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Topic1 removal of conditions from my Green Card.

removal of conditions from my Green Card.

here is my story everybody,

sep 2007 got married and applied for temporary GC straight away
took me almost 18 months to get my first GC
Mar 2009 received my GC in mail
Mar 2011 is the expiry date of my 2-year conditional GC.
I have hired a lawyer, but my questions are as following.
We have one account together since we got married.
Couple of our utility bills are in both of our names, my car insurance is in my brothers name and hers is on her moms name. Because I drive my brothers car and she drives her moms car.
Couldnt get any credit cards, coz I dont have any credit and her credit is messed up.
We went through a fraud interview for our first interview, the whole interview took about 3 hours, they asked us about 100 questions one by one. We aced the test as the immigration officer said that I dont know that much stuff about my husband as you both know about each other. So I guess that left a good experience.
What are the chances about going through the fraud interview again for the removal of condition interview. We probably would ace is again but its just terrifying to think about it, coz anything might go wrong.
Typical timeline for the removal of condition process.

Ill be waiting for your replies people, Thanks.

Why arent you both building your own lives? You drive your brothers car, she drives her mums. Okay in the short them, but I think USCIS usually looks for progression for the 1st evidence provided during the AOS (your temporary green card), to the removal of conditions. You could have opened couple of Macys, Nordstrom and Best Buy cards, just to build credit and show commingling of funds/accounts. Do you guys have the same back account? Do you own a life insurance policy? Whose health care insurance is covering both of you? You should search on this forum, people who have filed for removal of conditions and the evidence attached. When you remove conditions, you want USCIS to adjudicate the case without you appear in front of an immigration officer, solely based on the evidence you send.

When I filed to remove conditions, I send about a 1lb of evidence, when I filed for my naturalization, I send about 1 1/2 lb of evidence, each one showing progression from the first time I filed for a green card to the issuance of my naturalization certificate. USCIS already suspected both of you, less information or joint responsibility for both of you, could result another interview associated with the removal of conditions for your green card.

The Officer interviewing you for the I-751 is guided by the following regulation:

8 CFR § 216.4 Joint petition to remove conditional basis of lawful permanent resident status for alien spouse.

(a) Filing the petition --

(5) Documentation. Form I–751 shall be accompanied by evidence that the marriage was not entered into for the purpose of evading the immigration laws of the United States. Such evidence may include:

(i) Documentation showing joint ownership of property;

(ii) Lease showing joint tenancy of a common residence;

(iii) Documentation showing commingling of financial resources;

(iv) Birth certificates of children born to the marriage;

(v) Affidavits of third parties having knowledge of the bona fides of the marital relationship, or

(vi) Other documentation establishing that the marriage was not entered into in order to evade the immigration laws of the United States.

The above is ONLY an excerpt from the whole regulation found at: http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text...16_main_02.tpl

Also review the Adjudicators Field Manual Chapter 25.1 which gives further instruction to the Officer in determing the I-751.
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/usc...90aRCRD&CH=afm

More than likely you will have a interview, with lack of additional evidence as you have explained it looks evident that it will happen, here is few things you can do to make a strong case.
Get a joint secured credit card, it will also help improve your credit.
Get auto insurance yourself as current arrangement will not suffice, maybe thats why you had to go thru all that in the first place.
Gather as much joint assets/insurance etc as you will need it.
With a case like this they are likely to drag out the I-751 hoping you guys will split.
With your previous experience I am positive that you are now aware of the mistakes or lack of documents and should cover all that while you can.
Good luck!

 
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