Fill out Form I-751 online

Who uses Form I-751

• Conditional permanent residents filing jointly with the U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident spouse through whom they got their status
• Children filing a joint petition separately with their U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident stepparent
• Conditional residents whose spouse has died, or whose marriage ended in divorce or annulment
• Conditional residents, or their children, who were battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by the spouse, stepparent or conditional resident parent
• Conditional residents asking for a waiver because the end of their status and removal from the United States would cause extreme hardship

Before you start

• A copy of the front and back of your Permanent Resident Card, and of the cards of any conditional resident children you include
• Copies of evidence that the marriage was entered in good faith, such as a joint lease or mortgage, joint bank accounts, joint tax returns, insurance policies naming your spouse as beneficiary, or birth certificates of children born during the marriage
• Affidavits, if you use them, from at least two people who have known you both since your conditional residence was granted
• The full name, date of birth, Social Security number and A-Number (if any) and physical address of your spouse or stepparent, and the name, date of birth, A-Number (if any) and address of each of your children
• If you are filing on your own: the death certificate, the final divorce or annulment decree, or evidence of abuse or extreme hardship, as it applies to you
• Court or police records for any arrest, charge or conviction, and a list of every address where you have lived since you became a permanent resident

How to fill out Form I-751

1. 1

   Part 1, Items 1-14: Information About You

   Enter your full legal name in 1.a-1.c and any other names you have used, such as a maiden name or nickname, in Items 2-3 (use Part 11 if you need more space). Give your date of birth, country of birth, every country of citizenship, A-Number, Social Security number and USCIS Online Account Number, if any. Items 10-14 ask your marital status, the date and place of your marriage, the date the marriage through which you got conditional residence ended (if it did), and the date your conditional residence expires. Type "N/A" for any question that does not apply to you.

2. 2

   Part 1, Items 15-23: Addresses and Additional Information

   Give your mailing address in 15.a-15.f. If your physical address is different, answer Yes to Item 16 and give it in 17.a-17.f. Items 18-23 ask whether you are in removal, deportation or rescission proceedings, whether a fee was paid to anyone other than an attorney for this petition, whether you have ever been arrested, charged or fined or committed a crime, whether you are now in a different marriage, whether you have lived at another address since becoming a permanent resident, and whether your spouse or parent's spouse is serving with the U.S. government outside the United States. A Yes to Item 20 needs a detailed explanation in Part 11, and a Yes to Item 22 needs a list of addresses and dates in Part 11.

3. 3

   Part 2: Biographic Information

   Select one box for ethnicity and every box that applies for race. Give your height in feet and inches and your weight in pounds, not in metric units; the instructions say to enter "000" if you do not know your weight. Select one box each for eye color and hair color.

4. 4

   Part 3: Basis for Petition

   For a joint petition, select only one box: 1.a if you file with your spouse, or 1.b if you file with your parent's spouse because you cannot be included in your parent's joint petition. To file on your own, select every box from 1.c to 1.g that applies: your spouse died, the marriage ended in divorce or annulment, you were battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by your spouse, you were battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by your parent's spouse or your conditional resident parent, or the end of your status and your removal would cause extreme hardship.

5. 5

   Parts 4, 5 and 6: Spouse or Stepparent, Children, Accommodations

   Part 4 is about the U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident spouse, former spouse or parent's spouse through whom you got conditional residence: select the relationship in 1.a or 1.b, then give the person's name, date of birth, Social Security number, A-Number (if any) and physical address. Part 5 asks about all of your children: for each of up to five, give the name, date of birth, A-Number (if any), whether the child lives with you and is applying with you, and the child's address; use Part 11 for more children. In Part 6 you can request an accommodation for a disability or impairment of yours, your spouse's or your included children's, and describe it in 4.a-4.c.

6. 6

   Parts 7 and 8: Statements, Contact Information and Signatures

   In Part 7, select 1.a if you read the petition in English or 1.b if an interpreter read it to you, and select Item 2 if someone prepared it for you. Give your phone numbers and email in Items 3-5, write your name in the Acknowledgement of Appointment at USCIS Application Support Center, then sign and date in 6.a-6.b. Part 8 has the same statement, contact items and signature for the spouse or stepparent listed in Part 4. When you file jointly, that person must also sign Part 8; the form notes that this signature is not required for a battered-spouse or extreme-cruelty waiver or an individual filing.

7. 7

   Parts 9, 10 and 11: Interpreter, Preparer and Additional Information

   Part 9 is completed and signed only by an interpreter, if one read the petition to you, and Part 10 only by a person other than you who prepared it. If one person did both, that person completes both parts. An attorney or accredited representative whose representation goes beyond preparing this petition must also submit Form G-28. Use Part 11 for answers that did not fit: give your name and A-Number at the top, list the page, part and item number for each answer, and sign and date any extra sheets.

After you fill it out

To file on paper, print the petition, sign it in ink (the spouse or stepparent listed in Part 4 also signs Part 8 when you file jointly) and mail it with copies of your evidence and the filing fee to the USCIS lockbox that serves the state where you live; check the current address on the Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-751 page and the fee on the USCIS Fee Schedule (Form G-1055). USCIS says all pages must be from the same form edition, with the edition date and page numbers visible at the bottom, or it may reject the form. USCIS also accepts Form I-751 online through a USCIS online account. After it accepts your petition, USCIS sends a receipt notice and may schedule a biometrics appointment or an interview.

Signing: USCIS rejects an unsigned petition and does not accept a stamped or typewritten name, so print the form and sign it by hand in ink; a photocopy, fax or scan of the original ink signature is accepted. A parent or legal guardian may sign for a conditional resident child under 14.

Questions about Form I-751

Official information

• USCIS: Form I-751 page
• Instructions for Form I-751 (PDF)
• Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-751
• Removing Conditions on Permanent Residence Based on Marriage

Page text last reviewed November 7, 2026.

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