Divorce :(

[Hopeworld 1]

In california, if one have been married less than a year, no kids, no joint property, no settlement needed,

how long does it take to get a quick simple divorce?

plz, ANyone? :/

[Okalian 41]

this is a civil law matter, not an immigration law. I suggest you ask an attorney specialized in such area.

[Hopeworld 1]

and if I could afford it......TRUST me i would...

hence the reason why im asking here in hope that maybe someone will know......

or have any clue ..........

[notnew 13]

and if I could afford it......TRUST me i would...

hence the reason why im asking here in hope that maybe someone will know......

or have any clue ..........

You try in this thread someone maybe able to help you out.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/259288-i-751-waiver-filers-timeline/

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

6 months basically. You have to file and then wait 6 months. Yo can get a pack of papers from the courts and do it yourself. The pack costs you about $15 . You can probably download all the forms also.

[Tanya and Barry 59]

In california, if one have been married less than a year, no kids, no joint property, no settlement needed,

how long does it take to get a quick simple divorce?

plz, ANyone? :/

Type in "joint dissolution California" into Google. It should answer your question.

[Hopeworld 1]

Hi guys!

Thank you SOO much for your help..appreciate it a lot !!!!!!!!

I had NO idea though it took 6 months.

I heard you have to have a divorce or a annulment if the marrige didn't work to remove conditions..

One last question though..is annulment better, in any way? or faster? :/

Please help me

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Doesn't an annulment make the marriage legally go away. Would that affect removing conditions based on a marriage that vaniashed

[Okalian 41]

An annulment means your marriage wasn't supposed to take place to begin with. Thus, if you received a greencard based on that marriage, it, too will be annulled/revoked.

[Sweetcheeksss 91]

Plus, I think annulments are pretty tricky to get. IE it'd have to be proven that the marriage was never consummated or that the official that performed the marriage wasn't licensed to do so, etc.

[belluco86 3]

Did you get married just to get papers? Why are you looking into divorce. Sometimes this can be the reason why it is so hard for the people that go into marriage in good faith to get the papers fast and without so much hassle. Because people get married just to get papers. I really hope this is not your case, although i wonder why you would even look into divorcing fast

[Hopeworld 1]

no ofcourse our marriage is real...

i got approved months ago and we had the wedding just last week..

but last couple of months been hell...

and now its even getting worse..just 5 minutes ago we just had a 10 minutes heavy fight..GOIN FREAKIN CRAZY !!!!!!!!

anyhow..thanx for the help u guys..i did not know annulment meant that...i just thought that would go faster didnt know how it works..

why i am worried is cause i dont want to be shipped back.. i have alllll the proof in the world to prove marriage was real and we still love each other but...we just...SERIOUSLY CANT do this anymore..

and i got approved for conditional GC beginning of march 2010. if I apply for a divorce now it will take 6 months for it to be final and its THEN i notify uscis and try to remove conditions, right ? :/

what if they deny me? i mean what would things besides fake marriage is reason enough to deny a person a 10 year card when the couple got a divorce within the 2 years of the conditional card?

thanx a bunch!!!!!!!!!

Edited July 18, 2010 by Hopeworld

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

For immigration and, more specific, ROC purposes, an annulment would be equal to a divorce. However, an annulment is much more difficult to accomplish than a divorce.

You got approved in March, but you had the wedding just last week? That, quite frankly, I don't understand.

In any case, your Green Card is conditional, based on the condition that you stay married to your petitioning spouse. While there's a waiver available for cases where a marriage simply didn't work out, be aware that in cases of a marriage that lasted only a few weeks, the immigrant will have to make a strong case when filing for ROC.

Once you are divorced, the condition of your marriage ceases to exist and so does your residency. Usually USCIS will not find out about this, but if they do, they will send you a letter of intent to terminate your residency. This is basically a friendly warning that you have to send in your I-751. Many people wait until it's time to do ROC anyway, but stricyly speaking you should file the I-751 soon after your divorce is final.

[zenaxe 22]

I don't know what you guys are up against and what you're going through. However, if you just got approved and you just got married, I think you might want to reconsider jumping on the divorce train just yet. Maybe a cool off time and reflection is needed. To simply proceed with terminating a marriage that just happened within 7 days seems drastic. Working through some of these difficulties might strengthen your marriage.

Good luck to you.

[zenaxe 22]

I don't know what you guys are up against and what you're going through. However, if you just got approved and you just got married, I think you might want to reconsider jumping on the divorce train just yet. Maybe a cool off time and reflection is needed. To simply proceed with terminating a marriage that just happened within 7 days seems drastic. Working through some of these difficulties might strengthen your marriage.

Good luck to you.

Another point: how could you have gotten married last week but approved for your conditional green card months ago. Huh?