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cmp211
Dear frnds,

I have been married to my wife since last 1yr and 9 month.my case now completed at NVC &i am waiting for visa date.I get hopefully date of interview in april/May.(1 yr and 11 month if get date in may)
my questation is will i get 10yr green card(IR1) as i married for 2 year (date of marrige:02 June 2006)
or I will fall under conditional green card catagory?
or I should enter in US after my 2 yr complete(by delaying enterring 1 month,with stamped cr1 visa)
or when can i get more info in this regards
i seen this in wIKi FORUM

pl help me?

Thanks in advance,
c patel
YuAndDan
It all depends on when you get the green-card issued, that is the date you enter the USA using the immigrant visa.

If interview happens before 2nd wedding anniversary, the visa will show CR-1 Code, HOWEVER, if you delay and enter the USA after 2nd wedding anniversary, show marriage cert to POE officer, the card will be coded for 10 years. (A couple of posts have shown the POE made a mistake and code for the CR-Green-card, but all that was needed is to schedule an appointment to USCIS field office and get it corrected)

If visa interview happens after 2nd wedding anniversary, then the visa should be coded IR-1.

If you wait until after 2nd wedding anniversary to use the visa, and then enter the USA, the POE officer should code the green-card as the 10 year Un-conditional one, it is recommended to have and show your marriage cert to the POE officer.

Most posts that I have seen about this tell that is what they will do. I have read one time about someone getting coded CR-Green-Card, and they had to do a info pass, and USCIS corrected the card.

Someone else posted about asking the POE officer and they said the this is policy.

Lastly, if you are unsure, you can always call the consulate and get interview postponed for a month or so to ensure that you will be interviewed after 2nd wedding anniversary.

SEE: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...=115861&hl=
cmp211

Thank you verry much,
you know ,I am asking 2nd time.Eventhough you replied.It is really great.you know some one having this confusion how he feels.because I dont want to miss the chance.

Thanks once againg.

Wish you too Good luck for you Marriage Life which lies ahead.

Regards,
cmp211





QUOTE(YuAndDan @ Mar 17 2008, 09:21 AM) *
It all depends on when you get the green-card issued, that is the date you enter the USA using the immigrant visa.

If interview happens before 2nd wedding anniversary, the visa will show CR-1 Code, HOWEVER, if you delay and enter the USA after 2nd wedding anniversary, show marriage cert to POE officer, the card will be coded for 10 years. (A couple of posts have shown the POE made a mistake and code for the CR-Green-card, but all that was needed is to schedule an appointment to USCIS field office and get it corrected)

If visa interview happens after 2nd wedding anniversary, then the visa should be coded IR-1.

If you wait until after 2nd wedding anniversary to use the visa, and then enter the USA, the POE officer should code the green-card as the 10 year Un-conditional one, it is recommended to have and show your marriage cert to the POE officer.

Most posts that I have seen about this tell that is what they will do. I have read one time about someone getting coded CR-Green-Card, and they had to do a info pass, and USCIS corrected the card.

Someone else posted about asking the POE officer and they said the this is policy.

Lastly, if you are unsure, you can always call the consulate and get interview postponed for a month or so to ensure that you will be interviewed after 2nd wedding anniversary.

SEE: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...=115861&hl=

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