When should I file my I-751?

[dancingcrab 0]

Hello all,

My two year green card is expiring on 20/1/2012, so I know I'm going to have to remove the conditions and apply for a 10-year card via the I-751 soon. However, the info on the USCIS website is giving me some seemingly conflicting (wrong?) information. Under the 'How to Apply to Remove the Conditions', it says: 'You should apply during the 90 days before your second anniversary as a conditional resident. The expiration date on your green card is also the date of your second anniversary as a conditional resident'. This is not true.

My green card, as I mentioned, expires 20/1/2012. However, my second anniversary is at the end of October 2011. What gives? It appears the card's expiration is tied to the expiration of my original K-1 visa.

The ultimate question is do I file now (in time for the end of October this year), or do I wait until November (three months before 20/1/2012)?

Thank you in advance for any advice you can give.

[Aloe 10]

What do you mean your second anniversary is in October? For your Wedding?

There is a date on your GC it has a Residence Since date. The expiration date of the GC is 2 years from that date which is your 2 year anniversary and your window to file opens 90 days before that date, which if I figured it correctly is about October 22nd.

Someone please do correct me if I am wrong

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

You do understand that the immigration people talk about the second anniversary of your residency. In the plainest English possible: two years after your became a Green Card holder as shown on your Green Card where it on the front states RESIDENT SINCE.

Your marriage has nothing to do with this. People can be married for 50 years and have lived in Merry old England before moving to the US. They still can't remove conditions before the second anniversary of their residency.

[hotshot 2]

it simply means that check your expiry date of GC and count back ward 90Days this is the time frame that you have to apply and if you apply after your expiry date you can lose your green card. your time frame is 21 oct 2011 to 20/1/2012 within this time you have to apply for it...................

[ThaitoUSA 15]

Under the 'How to Apply to Remove the Conditions', it says: 'You should apply during the 90 days before your second anniversary as a conditional resident. The expiration date on your green card is also the date of your second anniversary as a conditional resident'.

No contradiction in the information provided.

[Lovable81 0]

You just go by your green card. If it expires 20/1/2012, then that's your second anniversary date and count 90 days back. That's when you'll be able to file for ROC.