QUOTE(iamsam @ Apr 21 2008, 10:15 PM)

Just a warning: removing the Conditional Status will be tough if you divorce before you do so.
A friend of mine tried it and ended up deported. That doesn't mean the same will happen to you, but I'm guessing that's a risk that comes with it.
I don't think so. Friend of mine was married less than a year and got 10yGC without problem (she run away from Russia with 2 kids, from 2 Russian alcoholic ex-husbands with high hopes, but ended up with an American-Irish alcoholic; nice guy, great professional, 6-figure income-but still needed to drink every day-morning and night; he was not abusive-I think she just filed a waiver with divorce decree). As long as marriage was bona fide and you can back it up with some proof, you should be ok.
My lawer said to me years back (at condition GC stage)-that if my marriage would not work out, I should call him and there should not be any problem with removal of conditions. And timeframe is the same for most cases. Only you have to remember, that immigration is not like court procedings-no presumption. So, you have to prove that marriage bona fide.