Hi again,
She was issued a visa and granted entry into the US with a Conditional Green Card back in 2020. We forgot it was a conditional green card and the USCIS failed to mail out form I-751 (to remove conditions tied to her residency). We thought we just had to go to the USCIS office and renew the card to a 10-year permanent resident card through with the I-90 form. This was around the covid19 pandemic, so it was difficult even setting up an appointment.
We finally did get an appointment where they did my wife's biometrics and submitted her application for the renewal of her green card. At no point during the process did they inform her that she had to file the form I-751 to remove the condition on her residency first. You would think that alert would pop up on their screen, but I guess not. They just went ahead and processed her I-90 application (a normal renewal). We thought we did everything right. Afterall, we figured if there was a discrepancy, they would have caught it and let my wife know right away. Anyway, now it was a waiting game to get her new card. We received a letter from USCIS to use in conjunction with her expired card to extend it by 12 months. Close to the end of the 12 months, they sent another letter to use in conjunction with her expired card to extend it for another 24 months. The process was taking way too long and my wife had to go visit her sick mother in Indonesia...two weeks into her vacation, they finally came to their decision on her application and reject it due to the fact that she was supposed file form I-751 to remove conditions first. They made us wait 2 years only for them to reject it. Had they told us right away, we would have filed the correct form and none of this would've happened. Anyway, since she was now abroad, she could not file for an adjustment, and we had to repetition for her. I filed the petition last June and we're still waiting for them to review her application. By the looks of it, it might be another couple of years or more before she is granted re-entry. Her W-2 is normal, like mine, and I received it in the mail. We've filed our taxes jointly last year and the year before with TurboTax. I'm not sure how to do it this year with her current situation, because she's technically not a resident or anything anymore and is reapplying for an immigration visa from scratch. I read somewhere that the SSN doesn't expire and in situations like this, the individual will have the same SSN once the re-enter. Sorry for the long explanation but I wanted you to have a complete understanding of the situation. What are my options?
