I have two questions.

1. I filed a petition on behalf of my wife to immigrate to the U.S. on August 2001. INS told us that it takes 180 to 940 for them to process a petition. When I filed I was a Permanent U.S. Resident. Since then I have become a U.S. Cetizen. I notified the INS of this change in status. As a U.S. citizen, will it still take that long for my petition to be approved?

2. Once my wife is granted a Conditional Residential Status, what are the restrictions on her travel. With-in the two year period, is there a maximum number of days that she can be out of the country? And what happens if she exceeds the maximum number of days?

Thank you so much for your assistance.

Regards,

Ravi

-- Ravi Khanna (ravikhanna@igc.org), April 14, 2002