Will I be deported? pls tell me what can happen!
Jan 12th 2003, 6:49 am
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Will I be deported? pls tell me what can happen!
I have a question about what my status in the US will be after a
divorce. I have been married to a US citizen for almost 2 years but recently got separated from my wife. It looks like a divorce will go through in the next few month. We had our interview with the INS in winter 2001 and i received a plastic green card a few month later. The plastic card is valid i think for 2 years and then we go for another interview. Prior to the green card I got two EADs. Then around the time the second EAD expired I filed some additional paperwork, had the interview and finaly received a greencard in the mail.
Anyway...I wonder if I need to expect any trouble if I get divorced in the next few month? what are the implications and let me know the worst that can happen? will i ever be able to get the permanent residency? she is threatening me with withdrawing her INS appeals and i guess she has written the INS to say that she is not interested in the union anymore. I do not know what to do at this point. I have been law-abiding and have all my work details etc
Henry stevens
divorce. I have been married to a US citizen for almost 2 years but recently got separated from my wife. It looks like a divorce will go through in the next few month. We had our interview with the INS in winter 2001 and i received a plastic green card a few month later. The plastic card is valid i think for 2 years and then we go for another interview. Prior to the green card I got two EADs. Then around the time the second EAD expired I filed some additional paperwork, had the interview and finaly received a greencard in the mail.
Anyway...I wonder if I need to expect any trouble if I get divorced in the next few month? what are the implications and let me know the worst that can happen? will i ever be able to get the permanent residency? she is threatening me with withdrawing her INS appeals and i guess she has written the INS to say that she is not interested in the union anymore. I do not know what to do at this point. I have been law-abiding and have all my work details etc
Henry stevens
Jan 13th 2003, 12:03 am
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Re: Will I be deported? pls tell me what can happen!
On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 07:49:38 +0000, henrystevens wrote:
>
> I have a question about what my status in the US will be after a
> divorce. I have been married to a US citizen for almost 2 years but
> recently got separated from my wife. It looks like a divorce will go
> through in the next few month. We had our interview with the INS in
> winter 2001 and i received a plastic green card a few month later. The
> plastic card is valid i think for 2 years and then we go for another
> interview. Prior to the green card I got two EADs. Then around the time
> the second EAD expired I filed some additional paperwork, had the
> interview and finaly received a greencard in the mail.
>
> Anyway...I wonder if I need to expect any trouble if I get divorced in
> the next few month? what are the implications and let me know the worst
> that can happen? will i ever be able to get the permanent residency? she
> is threatening me with withdrawing her INS appeals and i guess she has
> written the INS to say that she is not interested in the union anymore.
> I do not know what to do at this point. I have been law-abiding and have
> all my work details etc
It's a bit more difficult than normal, but you can still get your Green
Card. You will have to prove that this was a bona fide marriage and you
didn't enter into that marriage for immigration purposes. Then you can
still get the condition removed.
My recommendation is to hire a competent immigration attorney to handle
this.
>
> I have a question about what my status in the US will be after a
> divorce. I have been married to a US citizen for almost 2 years but
> recently got separated from my wife. It looks like a divorce will go
> through in the next few month. We had our interview with the INS in
> winter 2001 and i received a plastic green card a few month later. The
> plastic card is valid i think for 2 years and then we go for another
> interview. Prior to the green card I got two EADs. Then around the time
> the second EAD expired I filed some additional paperwork, had the
> interview and finaly received a greencard in the mail.
>
> Anyway...I wonder if I need to expect any trouble if I get divorced in
> the next few month? what are the implications and let me know the worst
> that can happen? will i ever be able to get the permanent residency? she
> is threatening me with withdrawing her INS appeals and i guess she has
> written the INS to say that she is not interested in the union anymore.
> I do not know what to do at this point. I have been law-abiding and have
> all my work details etc
It's a bit more difficult than normal, but you can still get your Green
Card. You will have to prove that this was a bona fide marriage and you
didn't enter into that marriage for immigration purposes. Then you can
still get the condition removed.
My recommendation is to hire a competent immigration attorney to handle
this.
