Who Should File?

Persons who are eligible and properly apply for permanent residence or Green card based on either a recent marriage to a U.S. citizen or as an investor are granted permanent residence on a conditional basis for two years. The expiration date of the conditional period is two years from the approval date. The immigrant visa category is CR (conditional resident).

When this two-year conditional period is over, the permanent residence automatically expires and the applicant is subject to deportation and removal.To avoid this, 90 days or less before the conditional residence expires, the applicant must file form I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence. Click here to Begin your application. Once the application is received by the USCIS, permanent residence is extended for 1-year intervals until the request to remove conditions is approved or denied. The USCIS requires that the application provide both general and specific supporting evidence that the basis on which the applicant obtained conditional permanent residence was not fraudulent. For an application based on marriage, birth certificates of children, joint financial statements, and letters from employers, friends and relatives are some types of evidence that are accepted.

About Petition to Remove the Conditions of Residence

For a conditional resident who obtained status through marriage to apply to remove the conditions on his or her residence.