Ado

This is my situation;

I am a UK citizen married to my USC wife for 3 years. We arrived in
the USA in September of 2002. Before then we had been living together
in the UK. I have filed for AOS, as I entered on a tourist visa. I
have a 1 year EAD card, and a SSN.

Recently, our marriage has been turning sour, we just dont get along
anymore. We tried a trial seperation, and I went to stay with some
friends for a little while in MI, while she stayed in UT. I am now
back in UT, hoping things would improve between us, but they havent.
We are both in agreement that a more permanent seperation is in order.
My question is, if we are not living together, or even worse,
divorced when it is time for my AOS interview, how will that affect
things?

Mrtravel

Ado wrote:
    > This is my situation;
    >
    > I am a UK citizen married to my USC wife for 3 years. We arrived in
    > the USA in September of 2002. Before then we had been living together
    > in the UK. I have filed for AOS, as I entered on a tourist visa. I
    > have a 1 year EAD card, and a SSN.
    >
    > Recently, our marriage has been turning sour, we just dont get along
    > anymore. We tried a trial seperation, and I went to stay with some
    > friends for a little while in MI, while she stayed in UT. I am now
    > back in UT, hoping things would improve between us, but they havent.
    > We are both in agreement that a more permanent seperation is in order.
    > My question is, if we are not living together, or even worse,
    > divorced when it is time for my AOS interview, how will that affect
    > things?

You will probably be denied.

Folinskyinla

Hi:

This is a complicated area of the law. You will have to consult with EXPERIENCED immigration counsel on this one.

Steve And Lisa

Too bad you didn't file DCF in London as you'd been residing in the UK
together. Depending on how long your marriage had been by the time of your
interview, you could have had a 10 year GC or in the very least a 2 year
conditional card and not need to worry about AOS or how a divorce would
effect you.

Well Patrick, here is a case where entering on a tourist visa definitely was
a huge mistake eh?

(is feeling a tad crabby as our day started at 5 am today.....so a bit less
tolerant of the ignorant.)


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Steve & Lisa
www.britsintheus.com/marriednhappy/timeline-aos.htm
N-400 Timeline:
30 August 2002 - Mailed N-400 to NSC certified priority mail
07 September 2002 - Return receipt from NSC dated 03 September 2002
13 September 2002 - Received NOA from NSC dated 09 September 2002
14 December 2002 - Received fingerprint NOA from Cleveland
16 January 2003 - Fingerprint appointment at Cleveland
Present day - Waiting to hear from Cleveland about N-400 interview/test date
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    > This is my situation;
    > I am a UK citizen married to my USC wife for 3 years. We arrived in
    > the USA in September of 2002. Before then we had been living together
    > in the UK. I have filed for AOS, as I entered on a tourist visa. I
    > have a 1 year EAD card, and a SSN.
    > Recently, our marriage has been turning sour, we just dont get along
    > anymore. We tried a trial seperation, and I went to stay with some
    > friends for a little while in MI, while she stayed in UT. I am now
    > back in UT, hoping things would improve between us, but they havent.
    > We are both in agreement that a more permanent seperation is in order.
    > My question is, if we are not living together, or even worse,
    > divorced when it is time for my AOS interview, how will that affect
    > things?