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Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionNeed Some Help Confused
Well, they can't manufacture your new green card without biometrics. They need the new photo and the new fingerprint. Kathryn had said that you were getting your RoC interview really quickly - unusually quickly, by historical standards. So it sounds like what is happening is that you somehow got scheduled for a very quick interview, but your local application service center (where you do biometrics - different office) is more backed up so you got a later biometrics appointment.

Actually, in all likelihood your ASC biometrics appointment is occurring in the normal timeframe - it's just your interview that is weirdly early. What will most likely happen is that when all goes well at the interview they will approve you pending the bio appointment. Then right after you do the bio appointment, they will produce and mail out your new card.

You'll be able to ask and confirm all of this at the interview, but I'm pretty sure that's what is going on.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-04-04 11:11:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionNeed Some Help Confused
The reason why they want a couple of passport photos with each form you submit is simple: identity verification. They compare the photos you submit with the photos you submitted with previous forms and make sure you look like the same person, plus a few months/years. A good identity thief could fill out immigration forms with all of your personal information, and even fake your signature, but even the best identity thief will have a hard time coming up with passport photos that look like the ones you submitted months ago with your petition or AOS plus several months of aging / different haircut / different outfit, without your personal involvement. :)

As for why they want to see your passport, I think that's just part of wanting to see original identity and/or previously issued immigration documents.

Edited by HeatDeath, 02 April 2010 - 11:17 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-04-02 23:16:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionNeed Some Help Confused
Rule #1: Don't panic. Just read their instructions very carefully, interpret them literally, and follow them precisely. They've given you a list of stuff to bring, and a place to be. Gather up the stuff, and be there at the time and place they want. If you have copies of your AOS packet and your I-129 packet (and you should) bring those. Go through those packets and anywhere you find a photocopy of a document or piece of evidence, bring the original. Chances are they won't care, but it will make you feel more prepared and confident.

Dress reasonably nicely, don't volunteer too much information, but answer any questions they ask you completely and honestly. Remember, you've done nothing wrong. Nothing was necessarily wrong with your I-751 packet, or anything relating to your permanent residence status. They choose a certain percentage of cases to get interviewed, and you number came up. It's not a big deal.

In all likelihood, they will ask you and your spouse some simple basic questions about your married life. Things like where the other works, who sleeps on which side of the bed, and what breakfast cereals you each like. Simple stuff that any legitimately married couple can rattle off with no problems at all. If they see you interacting in an obviously married way with your spouse in the waiting room, they probably won't even bother at that.

It'll be fine!

Edited by HeatDeath, 01 April 2010 - 09:14 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-04-01 21:13:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionNeed Some Help Confused
There seem to have been a few cases in recent months of RoC final interviews / approvals without preceding biometrics appointments. I had heard that "technically" they were only allowed to keep the biometrics data from the AOS biometrics appointment for up to 6 months, but that may be changing.

Mention at the interview that you haven't redone biometrics. The IO you are talking to will have your entire file in front of him and will be able to tell if you still need it. It'll be interesting to hear what he says.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-04-01 20:53:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionSTarting the paperwork for removing conditions
Yes. They use those to make sure that you're the same person who submitted the previous applications in your immigration file. An identity thief could, in theory, get enough info about you to fill in forms as you, and even fake your signature. Photos are much much more difficult to fake, and establish a much higher likelihood that the "you" that sent in this application is the same "you" that sent in the previous forms.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-04-10 00:50:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionI-751 Removal of Condition- Insufficient Evidence
If you don't have them, you can't send them, obviously. Just send what you can. They want stuff from the very very beginning of your marriage? Send'em some wedding and honeymoon photos.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-04-05 19:16:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionForgot Passport Copy in Package
Responding preemptively to an anticipated RFE doesn't work, and doesn't help. They don't have the organizational skills to match the new documents you are sending to your existing file in anything even vaguely resembling a timely manner. Wait until they send you an RFE - that way they'll be expecting you to send something, and it will go much more smoothly.

Edited by HeatDeath, 04 October 2010 - 01:31 AM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-10-04 01:31:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionHaving a complete meltdown

Okay, it's in the mail with signature confirmation for no later than 3pm. Fingers crossed!

Edit: We had to print the I-751 from the apartment office and the printer faded out a big stripe down the left side, obscuring the printed text, so I had to write some of the digits in with pen- in BLUE and then I realized it said BLACK INK, is that going to be a problem?

I would be surprised if it was. In the worst case scenario, they reject the application and mail it back to you. You would then re-do the form and overnight it back to them. No big deal. It's only money. And as I said, I would be surprised if that happens. As long as it's clear and legible, I would not anticipate any problems.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-10-18 14:07:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionHaving a complete meltdown
When you filled out your I-9 work authorization form when you started work, you wrote in the expiration date of your GC [assuming that that's the document you showed your employer for work authorization]. Once you get your I-751 NOA1, that will extend your GC's epiration date for another year. I don't know for sure if you absolutely have to, but it would probably be a good idea to fill out a new I-9 with the new expiration date.

And yes, if you had taken your GC, back when it was newer, to the SSA office, they'd have updated your records and sent you an unqualified, "normal looking" SSC. I don't know if they will now that your GC is so close to expiring. But it's one of the first things you should do when your 10 year GC arrives. Just don't bring the old SSC with you, so they can't take it back. [You're not supposed to be carrying it around on a day-to-day basis anyways.]

Edited by HeatDeath, 18 October 2010 - 12:29 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-10-18 12:26:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionApproved but no green card 3 months later
If you include a copy of her expired GC, and the extension letter in her N-400 application, that should suffice for what they need regarding the green card. In the worst-case scenario, they may send an RFE for the 10 year GC, or reject the application [but this is very unlikely].

I assure you, if she has done nothing wrong, they will NOT initiate removal proceedings for attempting to naturalize from a conditional green card. :rofl:

[They could reject the application [but are more likely to expediate the I-751 if it's overdue] but they will NOT deport her. :D ]

Edited by HeatDeath, 26 October 2010 - 02:07 AM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-10-26 02:06:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionApproved but no green card 3 months later
Are you quite certain you were approved? The one year extension letter is issued automatically when they receive your I-751 packet. It does not indicate that you have been approved.

If you were properly approved, and are in fact stuck in some kind of post-approval processing limbo, and [importantly] have passed the normal processing timeframe for removal of conditions, applying for naturalization has been known to "nudge" a stuck I-751 case and get things moving again.

Another option, again only if you are past the normal processing times for I-751's, is to schedule an InfoPass appointment to see if the immigration officer can find out what is going on with the case.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-10-26 02:02:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionlate filing
Delays? Well, kinda.

The earlier you send it in, the earlier it will get done. So if you send it 90 in days before the GC expiry it will get done 80 days earlier than if you send it in 10 days before the GC expiry.

As long as they receive it within the 90 day window prior to your GC expiry date, it's all good. Sending it later [within that window] won't cause any additional delays, which I think is what you meant.

Edited by HeatDeath, 11 January 2011 - 11:21 AM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-01-11 11:20:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionTravel between conditial green card and removing conditions
I'm not in RoC limbo yet, but I got an ARC stamp too.

My two-year GC was issued in December 2009. In July 2010, I went to Japan for a week with work - my first trip out of the US since entering on my K-1. Canadians don;t need a visa to enter Japan for up to 90 days for work purposes, btw.

When I reentered the US, at San Francisco International airport. the Immigration officer, who was very friendly, looked at my GC and Canadian passport, remarked a little on the K-1 visa imprint, said "good luck, welcome back", and basically waved me through. He stamped my passport with the normal entry stamp, with, as you said, "ARC" written on the little line.

I'm pretty sure it means "Alien Registration Card" and just records the reason you were admissible. The reason we, as PRs are admissible, is because we have GCs, which they still call ARCs because they have to use well-defined codes, which were defined before any of us were born. :D
HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-11-15 00:34:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionabandonment of conditional visa
1) If it's been less than a year he should be able to come back. Since he'll be living with you he has arguably maintained a US residence and should not be deemed to have abandoned his permanent residence. He'll have to hurry though because that changes once he hits the one year mark.

2) If his permanent residence status is deemed to have been abandoned you can petition him for a spousal visa, but you two can expect an interview where he will have to explain, in detail, the circumstances of why he abandoned his PR status the first time.

3) This is not true. As far as I know, abandoning PR status does not create any kind of bar. The only thing that creates a 10 year bar, that I am aware of, is being in the US, out of status, for over a year. Moreover, any previous overstay he may have had would have been wiped out when he became a PR, because he became a PR by being married to a USC. I don't know if overstay time "erased" by AOS approval due to marriage to a USC reappears if the PR status is subsequently abandoned, but I don't think it does. That would seem weird to me.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-01-14 11:51:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionQuick question
In the specific case of CR/IR entrants, the PoE entry date is the same as the GC Resident-Since date. For K-visa entrants, and non-family visa entrants, this is never the case.

Edited by HeatDeath, 17 January 2011 - 07:12 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-01-17 19:12:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionQuick question
Annndddd I'm an idiot.

Correction:

This is incorrect.

The first day USCIS will accept a Removal of Conditions application is 90 days prior to the TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE Resident Since date on the 2-Year Green Card .
The last day USCIS will accept a Removal of Conditions application (without documentation of a really good excuse) is the Card Expires date on the 2-Year Green Card.

You have to time when you mail in your application so that it arrives and is entered into their system [which can take up to a week after arrival at their office] between those two dates. There is no obligation to mail it out on the 90-day prior date. You just have to make sure it gets into their system during that window.


HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-01-17 11:31:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionQuick question

Removal of condition is 90 days prior to the ANNIVERSARY date of THE PORT OF ENTRY STAMP(arrived in USA, for example) ....... and it is not the anniversary of your MARRIAGE DATE.

This is incorrect.

The first day USCIS will accept a Removal of Conditions application is 90 days prior to the Resident Since date on the 2-Year Green Card .
The last day USCIS will accept a Removal of Conditions application (without documentation of a really good excuse) is the Card Expires date on the 2-Year Green Card.

You have to time when you mail in your application so that it arrives and is entered into their system [which can take up to a week after arrival at their office] between those two dates. There is no obligation to mail it out on the 90-day prior date. You just have to make sure it gets into their system during that window.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-01-16 14:53:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionOfficer at Thousand Islands says...
Yeah, the CBP officers, I think particularly at the smaller Canadian-border land crossings [I don't know if that describes Thousand Islands or not], often don't quite know all of the fine details until and unless they look them up. They memorize what they need to know for the vast vast majority of cases they get, but the weirder edge cases (which includes K-1 visas, at some places) stump them until they check the manuals.

When I PoE'd, the CBP officer [who took 90 minutes to process my K-1, thumbing all the while through reference binders, see above] told me in no uncertain terms that I couldn't leave the US until I had my GC. I knew that I could also leave if I had an AP document, but the officer was a little grumpy as it was so I didn't quibble. :)

Edited by HeatDeath, 08 March 2011 - 03:50 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-03-08 15:45:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionOfficer at Thousand Islands says...
It sounds like he's in the middle of Removal of Conditions, and has been told by a CBP officer that they would or will not accept an expired green card plus the I-751 letter of extension/NOA1.

Substitute "visa" to "green card".
Substitute "IO" to "CBP officer". [IO's work at USCIS and in the consulates.]

OP: It sounds like the CBP officer let him back in anyways? If he was turned away and is still out of the US, I would go back and ask for a supervisor, or worst case scenario, try a different PoE. Many, many, many people have reentered the US just fine on a GC with an extension letter. It just sounds like this particular officer is a touch under-trained.

RoC applicants may want to take this as warning to avoid the Thousand Islands PoE if possible. :)

BTW, you probably want to update your timeline, so it's clearer to other people which stage of the process you are dealing with. Just sayin'. :)

Edited by HeatDeath, 08 March 2011 - 01:36 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-03-08 13:34:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionTravelling before and after filing Removing Conditions

Hi, Everyone,

It has been a long time since I visited here, I need some advise on what to do when traveling before or/and after filing Romoving Conditions.

My GC is going to expire in July 2011, and need to file removing conditions between April and July 2011.

I want to go home to see my family and friends, and now I am planning to go in Feb 2011 or July 2011, so my questions are:

1. Will I have any problems coming back here if I travel in Feb, due to GC expire in July 2011. (from what I understand is that you need to have a visa or GC that's good for at least 6 months to travel back to the US)

2. How long does it take usally to get the condition removed and receive a new GC? My best friend's wedding is going to be in July and I really want to attend.

3. If I remembered correctly, when I went for my interview last time, The officer told me that if I did not receive the new GC before this one expires after I filed, I can go to the USCIS to get my passport stamped which allows me an extension of 1 yr. Is that correct?


Thank you all for your answers in advance.

Good luck to all that's filed for removing conditions already.


As long as you are back 4-6 weeks before the GC expires, so you have plenty of time to get the RoC submitted before the GC's expiry date, you won't have any problems. The requirement that a passport have 6 months of validity at travel time is usually a precaution to ensure that it does not expire during any unforeseen extension of the trip. GC's have no such requirement.

My understanding is that RoC usually takes 4-6 months. But that shouldn't affect traveling. When your RoC application is initially accepted, you get a letter which extends your GC validity for another year. Many people have traveled with an expired GC plus the extension letter with no problems at all. You just need to make sure you have someone very reliable collecting your mail, so you can receive / find out about, and respond to the biometrics appointment letter [or any other USCIS correspondence] in a timely manner.

As long as you are back in the US for your bio appointment, or can reschedule it in a timely manner, everything should be fine.

They don't normally give a stamp for the one year extension. You just carry the letter (it's actually your I-751 NOA1 receipt notice) with you.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-11-29 00:30:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionQuestions about traveling and removal of conditions!
There is no way to delay removal of conditions. Your permanent residence will expire at the same time as your GC, at the end of 2 years, and the only way to extend it's validity is to file for RoC. If you do not file RoC within the 90 days prior to the expiry of your GC, your PR status evaporates.

What you are asking is for a way to extend your conditional PR status and GC without filing for RoC. There is no way to do this.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-04-18 12:43:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionROC double check time to file it.
Also, you'll want to make sure the date you put on the bottom of the RoC form itself is unambiguously within the 90 day window, but before the day they receive it.

Edited by HeatDeath, 26 June 2011 - 12:25 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-06-26 12:24:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionJust thinking ahead....
The benefits for Canadian citizens to acquire US citizenship, as I understand them, are as follows:

  • The ability to vote.
  • The ability to hold local office (national office might require renouncing Canadian citizenship).
  • The ability to serve on a jury (ok, probably not a "benefit", as such :) ).
  • The ability to take jobs that require US citizenship (assuming they don't also need a security clearance, which can be very difficult to get when you also hold a non-US citizenship).
  • It relieves your USC spouse and (if applicable) cosponsor of the obligations of the affidavits of support they signed for you.
  • Estate taxes: When a USC married to a non-USC dies, the non-USC is required to pay all estate taxes immediately. A USC surviving spouse can defer the estate taxes until after their death. It apparently makes a big difference.
  • And, of course, the big one: it means that neither you nor your cosponsors ever have to deal with USCIS ever again (no more change of address forms or GC renewals! Yay!)

HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-06-22 11:15:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionUS PR traveling abroad

are you SURE? :no: No need for the BOLD CAPS. Just trying to get clarification...

It's nothing personal. Most of my emphasis was intended nto so much for you, but for future readers of this thread.

It's just that, of all the areas of immigration law to have confusion or slightly-muddled thinking about, this is, by a substantial margin, the most dangerous. There are very real, irrevocable consequences for confusion in this area, so it is vital to be coldly-crystalline deadly clear when using terms like "US citizen".

Edited by HeatDeath, 01 July 2011 - 05:04 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-07-01 17:03:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionUS PR traveling abroad
+1 to both above.

There is NO "gray area" at all! She is not a US citizen, period, full stop, end of story, no "technically-s", ands, ifs, or buts about it!

What she is, is a "US resident" [as well as continuing to be a citizen of Myanmar]. And as the above posters said, claiming to be a US citizen when you are not is very, very bad. It is, in fact, one of only 3 unrecoverable mistakes a PR can make regarding US immigration, the others being material misrepresentation and entering the US without inspection.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-06-30 11:13:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionROC package
For the fronts and backs of drivers licenses, GCs, etc, I composited them by photocopying the back, and then photocopying the front with the sheet showing the backs beside them, so the end up on the same sheet. I'm sending photocopies of everything, while making sure I can gather all the originals if I end up needing them.

But I'm as curious as you are about the stapling. Right now my I-751 is stapled together, and the pages making up my tax transcripts for each year are stapled together (one stapled bundle for 2009, one stapled bundle for 2010).

I suspect it doesn't make any real difference, but I'm curious about what other people will say.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-08-12 13:57:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionROC - How long do you wait before contacting USCIS?
You can find USCIS's processing time goals at https://egov.uscis.g...sDisplayInit.do

According to this, VSC are allowed to take up to 6 months to process an I-751.
What that means is that if you try to call them before 6 months has passed, they'll say it's still within the processing guidelines and ask you politely to go away.

Eight months is significantly over their processing time goal. So you could certainly call them.

Another trick that can work if a case has gotten totally stuck, and service inquiries don't get any results, is to wait until you are eligible to file for citizenship, and then file your N-400. Doing this forces them to adjudicate the I-751, if they haven't yet.

Edited by HeatDeath, 24 August 2011 - 10:52 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-08-24 22:52:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionCalculating the 90 days
They need to receive it within the 90 day window, and the I-751 form itself needs to be dated within the 90 day window.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-08-08 14:12:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionRoC Window Question
From a PM:

I may send my ROC this November but still confused. Hope you can help me. My GC will expire Feb 18, 2012. Do you think when I will send the package? Is it November 18, 2011???

My response:

You will enter your 90-day window to file your I-751 on or slightly after Saturday, November 19, 2011. You should wait a week or two after that, then file your package.

You need to make sure your I-751 form and cover letter are signed and dated after November 19, to ensure they are within the 90 day window.

You can send your RoC package any time during the 90 day window, and there is no particular advantage to sending it earlier, except that you will get your GC earlier, but you need to make sure that they receive your package before the expiry date on your current GC, so plan accordingly.

Good luck!

BTW: I'm going to cross-post this to the Removal of Conditions forum so others can benefit from it, if you don't object.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-11-04 14:59:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionconfused on expiry date
It sounds like they gave you a 10-year GC when they approved your K-1 AOS. This might have been an error on their part. They are only supposed to give you a 10-year GC if you have been married for more than 2 years at the time they issues the GC.

If it was an error on their part, then you should file an I-751 within 90 days before the 2-years-after-your-GC-was-issued mark.

On the other hand, if the expiry date on your GC is legitimate, you don't need to.

You should arrange an InfoPass appointment at your local USCIS office (you can do this from the uscis.gov website) to discuss your situation with a USCIS immigration officer. They will have access to your file and can make an authoritative decision. If they say you need to file RoC, then do so, otherwise you are fine.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-11-04 15:11:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionHow do i go about filing removal of condition for my kid who turnes 18yrs
http://www.uscis.gov.../i-751instr.pdf

Page 1 - Who may file:

You list their name and A# in Part 5 of your own I-751, and their conditions are removed with yours.

Even if they've turned 18, their status is still derivative from yours, so their conditions get removed with yours.
If they got their GC more than 90 days after yours, or if you were dead, they would do their own I-751s, but since you're [presumably] alive and their status is [presumably] derivative from yours, they get included in your I-751. You'll need to include an extra $85 biometric fee for each dependant child that is removing conditions on your I-751, but the $505 I-751 fee covers all of you.

The instructions explain it fairly clearly.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-11-05 17:53:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionquestion about affidavid
The current I-751 instructions do not request a SSN on the affidavit anyways. They don't mention notarization either. My inlaw's for our I-751 affidavit was just a signed letter with complete contact info, per the I-751 form instructions.

http://www.uscis.gov.../i-751instr.pdf
Bottom of page 2, left column.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-11-05 17:41:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionVisiting family at another state for 2-3 months
You don't need to do police clearances for Removal of Conditions like you did for the AOS. They do want court documents and/or police statements if you have been arrested, detained, and/or convicted, but that's different. If you have a clean record, they don't need anything law-enforcement related.

Since you will [presumably] be retaining your primary residence in Louisiana during the visit, you would file with the Vermont Service Center. The instructions base that decision on "where you live". If you were moving to California you would file with the CSC, but since you will still be "living" in Louisiana during the visit to California, you would file with the VSC. If you are retaining your primary residence in Louisiana during the visit, you should NOT file a change of address with USCIS.

If you are in California when your biometrics notice arrives at your home in Louisiana (you will need someone reliable collecting your mail so they can tell you [b]immediately[/b[ when something from USCIS arrives, and forward, fax, and/or scan and email it to you), it should, I would think, be possible to do the biometrics at a USCSIS ASC office near where you are in California - it all just goes into a national computer network anyways. You'll probably have to inquire at the local California ASC office, or make an Infopass appointment to arrange that, closer to when all of this happens.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-11-06 15:25:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionAffidavit Question and Response
Question:

I have a question again, I hope you can help. It's about the affidavit. The sample vj gave, it said, Buddy O'Mine. Whose name should I put there? if my friend does the affidavit, should they bring the letter to the notary and sign it in front of them? Thank you for helping.

Response:

I personally found that the sample cover letter and affidavit here were both strangely worded and somewhat out of date. I drafted an affidavit for my in-laws based just on what the instructions for the I-751 on uscis.gov said. It was just a simple letter in which I made sure to include their full names, date and places of birth, and relationship to us. In the second paragraph my in-laws affirmed that the marriage was ongoing, was entered into in good faith, and was not entered into for the purpose of circumventing immigration law. A paragraph follows where they explain how they know that. Then they sign and date it. That's all an affidavit needs to comply with the USCIS instructions. Current USCIS instructions mention nothing of notarization, so I didn't bother with that either.

USCIS used to require notarization on certain kinds of evidence, including affidavits of support and RoC affidavits, and some of the samples and instructions here still reflect that.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-11-11 18:47:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionMailing the envelope...
I didn't bother, and it got accepted and my NOA1 was generated the same day it was received at the CSC.
I just put the address and my return address.

I wouldn't worry about it either way.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-11-26 12:00:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionWill issues with change of address affect us?

I have a similar question, I am working on filling out everything for the I-129F and am currently living with my family. Within the next 30 days I will be moving out to my own spot. Does this delay the process? And my job will be changing as well- another delay?

Generally speaking, immigration forms have to be an accurate snapshot of reality as it is at the date and time you sign and date it.

Given that, if you are still in your current home when you sign and date the form, that is the address you should put on it. When your address changes after filing, then you would do the change of address.

You're in a good situation, though. Even if the change of address form doesn't register, or wires get crossed at USCIS, you immigration related mail would still be going to your family's house.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-11-21 00:00:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionREMOVED CONDITIONS ON PERMANENT RESIDENT.

HI EVERYONE, I HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME. MY WIFE'S GREENCARD EXPIRES IN MAY OF 2012. ON HER GREENCARD, IT SAYS PERMANENT RESIDENT. I KNOW THAT 3 MONTHS IN ADVANCE, I HAVE TO SEND IN THE APPLICATION TO REMOVE CONDITIONS. DO I SEND IN THE 1-751 APPLICATION OR THE OTHER TYPE APPLICATION WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE 1-90 FORM. IM CONFUSED BECAUSED I DON'T KNOW IF CONDITION RESIDENT AND PERMANENT RESIDENT IS THE SAME. I DON'T WANT TO SEND IN THE WRONG APPLICATION AND TO MESSED THINGS UP. MY WIFE CAME HERE TO THE STATES FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND WE GOT MARRY HERE IN THE STATES WHICH SHE CAME HERE ON A K-1 VISA. IS THE CONDITION RESODENT IS THE SAME AS A PERMENT RESIDENT. THANK YOU EVERYONE AND I HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME ON THIS MATTER.

A ) You'll get better answers quicker if you start your own thread.

B ) Typing in all caps is hard to read - it's kind of like shouting. Try to avoid doing that anywhere on the internet.

C ) If your wife's green card was a 2-year green card, she is a conditional permanent resident, and you two should file an I-751.
Conversely, If her card is a 10-year green card, she is a lawful permanent resident (LPR), and she should file an I-90.
Conditional Permanent residents have exactly the same rights and obligations as LPRs, but they have a two-year green card instead of a ten-year green card, and have to file an I-751 to renew their two-year green card, instead of an I-90.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-11-27 12:45:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionROC paperwork 5 days left
If you overnight it, it should be fine. Even if it ends up being a day or two late, it would still almost certainly be ok. Even if it were a few weeks late, the worst realistic case would be they would send it back to you and require you to include a cover letter with a good excuse as to why you sent it late - I'm sure you could come up with one if necessary.

Definitely send it as soon as humanly possible, but don't worry about it prematurely - you have significantly better than 90% odds that everything will be fine.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-11-27 23:43:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionROC paperwork 5 days left
There is a realistic chance that even if you send the paperwork tomorrow, it may not arrive before your GC expires.

This is irrelevant.

At this point, the earlier they get the paperwork, the less likely it is you will have problems and the better everything will be.

You may or may not be in danger now - it is difficult to say. Some people, as you say, do get their paperwork accepted with no problems despite being a few days late.

You may or may not be in danger now, but any possible danger will only increase with any additional delay. You should send your paperwork as soon as possible.

Edited by HeatDeath, 27 November 2011 - 11:27 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-11-27 23:25:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionChecking status online.
Unlike AOS, the receipt number you get on your I-751 NOA1 won't work. You will have to wait until you get your biometrics notice to get a tracking number that will work on the USCIS website.

Once you get that, you go the USCIS E-gov website, log in, and add that tracking number to your portfolio. The main page there will list your three AOS cases and this new one, and let you activate email and text alerts for status changes.

https://egov.uscis.g...tomerProcess.do

I had to have them email me my login id and password, since I hadn't logged in since my AOS approval. :)
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-11-26 13:00:00