Removing Green Card Conditions -IR/CR1- We will arrive in the US with less than 90 days

[nomadnoor 29]

Hi All!

So my husband has his interview on 10/10/2014. However we won't fly back to the US until late November/ early December most likely after the interview date. My husband has to wrap up leaving his government job here in Morocco, sell items from our apartment and move in to my in laws pack etc before we leave.

Our anniversary is 3/8/13 and if we fly back in early December - we will no longer have time to file as USCIS in the instructions demands we file for removal of green card conditions 90 days BEFORE the second wedding anniversary and that means filing before December 8th 2014.

Advice, suggestions, tips??

Not sure as to a solution for this problem.

Thank you

Ally & Omar

[dwheels76 5,468]

Hi All!

So my husband has his interview on 10/10/2014. However we won't fly back to the US until late November/ early December most likely after the interview date. My husband has to wrap up leaving his government job here in Morocco, sell items from our apartment and move in to my in laws pack etc before we leave.

Our anniversary is 3/8/13 and if we fly back in early December - we will no longer have time to file as USCIS in the instructions demands we file for removal of green card conditions 90 days BEFORE the second wedding anniversary and that means filing before December 8th 2014.

Advice, suggestions, tips??

Not sure as to a solution for this problem.

Thank you

Ally & Omar

90 days before your 2 year green card anniversary not wedding anniversary. When he receives and receives his green card the expiry date will be on it. So you arrive November you would be filing 21 months from that date.

Can I suggest why not arrive in US after your wedding anniversary. He will get a 10 year green card and no removal of conditions.

[nomadnoor 29]

90 days before your 2 year green card anniversary not wedding anniversary. When he receives and receives his green card the expiry date will be on it. So you arrive November you would be filing 21 months from that date.

Can I suggest why not arrive in US after your wedding anniversary. He will get a 10 year green card and no removal of conditions.

dwheels76,

Thats a great suggestion. Only problem I am pregnant and the medical care here in Morocco is horrible where we live and we can't afford to commute every month to a larger city to see a OB/GYN. I really would prefer to give birth back in my state with my mom and in my home country the USA - where everyone speaks my language - English! I have heard to many horror stories of botched births here in Morocco from women I know personally or through a mutual friend to trust giving birth in Morocco with my husbands and I's first baby!

My husband agrees with me as he works as a fire fighter here and knows the state of the medical system is ok to crappy at best.

Thank you again for that suggestion - we would do if we weren't pregnant

Do you know if we can file to remove conditions early?? Like once my husband gets his green card?

Ally & Omar

[aleful 1,905]

hi

no, the earliest he can remove conditions is 90 days before the card expires.

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to Removing Conditions on Residency Discussion.

[dwheels76 5,468]

dwheels76,

Thats a great suggestion. Only problem I am pregnant and the medical care here in Morocco is horrible where we live and we can't afford to commute every month to a larger city to see a OB/GYN. I really would prefer to give birth back in my state with my mom and in my home country the USA - where everyone speaks my language - English! I have heard to many horror stories of botched births here in Morocco from women I know personally or through a mutual friend to trust giving birth in Morocco with my husbands and I's first baby!

My husband agrees with me as he works as a fire fighter here and knows the state of the medical system is ok to crappy at best.

Thank you again for that suggestion - we would do if we weren't pregnant

Do you know if we can file to remove conditions early?? Like once my husband gets his green card?

Ally & Omar

Why the rush to remove conditions? Just focus on the interview and pray for no AP and getting to the US.

wish you all the best and a healthy happy baby and for you as well.

[Thomas&Cleofe 358]

Why the rush to remove conditions? Just focus on the interview and pray for no AP and getting to the US.

wish you all the best and a healthy happy baby and for you as well.

Yep....that is exactly true. Your trying to "remove conditions" on a card that does not yet even exist.

Secondly there is no benefit to ROCing early, a green card is a green card.

[onye uwaoma 131]

Your husband have to pass the interview and receive the visa first. If everything goes well with the interview and he is no place on AP then he will have to arrive in the USA to be issued a greencard. The greencard will have an expiry date if he arrives before your second anniversary. Before the greencard expires, he should file a paperwork to renew it 3months ahead of time (90 days widow). Well, if he is place on AP you may have to move back yourself and wait it out due to your condition. Perhaps by the time the AP will be over and he's found eligible to receive the visa then he would have hit the two year mark to be eligible for 10yr greencard. If he's got the 10yr greencard, you will have nothing to do with removal of condition forever! Good luck!

[onye uwaoma 131]

Your husband has to pass the interview and receive the visa first. If everything goes well with the interview and he is no place on AP then he will have to arrive in the USA to be issued a greencard. The greencard will have an expiry date if he arrives before your second anniversary. Before the greencard expires, he should file a paperwork to renew it 3months ahead of time (90 days widow). Well, if he is place on AP you may have to move back yourself and wait it out due to your condition. Perhaps by the time the AP will be over and he's found eligible to receive the visa then he would have hit the two year mark to be eligible for 10yr greencard. If he's got the 10yr greencard, you will have nothing to do with removal of condition forever! Good luck!

[NancyNguyen 1,657]

He is being interviewed for CR1 visa in like 11 days, he DOESN'T have green card yet. Please read before contributing. OP is confused with 2 years anniversary of greencard and 2 years marriage.

[NancyNguyen 1,657]

Only solution is that you reschedule your spuose's interview after your 2 years marriage anniversary (3/8/2015) and if he passes the interview, he will get IR1 visa which allows him to get 10yrs GC once he gets to the US. I don't know about possibility of rescheduling the interview though.

[Ryan H 3,812]

Hijack post removed.

[Crossed_fingers 128]

Only solution is that you reschedule your spuose's interview after your 2 years marriage anniversary (3/8/2015) and if he passes the interview, he will get IR1 visa which allows him to get 10yrs GC once he gets to the US. I don't know about possibility of rescheduling the interview though.

That's not correct. The date that matters for CR-1 versus IR-1 is not the date of the interview but rather the date of POE. No need to reschedule an interview if the visa will last long enough to pick flights after the 2nd anniversary.

[Nga&John 12]

That's not correct. The date that matters for CR-1 versus IR-1 is not the date of the interview but rather the date of POE. No need to reschedule an interview if the visa will last long enough to pick flights after the 2nd anniversary.

Your response is wrong, the interview letter will clearly state ir1 or cr1 based on length of marriage.

[Crossed_fingers 128]

Your response is wrong, the interview letter will clearly state ir1 or cr1 based on length of marriage.

Sure, if a couple is already past the 2 yr mark at the date of the interview letter, it may be updated accordingly. The point, however, is that the receipt of the 2 year versus 10 year green card will be determined at POE.

My husband and I were not married for 2 years when he interviewed. Our 2 year anniversary occurred after his interview and before his entry on US soil, where his CR-1 visa (issued as such at the time of interview) was immediately converted to an IR-1 by the officer who processed his entry into the US, and he received a 10 year unconditional green card in the mail shortly after. I researched this and we did it ourselves. It's the point of entry, not the interview.