The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issues marriage-based conditional permanent residency via conditional green cards to those people whose permanent residency is based on a marriage that is less than two years old (on the day of issue). This conditional status is based on the couple’s need to prove the legal legitimacy of their marriage – proving that it is not an attempt to circumvent the nation’s immigration laws. If you have questions or concerns about your marriage and permanent residency, reach out to an experienced California immigration lawyer.
Your conditional green card amounts to a two-year probation period in which you and your spouse will compile a record of your marriage. Toward the end of your two-year conditional status, you will file a Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence in support of your legal marriage. Failure to file properly leads to the automatic loss of conditional permanent resident status on the date of your conditional green card’s expiration.
Those eligible to have the conditions on permanent residence removed include the following:
The kind of evidence you typically need to demonstrate to the U.S government that your marriage is bona fide (and not green card fraud) include, but is not limited to:
Additionally, USCIS may require both of you to attend an interview prior to obtaining your Application for the Removal of Conditions.
If you have conditional permanent residency based on marriage, having the conditions removed is an important step forward that you must address when the time comes. The dedicated California immigration attorneys at Miranda, Magden & Miranda, LLP, in Salinas are well acquainted with successfully maneuvering the legal intricacies of permanent residency, and we are on your side. To learn more about how we can help, please don’t hesitate to contact us today.
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