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Conditional Green Card Holder Eligibility for §212(c) Relief

The court remanded the case for the BIA to clarify whether it considered the date that petitioner was first admitted as a conditional permanent resident in its finding that he was ineligible for §212(c) relief (Gallimore v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 8/16/10)

What is Conditional Resident?

A conditional permanent resident under section 216(a) of the Immigration

and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1186a(a) (2006), who is seeking to remove the
conditional basis of that status and who has timely filed the petition and
appeared for the interview required under
section 216(c)(1), does not need a separate section 216(c)(4) hardship waiver if
the petitioning spouse died during the 2-year conditional period.

Conditional residence meaning

Conditional permanent resident

Removal of the conditional residence

Conditional resident, find an Immigration attorney 

Difference between LPR and Conditional LPR

To deter the confusion generated from the differences in Resident Visa application the U.S. Army issued an instruction sheet to be provided to green card holders, Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) or Conditional Lawful Permanent Resident (CPR), enlistees when they contract.

Lawful permanent resident

Lawful permanent resident petitioning spouse

Extension of green card

LPR to prepare for citizenship

My husband died and my conditional green card expires in 6 months

A conditional permanent resident under section 216(a) of the Immigration
> and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1186a(a) (2006), who is seeking to remove the

conditional basis of that status and who has timely filed the petition and
appeared for the interview required under
section 216(c)(1), does not need a separate section 216(c)(4) hardship waiver if
the petitioning spouse died during the 2-year conditional period.

Legal permanent resident meaning

Green card extension 

Green card application

The Us to help possible lawful permanent residents to prepare for citizenship