Currently I am a conditional permanent resident, and I am still waiting for my 90 days windows which would be Mid April to apply for I 751 (So within a month, I will be eligible to file for I751).
Lately, I was offered a position from an employer who is compliant with US Export Law, where access to confidential information is limited, and therefore requires employers to hire US Person employees.
Without going to specifics, this employers has a contract with Department of Defense, where the contract requires any employees to be US Persons, which is often interpreted as Green Card Holder or Citizens.
During interview process, they asked me to bring either Green card or US Passport (or birth certificate), and specifically they noted just state driver license and social security card won't be acceptable to have interviews onsite, which may impact my employment if I dont bring acceptable documents to show I am at least permanent resident or more. When I was present onsite, the security staff took my green card and read receipt number to run whether or not the receipt is valid in their internal system (that I have no clues since I was not able to see his monitor screen), but it did seem that A-number was not enough for some reasons (because he had to read back side of my conditional green card). After clearing with my info, the security staff reminded I have roughly 5 months, and I responded I will just have to apply.
During onsite interviews, interviewers asked me if I am a citizen or a permanent resident, and I did say I am a permanent resident. Generally, this question would be regarded as an unlawful question, and I would prevaricate the question saying that I am eligible to work in USA if it was just normal employers (and potentially complained to applicable government institution), but the hiring manager specifically explained why this is important, which convinced me that the hiring manager was interested in hiring me (because if I wasn't even close to hiring, why taking a risk by asking this kind of controversial question?)
What I did not tell the interviewer panels is that I am a conditional permanent resident, where my status will be extended and most likely my case is approved (Yes we have a good marriage and recommended evidences), but I learned a lesson in very hard way that discussing immigration status in details to potential employers is never a good idea. So I simply did not get engaged about it too much after I replied I am a green card holder. Even though you are perfectly fine in terms of immigration, just telling immigration status in detail gives them very negative impression due to most of Americans having rare to zero ideas of how immigration system works unless they are immigrants by themselves or very unusual, and they feel uncomfortable to talk about uncertainty when dealing with employment that emphasizes certainty.
So my question is....
will I be fine to continue for this particular employment as a conditional permanent resident? I know conditional permanent resident is treated the same as permanent resident as the status says "permanent resident". However, it is well-known that conditional permanent resident is not allowed to join Air Forces or Navy until removal is lifted during I 751, so I am starting to worry that this employer may refuse me for employment when they see my green card expiration date.
Export Law and conditional permanent resident
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Hello, this is my first time posting.
Currently I am a conditional permanent resident, and I am still waiting for my 90 days windows which would be Mid April to apply for I 751 (So within a month, I will be eligible to file for I751).
Lately, I was offered a position from an employer who is compliant with US Export Law, where access to confidential information is limited, and therefore requires employers to hire US Person employees.
Without going to specifics, this employers has a contract with Department of Defense, where the contract requires any employees to be US Persons, which is often interpreted as Green Card Holder or Citizens.
During interview process, they asked me to bring either Green card or US Passport (or birth certificate), and specifically they noted just state driver license and social security card won't be acceptable to have interviews onsite, which may impact my employment if I dont bring acceptable documents to show I am at least permanent resident or more. When I was present onsite, the security staff took my green card and read receipt number to run whether or not the receipt is valid in their internal system (that I have no clues since I was not able to see his monitor screen), but it did seem that A-number was not enough for some reasons (because he had to read back side of my conditional green card). After clearing with my info, the security staff reminded I have roughly 5 months, and I responded I will just have to apply.
During onsite interviews, interviewers asked me if I am a citizen or a permanent resident, and I did say I am a permanent resident. Generally, this question would be regarded as an unlawful question, and I would prevaricate the question saying that I am eligible to work in USA if it was just normal employers (and potentially complained to applicable government institution), but the hiring manager specifically explained why this is important, which convinced me that the hiring manager was interested in hiring me (because if I wasn't even close to hiring, why taking a risk by asking this kind of controversial question?)
What I did not tell the interviewer panels is that I am a conditional permanent resident, where my status will be extended and most likely my case is approved (Yes we have a good marriage and recommended evidences), but I learned a lesson in very hard way that discussing immigration status in details to potential employers is never a good idea. So I simply did not get engaged about it too much after I replied I am a green card holder. Even though you are perfectly fine in terms of immigration, just telling immigration status in detail gives them very negative impression due to most of Americans having rare to zero ideas of how immigration system works unless they are immigrants by themselves or very unusual, and they feel uncomfortable to talk about uncertainty when dealing with employment that emphasizes certainty.
So my question is....
will I be fine to continue for this particular employment as a conditional permanent resident? I know conditional permanent resident is treated the same as permanent resident as the status says "permanent resident". However, it is well-known that conditional permanent resident is not allowed to join Air Forces or Navy until removal is lifted during I 751, so I am starting to worry that this employer may refuse me for employment when they see my green card expiration date.
Does anyone has similiar experiences?
Any comments would be appreicated.