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I have a quick question. Yes I know my question is far in advance, but my Wife has to file for her 10 year green card extension come March of next year. Her driver's license expires in July 2016.

Does USCIS usually approve the green card holder the extension before the original green card expires?

Or have a lot of you had to complete some other process in order to continue driving if you were waiting for the decision of USCIS?

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why renew green card when she can apply to become a citizen

Some countries if you give up your citizenship then you cant own land there, can't work, etc

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I don't believe she can apply for citizenship until the 3 year from the day she got her first 2 year green card. So we have another year.

If requirements have changed, please advise.

Thank you.


She will be keeping her Kyrgyzstan passport. She just had a friend who came over on a marriage visa do the same.

But back on topic about the license.

Anyone?

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You are confusing everyone, your wife needs to remove condition of her 2year green card, follow instruction here http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?autocom=custom&page=751guide

Once she applies for I-751, they will send her an extension letter, which is good for one year. She can renew her driver license with it.

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~Moved from Fam.-based AOS to ROC Forum~

~Inquiry about ROC-related process~

Completed: K1/K2 (271 days) - AOS/EAD/AP (134 days) - ROC (279 days)

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You are confusing everyone, your wife needs to remove condition of her 2year green card, follow instruction here http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?autocom=custom&page=751guide

Once she applies for I-751, they will send her an extension letter, which is good for one year. She can renew her driver license with it.

Perfect answer. That was all I was looking for. I just read a few articles where DMV's were not accepting the extension letters so that is why I asked the original question.

Thanks for your solid input.

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Perfect answer. That was all I was looking for. I just read a few articles where DMV's were not accepting the extension letters so that is why I asked the original question.

Thanks for your solid input.

It depends where you go. If one DMV won't take it, try another. I know the DMV near me accepts extension letters, because this guy brought in a photocopy of his NOA extension letter and the woman angrily told him she couldn't extend his license without the original :P In her defense, he wasn't listening to her and was insisting on a new license anyway.

ROC from CR-1 visa (Green Card expiration date was Nov 24th 2016)

 

Link to the evidence I submitted. Be sure to send evidence spanning your entire marriage (especially for K-1) or as far back as you can. Just one or two bank statements will not cut it. I primarily focused on the two years of living here since I came in on a CR-1. If you don't have the fundamentals (i.e. joint accounts/policies), you can explain why in the covering letter. E.g. "While we do not have joint utilities, we both contribute to them from our joint bank account".

 

September 26th 2016: I-751 package sent to CSC

September 28th 2016: Package delivered
September 30th 2016: Check cashed
October 3rd 2016: NOA1 received with receipt date of 09/28/16
November 3rd 2016: Biometrics received with appointment date of 11/14/16.
November 14th 2016: Attended biometrics appointment
October 30th 2017: Infopass appointment to get I-551 stamp
February 26th 2018: I-751 case number (aka the NOA1 receipt number) becomes trackable
March 14th 2018: Submitted service request due to being outside of processing time.

March 15th 2018: ROC approved. 535 days (1 year, 5 months and 17 days)

March 29th 2018: Card being produced

April 4th 2018: Card mailed out

April 6th 2018: Card in hand. Has incorrect "resident since" date. Submitted service request on I-751 case (typographical error on permanent resident card) and an I-90 online.

April 2018 - August 7th 2018: Tons of service requests, emails and now senator involvement to get my corrected green card back because what the heck, USCIS. Also some time in May I sent a letter to Potomac telling them I want to withdraw my I-90 since CSC were handling it.

August 8th 2018: Card in production thanks to the direct involvement of Senator Sherrod Brown's team

August 13th 2018: Card mailed

August 15th 2018: Card in hand with correct date. :joy:

October 31st 2018: Potomac sends out a notice stating they have closed out my I-90 per my request. Yay for no duplicate card drama.

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why renew green card when she can apply to become a citizen

That is kind of offensive really. Why should anyone be required to become a citizen? What is wrong with people keeping their own nationality and not giving up their homeland?

Truly offensive to me. America is not what you think it is.

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That is kind of offensive really. Why should anyone be required to become a citizen? What is wrong with people keeping their own nationality and not giving up their homeland?

Truly offensive to me. America is not what you think it is.

Nobody said it was required to become a US citizen. The suggestion was merely to say if you become a citizen, you don't have to keep paying (and remembering) to renew a greencard every ten years. Some find it easier to be done with USCIS forever. Another advantage is one could move back to that beloved homeland for an extended period of time without getting the greencard revoked. One could move freely between countries without having to go through the visa/greencard process all over again when/if they decided to return to the US.

And for most, it is not giving up their homeland at all. It is merely adding a second passport/nationality.

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10-05-08 Married

AOS Timeline 5 months, 14 days 10-9-08 to 3-23-09 No interview

Removing Conditions Timeline 5 months, 20 days12-27-10 to 06-10-11 No interview

Citizenship Timeline 3 months, 26 days 12-31-11 Dallas to 4-26-12 Interview Houston

05-16-12 Oath ceremony

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