Green Card Received what´s next?

[fjm1991 0]

Hello Everyone

My AOS interview was approved this year and I received my temporary green card just few days ago. I arrived to the US with a visa K1 in July last year (2015), got married and immediately applied for adjustment of status and work authorization, I did not send a petition for advance parole since I did not need to travel outside the US for a while.

My question is what´s next?

The green card will expire in two years, it is a conditional permanent residence because I´ve been married only for 6 months.

Do I need to apply for advance parole in order to travel outside the US (form I-131)?

When do I have to apply for Lifting of Conditions (form I-751)?

Since my green card only last for 2 years will I need to update it or I just apply for citizenship before or after it expires?

Thank you very much in advance.

[Dave&Roza 748]

Hello Everyone

My AOS interview was approved this year and I received my temporary green card just few days ago. I arrived to the US with a visa K1 in July last year (2015), got married and immediately applied for adjustment of status and work authorization, I did not send a petition for advance parole since I did not need to travel outside the US for a while.

My question is what´s next?

The green card will expire in two years, it is a conditional permanent residence because I´ve been married only for 6 months. Yes.

Do I need to apply for advance parole in order to travel outside the US (form I-131)? No.

When do I have to apply for Lifting of Conditions (form I-751)? Yes you apply 90 days before the GC expires.

Since my green card only last for 2 years will I need to update it or I just apply for citizenship before or after it expires?

Thank you very much in advance.

First, there is nothing temporary about your GC. You are a LPR with all the rights and responsibilities that that entails. You must collect information about your lives together from the date of the marriage up to and including the date you submit the I-751 form to remove your conditions (ROC). You can file the ROC 90 days before the expiration date of your GC. One word of caution to the difference between the 2 year GC and the 10 year GC--your LPR status expires with the 2 year GC whereas only the card expires for a 10 year GC, your status does not--so file the ROC early in the window to prevent any problems.

You have to wait 3 years to apply for US citizenship if still married to the US citizen you received the GC with. Otherwise you have to wait for 5 years. You might want to go to the USCIS website and have a look about maintaining your LPR status and travelling outside the US and how that can have disastrous effects on your ability to file for citizenship.

Dave

[Penguin_ie 5,984]

****** Moving from US Citizenship to Removal of Conditions forum, as this is the next step for Op *******

[fjm1991 0]

What do you mean by disastrous effects?

[Dave&Roza 748]

What do you mean by disastrous effects?

As in resetting your continuous residency clock. There is a thread here on VJ where a LPR spent 20 years in the US and then went overseas for 8 months. Those 20years now only count 364 days towards the time as a LPR in the US for USC or you loose your LPR status and therefore cannot file for citizenship. Step one is to keep your LPR status. Step two is to maintain your continuous residency so you can file for citizenship.

Dave

Edited February 3, 2016 by Dave&Roza

[sommerverna 0]

Hello Everyone

My AOS interview was approved this year and I received my temporary green card just few days ago. I arrived to the US with a visa K1 in July last year (2015), got married and immediately applied for adjustment of status and work authorization, I did not send a petition for advance parole since I did not need to travel outside the US for a while.

My question is what´s next?

The green card will expire in two years, it is a conditional permanent residence because I´ve been married only for 6 months.

Do I need to apply for advance parole in order to travel outside the US (form I-131)?

When do I have to apply for Lifting of Conditions (form I-751)?

Since my green card only last for 2 years will I need to update it or I just apply for citizenship before or after it expires?

Thank you very much in advance.

Hi,

You will require to file Form I-131 before travelling outside US.

Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence is used by by a conditional resident who obtained status through marriage. Once your application is accepted by USCIS Service Center will send you an application receipt notice.You can read the instructions give by USCIS for filling application & documents required for filling.

Disclaimer:- usimmigration-center.com is a private entity and is not affiliated or approved by any government agency.We are not a law firm and don't provide attorney's services.

[fjm1991 0]

Ok so basically if I want to travel to my country to visit my family just for 1 or 2 weeks with my conditional (2 years) green card I wont have any problem?

[Penguin_ie 5,984]

1 to 2 weeks, or even 1 to 2 months is totally fine.