Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence

When this applies to you

• You received conditional permanent residence through marriage
• You're filing within 90 days before your 2-year card expires
• You can provide joint documentation showing a real marriage
• (Or) you're filing with a waiver due to divorce, abuse, or death of spouse

Documents you'll need

You upload these while filling out the form. You can start now and add them as you go.

• Your conditional resident card, front and back
• The card of each child included in the petition, front and back (if applicable)Optional

  Only for the children you answered Yes to "applying with you".

• Lease or mortgage showing joint occupancy or ownership of your homeOptional

  Evidence of a good-faith marriage, from the date of the marriage to today, shows it was not entered to circumvent immigration laws. Include as much as you can.

• Joint financial recordsOptional

  For example: joint savings and checking accounts with transaction history, complete joint federal and state tax returns, insurance policies naming the other spouse as beneficiary, joint utility bills, joint loans. For military families: Leave and Earnings Statements showing BAQ with family members, or Form DD-1172.

• Birth certificates of children born during this marriageOptional
• Other documents showing the marriage was not entered to evade U.S. immigration lawsOptional

  The instructions also ask for documents about how the relationship ended, if it has ended.

• Sworn affidavits from at least two people who know you both (optional)Optional

  The original, in the envelope. The people must have known you both since conditional residence was granted and have personal knowledge of your marriage. Each affidavit gives the author's full name and address, date and place of birth, relationship to you or your spouse, and how they know what they state. They must be supported by other evidence on this list, and their authors may be asked to testify.

• Your spouse (or stepparent) must sign and date Part 8 by handOptional

  Print the form, have them review every answer, then have them sign in ink in the "Spouse's or Individual's Signature" box on page 8, with the date. A typed or stamped name is refused, and a petition without a valid signature is rejected.

• Your written explanation for filing late

  It must show the delay was due to extraordinary circumstances beyond your control and that its length was reasonable.

• Your explanation of why you are filing separately from your parent

  A full explanation of why you are filing separately from your parent, with copies of any supporting documents.

• Your explanation of why you are filing separately from your parent

  A full explanation of why you are filing separately from your parent, with copies of any supporting documents.

• Your spouse's death certificate
• The final divorce decree or annulment

  Or any other document terminating or annulling the marriage.

• Evidence of the battery or extreme cruelty

  For example copies of reports or official records from police, courts, medical personnel, school officials, clergy, social workers or other social service agencies. Also, if you have them: documents about an order of protection or other legal steps taken to end the abuse, evidence that you sought safe haven in a shelter, photographs of your injuries.

• Your divorce decree, if the divorce was granted on grounds of physical abuse or extreme cruelty (if applicable)Optional
• Evidence of the battery or extreme cruelty you suffered

  For example copies of reports or official records from police, courts, medical personnel, school officials, clergy, social workers or other social service agencies. Also, if you have them: documents about an order of protection or other legal steps taken to end the abuse, evidence that you sought safe haven in a shelter, photographs of your injuries.

• Evidence of the extreme hardship your removal would cause

  They must show hardship significantly greater than that of other foreign nationals removed after extended stays, and relate only to factors that arose during your two years of conditional residence.

• Court records for each arrest, charge or conviction

  As applicable: with no charges filed, an original official statement from the arresting agency or a court order confirming no charges were filed; with charges, an original or court-certified copy of the complete arrest record and disposition (dismissal, conviction, acquittal); after a conviction or an alternative sentencing program, the sentencing record and evidence you completed the sentence (probation or parole record, or completion of the program), or the order vacating, sealing or expunging it. If no record is available, an original statement from the court saying so. Not needed for traffic fines under $500 with no arrest, unless alcohol or drugs were involved.

• A copy of your current military or government orders
• Write "ACTIVE MILITARY" or "GOVERNMENT ORDERS" at the top of the formOptional

  By hand, at the top of the first printed page, so USCIS can identify the filing.

• Two passport-style photos for each petitioner and dependentOptional

  In the envelope, regardless of age: 2x2 inch color photos, full face, white to off-white background, thin glossy paper, unmounted and unretouched, head bare unless for religious reasons. Lightly print the name and A-Number on the back in pencil or felt pen.

• Two completed FD-258 fingerprint cards for each person aged 14 to 79Optional

  Prepared by a U.S. Embassy or Consulate, a USCIS office or a U.S. military installation. Write the A-Number on each card, and do not bend, fold or crease them.

• Form G-28 completed by your attorney or accredited representative (if applicable)Optional

  Needed if your attorney or representative represents you beyond preparing this petition. If they only prepared it, they do not file one.

How the filing works

• 12 guided sections in your language. We only ask the questions that apply to you.
• Your answers are saved as you go, so you can stop and come back
• We fill the official USCIS PDF and you sign it online