Green Card has 2 year expiration, even though PR not conditional - Normal???

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jckii

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I recently had my interview, which went just fine (in and out in 10 minutes) - and at the end of it the official informed me that I was approved for Permanent Residence, no restructions of 2-year conditional period, since we had already been married for more than 2 years. However, I have now received my GC in the mail and it's only valid for 2 years, with instructions to renew it before it expires. Is this normal, or do I need to call and have them correct this?

Thanks to all.
 
jckii said:
I recently had my interview, which went just fine (in and out in 10 minutes) - and at the end of it the official informed me that I was approved for Permanent Residence, no restructions of 2-year conditional period, since we had already been married for more than 2 years. However, I have now received my GC in the mail and it's only valid for 2 years, with instructions to renew it before it expires. Is this normal, or do I need to call and have them correct this?

Thanks to all.
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What category does it say ?

Also,

I would appreciate if you can comment on following.

Today I was looking closely at my new "Permanent Resident Card" just to make sure that all info are correct and strangely I have noticed that back of the card is upside down(Like that pre-printed back to back INS application forms) i.e. "Topside of the front" is the "bottom side" of back & vice-versa. Is it w/everybody who has GC or they made a mistake in inserting my card while printing?


Thank You,
 
After reading your post I checked my Permanent Resident Card and is looks just like yours, the back is upside down; probable this is the way is should look, and when you just flip the front the back comes right!
 
edh said:
After reading your post I checked my Permanent Resident Card and is looks just like yours, the back is upside down; probable this is the way is should look, and when you just flip the front the back comes right!
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Thank You,

It gives me relief.

I appreciate that.
 
Status is CR6 - does this mean "Conditional"?

SAP,

My GC category says CR6. What does this mean? I suspect CR stands for Conditional Resident - but hope not. Any info much appreciated, my status is certainly NOT supposed to be "conditional" since we've been married more than 2 years.

I can confirm that my GC appears to be "upside-down" like yours. I think this is how they do it.
 
jckii said:
SAP,

My GC category says CR6. What does this mean? I suspect CR stands for Conditional Resident - but hope not. Any info much appreciated, my status is certainly NOT supposed to be "conditional" since we've been married more than 2 years.

I can confirm that my GC appears to be "upside-down" like yours. I think this is how they do it.
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Thank you,

CR6 is Conditional Resident. You should have IR6. If you were stamped at the interview check, whether officer has mentioned any category w/Stamp?

I would say make InfoPass appt & visit your local office. If it is too far, you can call customer service. but I would say it is worth going to local office & fix the error personally. Before going just make sure that the "Residence since" is the date you bacame permanent resident, and on that day/date your marriage should be 2 years old.
 
sap12452003 said:
Thank you,

CR6 is Conditional Resident. You should have IR6. If you were stamped at the interview check, whether officer has mentioned any category w/Stamp?

I would say make InfoPass appt & visit your local office. If it is too far, you can call customer service. but I would say it is worth going to local office & fix the error personally. Before going just make sure that the "Residence since" is the date you bacame permanent resident, and on that day/date your marriage should be 2 years old.
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Thanks SAP - I actually called customer service and they told me to send in the GC with form I-90, along with a cover letter, marrige cert and copy of the temp stamp in my passport verifying the date of my PR. Here's the kicker though - I checked the temp stamp, and the date is WRONG! It says 2007 instead of 2005...can't believe I didn't notice this right after the interview. Must have been the excitement. Well, at least the actual GC has the correct "resident since" date on it, plus I have a copy of the interview notice for added proof of the date, and my marriage cert (notarized) proves that the marriage was more than 2 years old on that date, so hopefully all will be OK. Anyway I'm taking your advice, seems sensible, and I have an Infopass appointment to try to straighten things out on Friday. I'll report back on what happens, I suspect I will still have to send it back to the NBC with an I-90 app for a new card. Thanks again!
 
sap12452003 said:
Thank you,

CR6 is Conditional Resident. You should have IR6. If you were stamped at the interview check, whether officer has mentioned any category w/Stamp?

I would say make InfoPass appt & visit your local office. If it is too far, you can call customer service. but I would say it is worth going to local office & fix the error personally. Before going just make sure that the "Residence since" is the date you bacame permanent resident, and on that day/date your marriage should be 2 years old.
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Thanks SAP. The officer very clearly stated that I was being approved for a 10 year card at the interview, for indefinite PR status, since we had been married more than 2 years. So it seems like an admin error somewhere else - I actually called customer service and they told me to send in the GC with form I-90, along with a cover letter, marrige cert and copy of the temp stamp in my passport verifying the date of my PR. Here's the kicker though - I checked the temp stamp, and the date is WRONG! It says 2007 instead of 2005...can't believe I didn't notice this right after the interview. Must have been the excitement. Well, at least the actual GC has the correct "resident since" date on it, plus I have a copy of the interview notice for added proof of the date, and my marriage cert (notarized) proves that the marriage was more than 2 years old on that date, so hopefully all will be OK. Anyway I'm taking your advice, seems sensible, and I have an Infopass appointment to try to straighten things out on Friday. I'll report back on what happens, I suspect I will still have to send it back to the NBC with an I-90 app for a new card. Thanks again!
 
hi! so what happened after you had that appointment with the immigration officer? did he advise you on I-90? was there really a USCIS administrative error? thanks
 
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