a 10-year green card. I've seen a couple stories of people getting the 2-year green card by mistake because they were classified incorrectly at customs, or something to that effect. So, my question is, do we have to do/say anything when entering, or is it just up to the powers-that-be to put 2+2 together and issue our green card correctly, and then file some more exciting paperwork in case there's a mistake? Thanks!

What is the max amount of cash (in USD) you can leave the country with? Seeing conflicting/old sources on other sites. Thanks.