My conditional green card never issued.Then,When Can I apply for US citizenship.

[Shub 78]

Please see this link, in end this link (23)

They wrote ,for some people this happen to have 10 years green card without conditional permanent residency. Then I am not first one or strange case in this kind visa, this happen to me.

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1flow

I was hoping someone have same experince as me , tell me about his/her what i should to do.

That's not strange, that's just what happens when your application for adjustment of status is granted after the second anniversary of your marriage.

When applying for a green card based on marriage to a US citizen, the rule is very simple:

- If you have been married for less than two years, you get a conditional two-year green card.

- If you have been married for more than two years, you get a ten-year green card.

So if you got married in November 2011 and your application for a green card was granted in February 2014, you should have received a ten-year green card, and you did. There is no problem.

It is uncommon for K-1 visa holders to get a 10-year green card without having to go through removal of conditions because, as you know, when you come in as a K-1, you have to get married within 90 days of arriving in the US. After that, people apply for a green card and usually get approved sooner, so most people who adjust status from a K-1 get a conditional two-year green card.

In your case, USCIS took longer to review your application for adjustment of status, so you didn't have to go through removal of conditions. That's really all!

[kzielu 1,147]

Please see this link, in end this link (23)

They wrote ,for some people this happen to have 10 years green card without conditional permanent residency. Then I am not first one or strange case in this kind visa, this happen to me.

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1flow

I was hoping someone have same experince as me , tell me about his/her what i should to do.

That absolutely has ZERO relevance. There are people out there that have been married for 10 or 20 years to US citizens, the come to US and still have to wait three years from when their spousal visa (with which their time of entry to US in their case equals to 10 year unconditional green card) was approved.

Is is really all very straight forward. Another way to try is to use this calculator. Take a try and report what date did you get back...

[Converts 9]

I think OP doesn't like the answers that have been given to him. There's no other way around it.

[Me_Theo 25]

Thank you Shub and others.

That is not my fault the did mistake to keeping my file untill 2014,

I sent all document and forms after marry to them, I did my part so well.

But still I will send my N-400 on same day i said.

If you guys are right. that is ok.

If they (USCIS) did mistake on my file in first step on 2011 to keeping me away, may be this time, they do right job on my file.

But still i am waiting for someone has same experience as my case.

[Asia 2,491]

Thank you Shub and others.

That is not my fault the did mistake to keeping my file untill 2014,

They didn't make any mistake.

Maybe you've been put under AP and that's why it took so long to become the LPR?

Do you know that?

Sure nobody can keep you from applying for citizenship now.

But what's the point?

You haven't been LPR for 3 years yet.

If you have some extra money to waste, spend it on something more useful

[Shub 78]

Thank you Shub and others.

That is not my fault the did mistake to keeping my file untill 2014,

I sent all document and forms after marry to them, I did my part so well.

But still I will send my N-400 on same day i said.

If you guys are right. that is ok.

If they (USCIS) did mistake on my file in first step on 2011 to keeping me away, may be this time, they do right job on my file.

But still i am waiting for someone has same experience as my case.

You can't make the assumption that they will "do the right job on your file" this time, and that implies they didn't do the job right on your green card application. You cannot know that. For some people, it just takes longer than for others.

Now when you submit your N-400 along with a copy of your green card in December, someone will see right away on your green card that you have only been a permanent resident since February and deny your application on the spot because it's only been 10 months, not 3 years. If you have $680 to throw away, be my guest, but you've been warned.

Yes, you did everything right to get this far, but applying for a green card is a completely different process than applying for citizenship.

With citizenship, you have to have been a permanent resident for three years or more. It doesn't matter when you arrived in the US, what type of visa you used to come to the US, when you got married, it doesn't even matter when you applied for your green card. All that matters is when your application for permanent residence was granted.

Your application for a green card was granted on February 16, 2014, so that is when you became a permanent resident.

If you believe you became a permanent resident on an earlier date, based on correspondence you received from USCIS, in other words if you believe USCIS made a mistake and your green card should say a different date, then you need to contact them.

Otherwise, everything was done according to the law and you simply have to wait for your eligibility window to open.

[kzielu 1,147]

Thank you Shub and others.

That is not my fault the did mistake to keeping my file untill 2014,

I sent all document and forms after marry to them, I did my part so well.

But still I will send my N-400 on same day i said.

If you guys are right. that is ok.

If they (USCIS) did mistake on my file in first step on 2011 to keeping me away, may be this time, they do right job on my file.

But still i am waiting for someone has same experience as my case.

Wow, you really have either some basic problem with understanding english, basic problem with understanding the process or both.

Nobody made any mistakes here. They will do the right job on your file if you send it out now - take the money, deny the petition, send you money back. That will be exactly what everybody there (and here) will call the right job.

[DC85 113]

Your Problem was you didn't follow up with your AOS application early. Let me tell you one thing. You need to understand the requirement for citizenship!!!!! Even if you are married to a USC for 40 years and you are living here for the same period without a GC you are not eligible for Citizenship!!! You need to have a green card for three years before you apply. And stop asking for experienced people because all the answers that were given to you were accurate.

[Me_Theo 25]

in other words if you believe USCIS made a mistake and your green card should say a different date, then you need to contact them.

ok. Please tell me where i should call to complain the date is on my GC.

[Shub 78]

ok. Please tell me where i should call to complain the date is on my GC.

The number for USCIS Customer Service is 1-800-375-5283.

Be warned that I doubt that USCIS made a mistake, so I doubt that you'll get any help. It's far more likely that you misunderstood something along the way.

[Me_Theo 25]

Wow, you really have either some basic problem with understanding english, basic problem with understanding the process or both.

If was not matter by what kind visa someone takes her/his "GC" , Never Ever , USCIS doesn't put on green card place for "category".

Then, I think I am so right. It is NOT problem about understanding english. DEAR

Edited March 11, 2014 by Me_Theo

[EM_Vandaveer 2,370]

You really don't understand the process. You had an AOS interview in February 2014, right? Nobody who has an interview for AOS becomes a LPR before the interview. You became a LPR on the day of your interview. You need to be a LPR for 3 years (minus 90 days) to be eligible for citizenship. You have not been a LPR for that amount of time. They'll take your money and deny your application.

[EM_Vandaveer 2,370]

If was not matter by what kind visa someone takes her/his "GC" , never USCIS doesn't put on green card place for "category".

Then, I think I am so right. It is NOT problem about understanding english. DEAR

The category has to do with on what basis you got your Green Card, not the visa you entered on. For example, if someone enters on K-1, gets married and gets a Green Card before 2 years of marriage, they'll get category CR1/CR6 on their Green Card, but if someone enters on an F1 for example, then gets married to a USC, files for AOS and gets a Green Card before 2 years of marriage, they'll get category CR1/CR6 on their Green Card, too!

Edited March 11, 2014 by EM_Vandaveer

[Caryh 5,206]

The number for USCIS Customer Service is 1-800-375-5283.

Be warned that I doubt that USCIS made a mistake, so I doubt that you'll get any help. It's far more likely that you misunderstood something along the way.

Back to the disinformation line

Given the time frame he filed to adjust status, I wouldn't be surprised if his petition was misplaced and it wasn't until his congressman inquired that they went searching for it. AOS applications were totally overloading USCIS at the time, and many waited over a year. But it doesn't really matter, when they issued the green card is the date he's stuck with, together with all the others that waited longer than normal back then. His isn't the first, nor will it be the last case, where USCIS misplaced a petition for a couple years.

[cdneh 3,112]

If was not matter by what kind visa someone takes her/his "GC" , Never Ever , USCIS doesn't put on green card place for "category".

Then, I think I am so right. It is NOT problem about understanding english. DEAR

What you are failing to understand, is that you have to wait until you have been an LPR for 3 years. You have not. You are getting the correct answers here, even if you don't like them, they are right. Being rude, argumentative and sarcastic to people who are giving you answers you do not like is no way to get help here.

You have to wait. If you don't decide to wait, it will cost you quite a lot of money, which they will NOT refund, to find out you are wrong.