Divorced before Removal of Conditions

[LincolnOwasso 0]

Hello,

 

I am a New Zealand citizen and I have lived in the U.S. for nearly three years. I applied for permanent residence based on marriage to my ex husband and we were approved with no problems. Two years later, we are now divorced. Our marriage was 100% entered into in good faith. We loved each other very much. A year after we were married I got pregnant with our son and shortly before he was born our relationship started to disintegrate. In January of this year we decided to separate and we were divorced in July. We obviously still have regular contact regarding our son. In March my green card will be up for renewal and my lawyer doesn't think I will have any problems proving that our marriage was bonafide. But I wanted to check in and see what other peoples experiences were and if I am forgetting anything I should submit as supporting supporting evidence.

 

I am submitting

 

• Our sons birth certificate
• Joint bank statements
• Three different credit cards and their statements that were joint
• Phone records
• Loans for our vehicle and two car titles
• Joint insurance
• Two joint tax returns
• Affidavits from our friends
• Photos
• Christmas/Birthday cards
• Joint lease agreement

 

Am I forgetting anything?

[TNJ17 1,329]

From what I understand your 2 year greencard is attached to your marriage to the original petitioner. If you divorce before getting you 10 year greencard you you are no longer attached to the reason why you came to the US and will have to leave. I’d check with you lawyer because this is the information our lawyer has given us. 

[LincolnOwasso 0]

No, if you can provide that the marriage was legitimate then you will not have to leave. You have to provide evidence that it was 

[car0593 42]

16 minutes ago, TNJ17 said:

From what I understand your 2 year greencard is attached to your marriage to the original petitioner. If you divorce before getting you 10 year greencard you you are no longer attached to the reason why you came to the US and will have to leave. I’d check with you lawyer because this is the information our lawyer has given us. 

if you don't know .. don't reply.... you clearly don't have much knowledge of immigration law.

 

you can file the removal of conditions with the divorce waiver. as long as you can provide enough proof that the marriage was entered into good faith you will have no problems. ( from what you are saying, you deff have enough evidence) it usually just takes a bit longer then usual but you should be fine

[LincolnOwasso 0]

Does anyone have any idea how long it will take from start to finish? And if I will definitely need an interview?

[andy78 178]

1 hour ago, LincolnOwasso said:

Does anyone have any idea how long it will take from start to finish? And if I will definitely need an interview?

In my case it took about a year and a half, and I got an RFE (request for evidence), and an interview.

[JFH 12,189]

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