Immigration Site

Im ecstatic to find out that I got approved a few days ago. The online status info says that my "permanent" residency has been mailed to my address.

However, I thought you get conditional residency if youve been married for less than 2 years. It has been almost two years now, but not wholly. I read about people getting conditional green cards instead of permanent despite of being married for definitely more than 2 years.

I know I should be glad that its not the other way around, but could they have made a good (for me anyway, haha) mistake and issued me a permanent one? Is there any chance they can find out in the future and re-issue me a conditional residency?

I think youre getting confused with the email here, they dont send a different email if its a conditional LPR card. Youll most likely get a 2 year card.

If you havent been married for 2 years when you were approved for AOS the card is conditional. If they sent you a 10 year card it is a mistake, and one that you need to fix. This has happened. If this does happen you need to still file I-751. This mistake would not be "good for you" because USCIS will still expect you to file to remove conditions, even if your green card says otherwise. Ive heard of people getting in trouble (read removal proceedings) because USCIS made the mistake of sending them a 10 year card when they should have sent a 2 year card. Make no mistake, if USCIS makes a mistake, it is you that bares the burden of fixing it.

Most likely youll be getting the 2 year GC in the mail soon.

Thanks for your response, dr_lha!

So Ill be able to to remove the condition on the residency two years from the date I got apporved which will be around spring of 2009, and then Ill be able to apply for the citizenship around spring of 2010, right? I hope its not 3 years from the issuance of "permanent" residency that you are eligible to apply for citizenship but rather just ANY residency.

Also, do people still get interviewed and have to show (or send in) bills, insurance, lease (in both husband & wifes names), joing taxes, pictures, etc. to remove the condition two years later? Im so tired of keeping all the bills and stuffs just because of the immigration, lol!

Thanks again!

Oh and one more thing, my employment authorization expired earlier this year, and I forgot to renew it on time, but I did renew it just a couple of months ago. Will I still have to wait for the employment authorization to be able to work in the States, in other words, will I have to go to the biometric appointment next week, or since I got approved, Im not required to? If not, will I have to call in to cancel the appointment?

Lastly, am I allowed to travel without the advance parole document?