Working & Traveling when 2-year Green Card Expires

[brandon stone 9]

Hello, 

 

My wife just got her conditional green card for 2 years after getting her K1. When it expires in 2 years, how will she be able to work and drive legally when it expires and we wait for her 10 year GC? 

 

Looking for some help!

 

-Brandon

[.yana 586]

She'll receive an extension letter when she files to get her conditions removed.

If the extension letter expires while her 10 year GC is still pending - she'll make an infopass appointment to get an I-551 stamp in her passport.

[Crazy Cat 39,151]

Her status will not end after 2 years.  She will file an I-751 package to remove the conditions on her green card.  When she does that, she will receive a letter which extends the expiration date on the card for 2 more years while you wait for the 10 year card.

 

Even after the extension letter expires, her status does not expire.  If she then needs proof of her status, she can request an infopass appointment at USCIS to get an ADIT stamp in her passport. 

[Verrou 1,898]

go to DMV with expired green card + extension letter. u can check on DMV website aswell

different states different rule

[brandon stone 9]

Thanks everyone for your helpful answers!

 

Will we have to attend another interview to have her conditions removed?

[Crazy Cat 39,151]

1 minute ago, brandon stone said:

Thanks everyone for your helpful answers!

 

Will we have to attend another interview to have her conditions removed?

Maybe...maybe not.

[Chancy 6,233]

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[Thunderbolt 162]

7 hours ago, brandon stone said:

Thanks everyone for your helpful answers!

 

Will we have to attend another interview to have her conditions removed?

We are in the process right now filing I-751. I was also wondering what will happen after her card expires in September and how we can travel in November. Thankfully VJ answered all my concerns Extension letter until she receive her 10 year GC. 

[brandon stone 9]

19 minutes ago, Thunderbolt said:

We are in the process right now filing I-751. I was also wondering what will happen after her card expires in September and how we can travel in November. Thankfully VJ answered all my concerns Extension letter until she receive her 10 year GC. 

Will you guys have to have an interview?

[bakphx1 785]

9 hours ago, brandon stone said:

Hello, 

 

My wife just got her conditional green card for 2 years after getting her K1. When it expires in 2 years, how will she be able to work and drive legally when it expires and we wait for her 10 year GC? 

 

Looking for some help!

 

-Brandon

If you were unaware of this process, it is a good time to get organized for it now, because even if you don’t have an interview, you will want to submit a complete package. The more complete the package, the less likely you will have an interview.

 

During this time, make sure your wife is added to all of the utilities and that you get bills in both of your names. Add her to your lease, if that applies or add her to your deed. To show that you have joint ownership. Add her to vehicles, and insurance. Other things to show are bank statements with both of your names as owners of the accounts. Making sure you have deposits and pay household bills out of a shared account.,  it is acceptable to both have your own accounts for your own purposes, but you should have a joint account that is used to fund joint living expenses. Keep copies of shared credit cards, medical insurance cards if one of you covers the other, telephone plans, and also any trips taken together. Right after we got our conditional green card, I kept a separate file with all of the new information that came in the mail. I especially saved any pieces of mail that had both names on them. Putting together a removal of conditions package can actually be a big job, so it is good to get organized early on and also have a good history of shared expenses together.

Edited June 7, 2022 by bakphx1

[Thunderbolt 162]

13 hours ago, brandon stone said:

Will you guys have to have an interview?

I assume so. We are expecting to have one. 

[Bob in Boston 611]

22 hours ago, brandon stone said:

My wife just got her conditional green card for 2 years after getting her K1. When it expires in 2 years, how will she be able to work and drive legally when it expires and we wait for her 10 year GC? 

 

Looking for some help!

 

-Brandon

I trust that you had an interview for your adjustment of status for your 2 year conditional green card. If when you file your I751 you send a lot of evidence (joint Bank account, Joint Utility Bills, joint credit card bills , Insurance policys with each other as benificiries, joint auto loans and insurence, joint lease etc etc ) you may not get called for an interview. We didnt and I sent a lot of what I described. Massachusetts Motor vehicles will renew your license with a 24 month extension letter. You are also allowed to work and carry on as usual. International travel is ok too. Start saving your evidence starting yesterday, dont wait to start as a well equiped package will make your life go a lot smoother.

[Rocio0010 5,560]

13 hours ago, brandon stone said:

Will you guys have to have an interview?

There is no way to predict who will have an interview and who won’t. Some people that have already had one for AOS have an interview again, some don’t. That’s nothing you can control. There is a recent memorandum that leans towards waiving I751 interviews for those that already have one, but again, nobody really knows who will go for one and who won’t.  
But what you CAN control is the quality of evidence that you put together for your package. As @bakphx1 has rightfully stated, preparation is key, so that you’re not rambling the last minute to put the package together. Right after my GC approval (my interview was waived) and even before then, hubby (USC) and I (beneficiary) started purposefully trying to make evidence. For example, opening a joint bank account and paying for our joint bills together. Adding each other to our health insurance/ retirement accounts/ life insurance. Also, as soon as I was approved I made an envelope, labeled it “ROC” and started gathering evidence there, little by little. For example, pieces of mail to each of us but showing the same address. Receipt for State taxes, insurance cards, etc. Then a month before my window opened, all I had to do was to organize the evidence I already had (in addition to filing out the I-751 form).

Also , the evidence you present has to cover the period between the moment you get your conditional GC and your window for your I-751, so that’s why I had been collecting it throughout that time period. It just made things easier.