Plastic Green card came CONDITIONAL but Passport was stamped UNCONDITIONAL???!?
Feb 15th 2001, 12:21 am
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On 1/2/2001 my wife and I had the interview for the green card, after 33 whole months of
waiting. Everything went fine, also at the time of the interview my wife and I were
married for 3 1/2 years. The INS officer even mentioned that the card is going to be
'unconditional', in other words it would not have the 2 year conditional restrictions.
Well today I got the green card and everything is spelled correctly but it expires in 2
years! On my Passport, the INS officer that conducted the interview put the code 'IR6'
that stands for UNCONDITIONAL but the plastic Green Card that came in the mail from the
process center in Texas says says 'CR6'. which stands for CONDITIONAL.
Am I correct about the provision of '..if marriage of more than 2 years exists at the
point of the INTERVIEW then the GC is unconditional (10 years)' and what do I do next?
Does it matter where we were married and what type of visa I entered the US on?
To add some more details, we got married in Greece and I entered the US on a tourist visa
and filed for adjustment of status back in early 1998.
Advice please! Thank you.
waiting. Everything went fine, also at the time of the interview my wife and I were
married for 3 1/2 years. The INS officer even mentioned that the card is going to be
'unconditional', in other words it would not have the 2 year conditional restrictions.
Well today I got the green card and everything is spelled correctly but it expires in 2
years! On my Passport, the INS officer that conducted the interview put the code 'IR6'
that stands for UNCONDITIONAL but the plastic Green Card that came in the mail from the
process center in Texas says says 'CR6'. which stands for CONDITIONAL.
Am I correct about the provision of '..if marriage of more than 2 years exists at the
point of the INTERVIEW then the GC is unconditional (10 years)' and what do I do next?
Does it matter where we were married and what type of visa I entered the US on?
To add some more details, we got married in Greece and I entered the US on a tourist visa
and filed for adjustment of status back in early 1998.
Advice please! Thank you.
Feb 15th 2001, 5:10 pm
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-=SilentBob=- wrote:
> On 1/2/2001 my wife and I had the interview for the green card, after 33 whole months of
> waiting. Everything went fine, also at the time of the interview my wife and I were
> married for 3 1/2 years. The INS officer even mentioned that the card is going to be
> 'unconditional', in other words it would not have the 2 year conditional restrictions.
>
> Well today I got the green card and everything is spelled correctly but it expires in 2
> years! On my Passport, the INS officer that conducted the interview put the code 'IR6'
> that stands for UNCONDITIONAL but the plastic Green Card that came in the mail from the
> process center in Texas says says 'CR6'. which stands for CONDITIONAL.
>
> Am I correct about the provision of '..if marriage of more than 2 years exists at the
> point of the INTERVIEW then the GC is unconditional (10 years)' and what do I do next?
> Does it matter where we were married and what type of visa I entered the US on?
No. If the marriage was more than two years old on the day that permanent resident status
was granted to you, your permanent resident status is not conditional. The granting of
permanent resident status means that the place of marriage and the type of visa for entry
were considered, and found to be O.K.
> To add some more details, we got married in Greece and I entered the US on a tourist
> visa and filed for adjustment of status back in early 1998.
>
> Advice please! Thank you.
You are correct. You need to go back to INS and file Form I-90, application for
replacement green card. You should not have to pay a fee because INS made the mistake.
> On 1/2/2001 my wife and I had the interview for the green card, after 33 whole months of
> waiting. Everything went fine, also at the time of the interview my wife and I were
> married for 3 1/2 years. The INS officer even mentioned that the card is going to be
> 'unconditional', in other words it would not have the 2 year conditional restrictions.
>
> Well today I got the green card and everything is spelled correctly but it expires in 2
> years! On my Passport, the INS officer that conducted the interview put the code 'IR6'
> that stands for UNCONDITIONAL but the plastic Green Card that came in the mail from the
> process center in Texas says says 'CR6'. which stands for CONDITIONAL.
>
> Am I correct about the provision of '..if marriage of more than 2 years exists at the
> point of the INTERVIEW then the GC is unconditional (10 years)' and what do I do next?
> Does it matter where we were married and what type of visa I entered the US on?
No. If the marriage was more than two years old on the day that permanent resident status
was granted to you, your permanent resident status is not conditional. The granting of
permanent resident status means that the place of marriage and the type of visa for entry
were considered, and found to be O.K.
> To add some more details, we got married in Greece and I entered the US on a tourist
> visa and filed for adjustment of status back in early 1998.
>
> Advice please! Thank you.
You are correct. You need to go back to INS and file Form I-90, application for
replacement green card. You should not have to pay a fee because INS made the mistake.
Feb 16th 2001, 1:00 am
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>You are correct. You need to go back to INS and file Form I-90, application for
>replacement green card. You should not have to pay a fee because INS made the mistake.
Sylvia,
This is exactly what I did today. They directly changed the code in the database and I
completed a new I-90 form so that a new IR6 type I-551 document will be issued. What a
frustrating Valentine's!
Regards, SB
>replacement green card. You should not have to pay a fee because INS made the mistake.
Sylvia,
This is exactly what I did today. They directly changed the code in the database and I
completed a new I-90 form so that a new IR6 type I-551 document will be issued. What a
frustrating Valentine's!
Regards, SB
