Teach you step by step how to release I-751 (release of conditional green card). How to apply for release of conditional green card. A. Application conditions Prerequisites for green card release 1. If you have been married for less than 2 years, you will get a conditional green card when you enter the country on CR1. If you enter the country on K3 and K1, after completing the status change, if you are still married for less than 2 years, you will also get a conditional green card. Within 90 days before the EXPIRE DATE marked on the conditional green card, you need to apply for I-751 to remove the conditional green card and become a permanent green card. Note: You need to apply to convert a conditional green card to a ten-year green card. Your deadline should be within 90 days before the two-year conditional green card expires. It is clearly stated in your green card welcome letter. 2. I-751 requires your spouse to apply jointly with you. You can apply for exemption from joint application in the following situations: A. Marry in good faith, but then your spouse dies. B. Married in good faith, but the marriage was later terminated due to divorce. C. They married sincerely and are still not divorced, but they are extremely abused by the other party. 3． You can include your conditional green card children in this application (the time difference between mother and child receiving conditional green cards is required to be no more than 90 days), otherwise they will need to apply separately. B. List of required materials: 1. Fill out Form I-751 2. Copies of conditional green cards, and copies of conditional green cards for children included in this application. 3． If you and your children have been severely abused by your spouse, you need to apply for exemption from the joint application. You need to provide evidence, such as reports made for you by the police, court, hospital, school, social service agency, etc. 4. If you are divorced, provide a copy of the divorce documents and apply for exemption from joint application. 5. If your spouse dies and provide a copy of the death certificate, you need to apply for exemption from joint application. 6. If you are a child and want to apply separately from your parents, you need to provide evidence explaining why you need to apply separately from your parents. 7. Provide materials that reflect the true status of your marriage. The more the better (photocopies are enough). It is best that the materials you provide should be stamped and dated. For example: (1). Birth certificates of children born during your marriage (2). A rental contract with the same name in both names, the property ownership certificate of the house where they live, insurance documents showing the other party as the beneficiary, including joint ownership of property and evidence of joint responsibilities and obligations, such as joint deposits and checking bank accounts, joint names Loans, joint utility bills, joint tax bills,. (3)． Write a true affidavit about your marriage in person (original required). It must have the signatures and testimonies of at least 2 or more relatives and friends. At the same time, the affidavit must have the birthplace, date, address of your relatives and friends, and your spouse. Or your own relationship. To apply for a conditional green card, the couple must jointly sign the I-751 application *Completely fill in the I-751 form *Notarized marriage certificate *Copy of the passports of both spouses *Copy of the conditional green card *Copy of the I-551 stamp in the passport (if any) *Original Copy of I-130 approval letter (if it is a K visa, you need to submit the 129F package and the AOS approval notification letter) * These documents are to prove the authenticity of the marriage of both parties in the future, as many materials as possible, the more the better: ***Same bank account Proof, ***Same credit card account, ***Same lease, ***Same tax return, ***Same electricity bill, ***Same electricity bill, ***Same medical insurance certificate, Relatives and friends Letters of certification, photos of relatives and friends, and other materials that can prove that you are husband and wife. C. Application address The I-751 application package must be sent to either the USCIS California or Vermont processing center (click here to find out which service center you belong to) D. The application fee, money order or check (cheque) is sent to the USCIS Service Center together with the application. E. Application time 1. The time for applying for a joint application is as shown above 2. The time to apply for exemption from the joint application can be anytime between the second anniversary of obtaining the temporary green card and the second anniversary. 3． The validity period of the conditional green card is the second anniversary. If you do not immediately apply for I-751 to remove the conditional green card, you will lose your status.

Supplementary reading: 1. Foreign spouses who are newly married to U.S. citizens or legal residents and living a close-knit life should not think that they can stay in the U.S. for a long time without any worries. The permanent green card obtained by applying for residence is only a conditional right of residence. That is, a temporary green card. You can only obtain a permanent green card after the marriage has existed for two years. The reason is that there are too many fake marriages. The Immigration Bureau believes that there is no problem in the marriage after two years of marriage. Changing from conditional residence to permanent residence involves another formality. 90 days before the second year of marriage, you can start to apply for cancellation of conditional residence. The American and foreign spouse must apply together. The expiration date of the temporary green card is the second anniversary of the marriage. Therefore, if you do not convert the temporary green card into a permanent green card, you will lose your right of residence in the United States after two years of marriage. If you are married within two years due to personality incompatibility or abuse by your American spouse, you can apply for an exemption from the divorce application. Once you have obtained the exemption, you can apply for adjustment to formal permanent residence and a formal green card at any time during the conditional residence period. Note that this must be done before being transferred out of the country. If the children of the foreign spouse obtain conditional residence together with the foreign spouse, they will be listed on the foreign spouse's application form for conversion to permanent residence and will be converted into a formal green card at the same time. If the children obtain the conditional residence 90 days after the foreign spouse obtains the conditional residence, The children need to fill in separate application documents for converting to a formal green card. 2. Eligibility to apply for a change from conditional residence to a formal green card: a foreign spouse who is married to a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and still maintains a marriage relationship with a difference of 90 days or two years [children who obtained conditional residence at the same time as the foreign spouse are also included] . Children who apply for conditional residence only 90 days after the foreign spouse obtains conditional residence. That is, children who are not included in the foreign spouse’s application form for conditional residence. A survivor of a bona fide marriage to a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. A sincere marriage was divorced or declared invalid due to various reasons. The marriage was in good faith, but the American spouse abused the foreign spouse or their children. Revoking U.S. residency benefits can lead to extreme hardship. 3. How to apply for a green card from conditional residence to a formal green card. Joint application by spouses of American citizens or permanent residents: The couple must fill out and sign the I-751 application for cancellation of conditional residence form together; a copy of the conditional residence green card; a certificate of bona fide marriage, Including proof of the couple's cohabitation, the couple's property, the birth certificates of their children, etc. This is the simplest way to adjust to permanent residence. If you are the survivor of your American spouse: Fill out Form I-751; a copy of your temporary residence green card; bona fide proof of marriage, including the lease of the residence where you and your American spouse live together, any previous owned property, birth certificates of your children, and Copy of spouse’s death certificate. Disappearance of marriage except death of spouse: Form I-751; copy of temporary green card; proof of bona fide marriage, including previous lease of same residence, previous ownership of same property, birth certificate of children, copy of divorce or annulment certificate, proving that not Divorce or annulment of marriage due to foreign spouse’s mistakes. Application for battered spouse: Form I-751; copy of temporary green card; proof of bona fide marriage, including cohabitation, property ownership, children’s birth certificates, confession of abuse of children or themselves, [such as reports of physical abuse, Social worker’s evaluation, proof that the divorce was due to abuse], proof that the divorce was not the foreign spouse’s fault, and proof that leaving the United States would cause extreme hardship. If the children apply to change their permanent residence status separately: Form I-751; copy of temporary green card; written explanation of the reason for separation from the foreign parent or parents. 4. When changing from a conditional green card to a formal green card, does the person involved have to be in the United States? The foreign spouse does not need to be in the United States when the application is processed, but when the immigration office wants to interview the couple, they must return to the United States. 5. Do I have to attend the interview with the Immigration Bureau in person? Both couples must attend an interview with the Immigration Bureau, but the Regional Immigration Director can waive the interview. After evaluating the application form, the Regional Director can decide whether to require an interview. Additional: If you do not plan to naturalize in the United States for the time being and you have received a 10-year green card, you need to renew your green card.

Submit an application to renew your green card within 90 days before the 10-year green card expires.