I entered the U.S. in February 2024, and at the time of entry my spouse and I had already been married for more than two years. Because of that, I should have been classified as IR-1 and issued a 10-year permanent resident green card, not a 2-year conditional card.
However, USCIS initially issued me a 2-year conditional green card, which we knew was incorrect. To fix this USCIS error, we filed Form I-90 (Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card). USCIS shows they received the I-90 on March 28, 2024 (this date appears on the I-90 receipt notice). After that, USCIS corrected the error and I received the proper 10-year green card.
Later in the year, however, we unexpectedly received a Removal of Conditions notice, referencing a deadline in February, which confused us because removal of conditions only applies to people who truly have a conditional green card — and my conditional card had already been corrected to a 10-year card.
Because of that notice, we contacted our state representative and asked them to submit an inquiry to USCIS for clarification. USCIS responded through the state representative and confirmed that I do have the correct 10-year green card and that my classification is correct.
What is still confusing is that in the USCIS response, the USCIS officer specifically wrote that the I-90 was approved on March 14, 2024. This date appears directly in the officer’s written response at the bottom of the congressional letter. This is earlier than the March 28, 2024 I-90 receipt date shown on my receipt notice, and my USCIS online account shows the card being produced later (in May 2024).
So it appears USCIS may be referencing an internal decision or classification correction date (March 14) versus the I-90 receipt date (March 28) and the card production date (May). The end result is correct — I received the 10-year card — but the different dates and the later Removal of Conditions notice made it feel like the system still had me flagged as conditional somewhere.
could it be that caught the error earlier and retro the i90?
attached is picture of USCIS respond to state rep and my actually notice on USCIS site
