Removal of Conditions

[lotusrose1987 11]

Hi All,

 

My husband got his conditional two-year green card last October. I know we have to apply 90 days in advance for the conditions to be removed before it expires. I have a few questions for anybody that had done the removal of conditions:

 

1) I read we need to show proof we spent "ample time together". I have copies of our leases (he was listed as tenant on the first one, we never updated it add him as a co-leaser), our bank statements, joint credit cards, our new lease that has both our names (moved to another state). old utility bills that have both our names, car insurance, saved cards from my family and even show he is the emergency contact for our pets. We are not picture people...either of us so nobody is taking selfies nor are we asking people to take our picture. I think we have 3 or 4 photos of us together the whole first year. I was wondering if i should stock on photos of us together in the upcoming year? We usually spend most of our time together at home since we are both homebodies and he's not a fan of my main hobby (horseback riding). 

 

2) If we are assigned an interview, how will he be allowed to keep working if the interview is after his current two-year green-card is set to expire? Do they extend the green-card if we submit all the paperwork and are waiting on immigration to process the removal of conditions?

 

Thank you for your help!

[Roel 7,191]

After you submit the paperwork, they send you an 1-year extension letter for the green card.

[Ontarkie 13,902]

~~Moved to ROC from AOS.~~

[j&ana 363]

your evidence looks good I will not worry to much about pictures. Me and my wife do not take to many pictures either most of our pictures is of our baby daughter . I think I only sent in maybe 4 or 5 pictures of us

The other evidence is more important your joint bank account, joint credit card, lease agreement with both names are very good even so you might see if you could get  more and concentrate more on that then pictures 

Once you submit everything you will receive an extension letter extending your green card for one year it is good for one  year from the  expiration date of your Green card not the date of the letter

Hopefully NVC has speed up the process when it is time for you to file for ROC. Right now NVC is very very slow

 

[Dashinka 23,199]

59 minutes ago, j&ana said:

your evidence looks good I will not worry to much about pictures. Me and my wife do not take to many pictures either most of our pictures is of our baby daughter . I think I only sent in maybe 4 or 5 pictures of us

The other evidence is more important your joint bank account, joint credit card, lease agreement with both names are very good even so you might see if you could get  more and concentrate more on that then pictures 

Once you submit everything you will receive an extension letter extending your green card for one year it is good for one  year from the  expiration date of your Green card not the date of the letter

Hopefully NVC has speed up the process when it is time for you to file for ROC. Right now NVC is very very slow

 

Just a slight correction, NVC which is part of the State Department does not process ROCs.  This is done by USCIS service centers (California and Vermont) which is part of the Department of Homeland Security.

 

To the OP, your evidence looks good and you can only send in what you have.  One thing we did was to get wills and living wills as well.  As to proof of LPR status, as stated,when the ROC is submitted, USCIS will send you a one year extension letter valid for one year of the expiration date of the two year GC.  Your husband will use the original of the letter along with the expired GC to prove his LPR status for work or international travel.  If processing times do not improve, he may need to go to USCIS via an infopass appointment to get an I551 stamp in his passport which is valid for another year.when the one year extension letter is about to expire.  

 

Good Luck!

[j&ana 363]

9 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

Just a slight correction, NVC which is part of the State Department does not process ROCs.  This is done by USCIS service centers (California and Vermont) which is part of the Department of Homeland Security.

 

you are correct I do not know why I wrote NVC thanks for the correction

[Ketsuban 1,033]

Pictures don't matter for ROC, I sent maybe 2 or 3. They want to see joint accounts, leases/mortgages, utility bills, insurance policies, legal documents (POA, wills), both of you being each others' beneficiaries (of IRAs, 401ks, life insurance), documents showing you both live at the same address, that you filed taxes jointly etc. You want to send in stuff dating as far back to your marriage date as possible up until the current date. Don't just send in one or two statements for everything because they'll likely send an RFE for the rest. In our case, we were CR-1 so we didn't really have anything dating back to our marriage, but we showed what we had been doing since I moved here and it was enough to warrant an approval.

 

If you don't have some stuff that would be considered standard then you can explain why in your cover letter. We have never had joint utilities, but in my letter I explained that we paid the utilities by splitting the costs and putting the money into our joint account. We pay all of our bills from it but put our pay checks into separate accounts.

Edited March 17, 2018 by Ketsuban
Clarification on how much evidence to send in