Warning! This may be a very stupid question. Forgive me in advance - I know nothing about 10-year cards.

When a conditional green card is issued, the info on the front looks like that:

Resident since: 1/1/2007
Card expires on: 1/1/2009

Now, when you file to remove conditions and get a new, permanent green card, what is that new card gonna have as your "resident since" date? Is it gonna be the same date as the conditional card (which is what I am thinking, cause it is the actual date you became a permanent resident), or do they put a new date on it, the date when the 10-year card was issued? To illustrate this, does a 10-year card look like that:

Resident since: 1/1/2007
Card expires on: 1/1/2017

Or like that:

Resident since: 1/1/2009
Card exp. on: 1/1/2019

I'm sorry again if what I'm asking is stupid

It is going to look like that

Resident since: 1/1/2007
Card expires on: 1/1/2019

hmm interesting..

Seconded. The first date is the date of your 1st ever green card approval. Second is ten years after the date of approval of the 10-year card.

So my husband's original dates were 1/15/05 and 1/15/07.
New card has 1/15/05 and 3/20/17.

Thirded. That's what it looks like. The earlier scenario's exact dates are unlikely, because it would assume conditions were removed exactly on the expiration date of the 2 year card. That's not impossible, but very often the ten year card will be issued a few months after the conditional card expired. Theoretically, it could be earlier, if you filed ASAP and they processed everything in less than 90 days.

My dates are:
Resident since: 04/02/2005
Card expires: 03/24/2017

I got my card a week or so before my conditional card expired...

Thank you all! Yes, it makes a lot of sense that the first date is the date when your very first green card was issued.

Jewel,

Point of clarification: It's not the date that the first card was issued, it's the date that LPR status was granted. The date that the first card was issued would be shortly (hopefully) thereafter.

Yodrak