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Hello all,

 

I filed for a CR1 petition for my husband because we have been married less than a year, and after being approved he picked up his passport and it said IR1 instead. He did not notice it until he was traveling, and mentioned it to the POE officer but the officer said there was nothing he could do and stamped his passport with an IR1 visa. He is with me now in the states, but I want to make sure they send us the right green card, so I called USCIS and they said to call CBP (customs and board protection) because they are the ones who should have changed it. 
 

Has anyone ever been in this situation? How did you go about making the change?

 

thanks in advance 

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The expiration date of the Green Card is NOT determined at POE.  The card will be produced based on the documentation in your records.  Married 2 years or more at time of POE equals a 10 year card......Less than 2 years of marriage at time of POE equals 2 year conditional Green Card.....

 

Wait until you get the card.  Then check it for any errors.  If there is an error, submit an I-90 to correct it.......but chances are that the date will be correct based on your records, not what the CBP officer stamps at POE.

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The people at the airport don’t make the green cards. That’s a separate process that is done based on the information in your file. As mentioned above, if for some reason he gets a 10-year card in the mail you must complete an I-90 and return it for the correct one. 

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4 hours ago, missileman said:

The expiration date of the Green Card is NOT determined at POE.  The card will be produced based on the documentation in your records.  Married 2 years or more at time of POE equals a 10 year card......Less than 2 years of marriage at time of POE equals 2 year conditional Green Card.....

 

Wait until you get the card.  Then check it for any errors.  If there is an error, submit an I-90 to correct it.......but chances are that the date will be correct based on your records, not what the CBP officer stamps at POE.

Okay thank you. So even though the visa and the stamp in his passport say IR1. There is still a chance that they will send in the correct green card (which is the 2 year conditional green card?). & okay, we will wait for the green card to come in and see the expiration date on it. If it's not 2 years, we will send it back with the i90.

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3 hours ago, JFH said:

The people at the airport don’t make the green cards. That’s a separate process that is done based on the information in your file. As mentioned above, if for some reason he gets a 10-year card in the mail you must complete an I-90 and return it for the correct one. 

Okay thank you. We will wait for the green card to come in and if it's the wrong one, we will return it with the i90, but if  they send us the 2 year conditional green card, we will keep it. Thank you!

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