Everyone must distinguish the difference between a temporary green card and a green card.

Temporary green cards and full green cards enjoy the same rights and interests in the United States, such as travel, work, legal residence, etc. The only difference is that you need to submit an I-829 application to the Immigration Bureau when the conditional green card expires one year and nine months, and change the conditional green card into a full green card. The difference between a temporary green card and a formal green card varies with different types of immigrants. The specific differences are as follows:

investment immigration

According to the policy requirements of EB-5, after obtaining a temporary green card for two years, as long as the investment project is profitable and creates 10 jobs, it can be converted into a permanent green card, and the capital of 500,000 US dollars can be recovered after three years. In other words, if there are conditions that restrict the temporary green card from being converted into a formal green card, it may not be able to be converted into a formal green card.

Marriage immigrants

Getting a temporary or formal green card is determined by the time of getting married and getting a green card. If the time to get a green card is less than two years before marriage, then the applicant will get a temporary green card. If the time between getting a green card and getting married is two years or more, the applicant will get a formal green card. Marriage time refers to the marriage time shown on the marriage certificate. The time to get a green card generally refers to the date when the applicant passes the interview with the Immigration Bureau and the immigration officer passes the interview and stamps the applicant's passport. If the applicant has obtained a temporary green card, two years later, the applicant needs to apply to the Immigration Bureau for changing to a permanent green card (removing the conditions).

The starting date of two-year calculation of green card is the date of obtaining temporary green card, not the date of marriage. According to this calculation, if the applicant gets a temporary green card after one and a half years of marriage, he will get a formal green card two years after getting a temporary green card, that is, after three and a half years of marriage. The window period for a green card to become a full member is one year, nine months to two years after obtaining a temporary green card.

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