The concept of “conditional” immigration status was introduced by the Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of 1986 and it was intended to deter and detect marriage fraud. It's provisions require the citizen and non-citizen spouses to jointly file a petition to remove condition within the 90-day period prior to the second anniversary of the conferral of “conditional” status. This had the unintended effect of compelling non-citizen spouses to remain in bad, and even abusive, m