Fiance & Marriage Visas
16. After You Get Your Green Card
G. Converting From Conditional to Permanent Residence
If you were married for less than two years at the time of your approval for residency, or if you entered the United States as a K-1 fiancé, you will be given conditional residence. This means that your status will expire in two years. USCIS will take a second look at whether your marriage is indeed real (bona fide) before it allows you to stay permanently.
During your two years of conditional residency, you’ll have all the day-to-day rights of a permanent resident. You’ll be able to work, travel in and out of the United States, and even count your time toward the three or five years you’ll need to accumulate before applying for U.S. citizenship. But if, during this period, USCIS discovers that your marriage was not real in the first place, it can place you in removal proceedings and take away your green card and your immigration status.
CAUTION
You must ask for your residence to be made permanent, or you’ll lose it. Read the rest of this section carefully. If you do not follow the procedures, you risk losing your conditional and permanent resident status and could face deportation.
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