Maria

My conditional status expires on March 6th, 2002. I filed I-751 together with my
US citizen spouse, back in December. We received the NOA extending my card for
another year.

My husband, out-of-the-blue has announced me he doesn't like to be married and he
wants a divorce. Last month we filed together, we lived together, as husband and
wife. While this has been such a shock to me, I am wondering what I am supposed to
do: let INS know about our current situation, wait to hear from INS first, or what
should I do?

Thank you.

Alvena Ferreira

Maria wrote:
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The first thing I would do is ask him to have marriage counselling. If nothing else,
this will give you evidence that you tried to save the marriage. The second thing I
would do is nothing: wait and see if the I-751 goes ahead and processes and you get
your permanent resident card without having an interview. If the I-751 does NOT
process without an interview, then if you get divorced, you should file another I-751
immediately, based on the divorce. Attorney is recommended. Start finding, copying,
and putting documentation together now, put it in a bank box for security, in case
you end up filing that I-751 based on a divorce. Just get the info out of the house
into a safe place. He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail. Alvena
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posted for the purpose of discussion only. Locate an immigration attorney in your
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Onigiri

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I think it is nice that he had waited until you both filed I-751 together. Many USCs
have turned weird on their alien spouses with rather awkward timings. Nice man, your
husband. There could be a lot of advantages to be unmarried and live together. Have a
chat and find out what is in his mind.

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Collect all the documents that can demonstrate that you have had a normal married
life thus far and save them in a safe place. Wait for the INS to respond to the
petition you had filed. If they approve ( a very good chance that they will) without
an interview, follow the instructions of the INS and get yourself a permanent
resident card. Your immediate worry is not the INS. Keep cool and take care.

Maria

"Onigiri" <[email protected]>

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Thank you very much to both of you for your advise. We talked and agreed that a
divorce is not going to happen anytime soon. And maybe this gives us a chance to work
out our differences.