Blakely28

Hi!! I have on more question: My husband was married to another woman back in 1997 while
he still lived in Canada. That marriage did not work out and he left her in early Feb
1999 around the time he and I met online. He was not with her at all but had not yet
filed for divorce. We talked for several months online and became closer and he finally
filed for divorce in August of 1999. In Canada they have a one year waiting period before
a divorce is final so it was finally granted August 31st 2000. He came to visit me for
the 3rd time to celebrate and we ended up marrying on September 28 2000. So technically
he was only divorced for alittle less than one month before we married. Will the INS look
down on this??? If Canada didn't have that one year waiting period it would have takened
only about 3 months to grant a divorce because their divorce was amicably. Our marriage
in Sept was kind of a spur of the moment thing anyways. It was a simple Justice of the
Peace wedding. During that time we had NO CLUE about immigrattion things until a few
weeks into our marriage. We didn't know he needed an EAD card or Adjust papers or
anything like that. Anyways I just wanted to know what the INS might think of this
marriage... since he was only divorced for less than 30 days. He and his exwife had been
apart since 1998 and he and I have been together since Feb 1999 until now Feb 2001 (2
years). Thanks for your time!

Lynn

Onigiri

INS does not care. It is usually the in-laws and this newsgroup people that you find hard
to answer. Read the resource web pages; you will find that there are answers to many
questions that will come up in your mind.

> Hi!! I have on more question: My husband was married to another woman back
in
> 1997 while he still lived in Canada. That marriage did not work out and he
left
> her in early Feb 1999 around the time he and I met online. He was not with
her
> at all but had not yet filed for divorce. We talked for several months
online
> and became closer and he finally filed for divorce in August of 1999. In
Canada
> they have a one year waiting period before a divorce is final so it was
finally
> granted August 31st 2000. He came to visit me for the 3rd time to
celebrate and
> we ended up marrying on September 28 2000. So technically he was only
divorced
> for alittle less than one month before we married. Will the INS look down
on
> this??? If Canada didn't have that one year waiting period it would have takened only
> about 3 months to grant a divorce because their divorce was amicably. Our marriage in
> Sept was kind of a spur of the moment thing
anyways.
> It was a simple Justice of the Peace wedding. During that time we had NO
CLUE
> about immigrattion things until a few weeks into our marriage. We didn't
know
> he needed an EAD card or Adjust papers or anything like that. Anyways I
just
> wanted to know what the INS might think of this marriage... since he was
only
> divorced for less than 30 days. He and his exwife had been apart since
1998 and
> he and I have been together since Feb 1999 until now Feb 2001 (2 years).
Thanks
> for your time!
>
> Lynn

Rete

As Onigiri said INS won't give a tinker's damn. However, be sure that you married after he
got his divorce absolute and not just the first decree. The divorce is not final in Canada
until one month after the original decree is received. I know because I have a Canadian
husband who was divorced in Canada.

Rita

> INS does not care. It is usually the in-laws and this newsgroup people
that
> you find hard to answer. Read the resource web pages; you will find that there are
> answers to many questions that will come up in your mind.

> > Hi!! I have on more question: My husband was married to another woman
back
> in
> > 1997 while he still lived in Canada. That marriage did not work out and
he
> left
> > her in early Feb 1999 around the time he and I met online. He was not
with
> her
> > at all but had not yet filed for divorce. We talked for several months
> online
> > and became closer and he finally filed for divorce in August of 1999. In
> Canada
> > they have a one year waiting period before a divorce is final so it was
> finally
> > granted August 31st 2000. He came to visit me for the 3rd time to
> celebrate and
> > we ended up marrying on September 28 2000. So technically he was only
> divorced
> > for alittle less than one month before we married. Will the INS look
down
> on
> > this??? If Canada didn't have that one year waiting period it would have takened only
> > about 3 months to grant a divorce because their divorce was amicably. Our marriage in
> > Sept was kind of a spur of the moment thing
> anyways.
> > It was a simple Justice of the Peace wedding. During that time we had NO
> CLUE
> > about immigrattion things until a few weeks into our marriage. We didn't
> know
> > he needed an EAD card or Adjust papers or anything like that. Anyways I
> just
> > wanted to know what the INS might think of this marriage... since he was
> only
> > divorced for less than 30 days. He and his exwife had been apart since
> 1998 and
> > he and I have been together since Feb 1999 until now Feb 2001 (2 years).
> Thanks
> > for your time!
> >
> > Lynn