I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence
Use this form if you are a conditional permanent resident who obtained status through marriage and want to apply to remove the conditions on your permanent resident status.
Number of Pages
Form 11; instructions 10.
Edition Date
12/05/17. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions.
Where to File
If you live in... | Then file at... |
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Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas Armed Forces - Pacific California Colorado Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Louisiana Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North Carolina Northern Mariana Islands Oklahoma Oregon Palau South Dakota Utah Washington Wisconsin Wyoming | For U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS For FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
Alabama Armed Forces - Europe Armed Forced - the Americas Connecticut Delaware Washington, District of Columbia Florida Georgia Indiana Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Dakota Ohio Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas U.S. Virgin Islands Unknown Vermont Virginia West Virginia | For U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS For FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
Don’t forget to sign your form! We will reject any unsigned form.
Filing Fee
$595. All Form I-751 petitions also require an $85 biometric service fee for each person applying to remove conditions on their residence on the same form. You may pay the fee with a money order, personal check, or cashier’s check. When filing at a USCIS Lockbox facility, you may also pay by credit card using Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions. If you pay by check, you must make your check payable to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Please note that service centers are not able to process credit card payments.
Checklist of Required Initial Evidence (for informational purposes only)
Please do not submit this checklist with your Form I-751. It is an optional tool to use as you prepare your form, but does not replace statutory, regulatory, and form instruction requirements. We recommend that you review these requirements before completing and submitting your form. Do not send original documents unless specifically requested in the form instructions or applicable regulations.
If you submit any documents (copies or original documents, if requested) in a foreign language, you must include a full English translation along with a certification from the translator verifying that the translation is complete and accurate, and that they are competent to translate from the foreign language to English.
If you are filing a joint petition, did you provide the following?
- Copies of the front and back of your Permanent Resident Card
- Copies of the front and back of the Permanent Resident Cards of any conditional resident children you are including in your petition (if applicable)
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Evidence of the relationship
- Submit copies of documents indicating that the marriage upon which you were granted status was entered in good faith and was not for the purpose of circumventing immigration laws. Submit copies of as many documents as you can to establish this fact, to demonstrate the circumstances of the relationship from the date of the marriage to the present date.
- An explanation for reason you are filing late (if applicable)
- An explanation for the reason you are filing separately from your primary conditional permanent resident parent (if applicable)
- Dispositions on criminal charges, arrests, or convictions (if applicable)
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If you are filing from overseas:
- Two passport-style photographs for each petitioner and dependent, regardless of age
- Two completed Form FD- 258 Fingerprint Cards for each petitioner and dependent 14 to 79 years of age
- A copy of current military or government orders if filing based on military or government service
If you are filing an individual request because of the death of the petitioning spouse, did you provide the following?
- Copies of the front and back of your Permanent Resident Card
- Copies of the front and back of the Permanent Resident Cards of any conditional resident children you are including in your petition (if applicable)
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Evidence of the relationship
- Submit copies of documents indicating that the marriage upon which you were granted status was entered in good faith and was not for the purpose of circumventing immigration laws. Submit copies of as many documents as you can to establish this fact, to demonstrate the circumstances of the relationship from the date of the marriage to the present date.
- Your spouse’s death certificate
- An explanation for the reason you are filing separately from your primary conditional permanent resident parent (if applicable)
- Dispositions on criminal charges, arrests, or convictions (if applicable)
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If you are filing from overseas:
- Two passport-style photographs for each petitioner and dependent, regardless of age
- Two completed Form FD- 258 Fingerprint Cards for each petitioner and dependent 14 to 79 years of age
- A copy of current military or government orders if filing based on military or government service
If you are filing a waiver of the joint filing requirement due to a termination of marriage other than through death of the petitioning spouse, did you provide the following?
- Copies of the front and back of your Permanent Resident Card
- Copies of the front and back of the Permanent Resident Cards of any conditional resident children you are including in your petition (if applicable)
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Evidence of the relationship
- Submit copies of documents indicating that the marriage upon which you were granted status was entered in good faith and was not for the purpose of circumventing immigration laws. Submit copies of as many documents as you can to establish this fact, to demonstrate the circumstances of the relationship from the date of the marriage to the present date.
- Your final divorce or annulment decree
- Evidence demonstrating any circumstances surrounding the end of the relationship.
- An explanation for the reason you are filing separately from your primary conditional permanent resident parent (if applicable)
- Dispositions on criminal charges, arrests, or convictions (if applicable)
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If you are filing from overseas:
- Two passport-style photographs for each petitioner and dependent, regardless of age
- Two completed Form FD- 258 Fingerprint Cards for each petitioner and dependent 14 to 79 years of age
- A copy of current military or government orders if filing based on military or government service
If you are filing a waiver of the joint filing requirement because you and/or your conditional resident child were battered or subjected to extreme cruelty, did you provide the following?
NOTE: With respect to abuse waivers, you may file your form with any credible evidence relevant to the application. The determination of what evidence is credible and the weight to be given is within the sole discretion of USCIS.
- Copies of the front and back of your Permanent Resident Card
- Copies of the front and back of the Permanent Resident Cards of any conditional resident children you are including in your petition (if applicable)
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Evidence of the relationship
- Submit copies of documents indicating that the marriage upon which you were granted status was entered in good faith and was not for the purpose of circumventing immigration laws. Submit copies of as many documents as you can to establish this fact, to demonstrate the circumstances of the relationship from the date of the marriage to the present date.
- Evidence of abuse
- Your final divorce or annulment decree if your marriage was terminated by divorce on grounds of physical abuse or extreme cruelty
- An explanation for the reason you are filing separately from your primary conditional permanent resident parent (if applicable)
- Dispositions on criminal charges, arrests, or convictions (if applicable)
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If you are filing from overseas:
- Two passport-style photographs for each petitioner and dependent, regardless of age
- Two completed Form FD- 258 Fingerprint Cards for each petitioner and dependent 14 to 79 years of age
- A copy of current military or government orders if filing based on military or government service
If you are filing a waiver of the joint filing requirement because the termination of your status and removal would result in extreme hardship, did you provide the following?
- Copies of the front and back of your Permanent Resident Card
- Copies of the front and back of the Permanent Resident Cards of any conditional resident children you are including in your petition (if applicable)
- Evidence of extreme hardship
- An explanation for the reason you are filing separately from your primary conditional permanent resident parent (if applicable)
- Dispositions on criminal charges, arrests, or convictions (if applicable)
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If you are filing from overseas:
- Two passport-style photographs for each petitioner and dependent, regardless of age
- Two completed Form FD- 258 Fingerprint Cards for each petitioner and dependent 14 to 79 years of age
- A copy of current military or government orders if filing based on military or government service
Special Instructions
E-Notification: If you want to receive an e-mail and/or a text message that your Form I-751 has been accepted at a USCIS Lockbox facility, complete Form G-1145, E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance, and clip it to the first page of your petition.