do i count 5 year residency from my new Green card or from the date i entered the states?

[shaima 1]

on my ten year green card it say's resident since 12-16-2011 but on my 2 year green card "the first one I got" it had the actual date I entered the states witch is 12-16-2009. now my question is, do I fall under the 5 year residency? or do I still have to wait 2 more years, kinda confusing. PLEAE HELP THANK YOU.

[Caryh 5,206]

from the green card "resident since date", as that is the date you officially are recorded as being a legal resident. Did you come on a CR-1 or K-1? If you were CR-1 and arrived in 2009, it looks like there was an error on your 10 year card.

Edited September 19, 2014 by Caryh

[shaima 1]

thank you for responding, but on both green cards it has 2 different dates, witch date do I follow?

hmm.. I am scared now

[Caryh 5,206]

The date on your original card. Unless for some reason you lost your status and then regained your status and got the 10 year card, but your profile says you removed conditions. You should have applied for a replacement card when you got the 10 year card, as the date is wrong on when you became a permanent resident.

[Caryh 5,206]

http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/replace-green-card

You would need to do a paper filing to request a corrected card with the correct "resident since" date.

Not sure if you're going to bother to do that when you're filing for citizenship. But I would be sure to include copies of both cards and the reason why, so they can easily see your qualifying date is not the date on the 10 year card.