tourist got married in USA

[maryame 1]

hello everyone I am trying to help my friend please if you have any advise
She is a tourist and she got married with a man from her country in her country and she came here as a tourist and they went to the court and got married but now things are not working between them and she wants divorce
She lived with him 5 months and he did not take the time to apply for her green card and now she has only one month because she needs togo to her country and come back to USA so she can't loose her 10 years visa as a tourist
does she need to get divorce here and in her country too or american divorce is enough if she want to get married for second time ??? I hope you can understand my english lol and thank you so much

[aaron2020 11,651]

So they got married twice?

How were they free to marry in the US when they already got married in their home country? Did they lied and said they were single?

Which country are they from? It may matter.

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[maryame 1]

they are from morocco they got married in morocco and when she arrived here they went to the court and they got married here because she is a tourist

my question is if she wants to get married does she need to gets divorce here or in morocco?

Edited July 18, 2014 by maryame

[aaron2020 11,651]

they are from morocco they got married in morocco and when she arrived here they went to the court and they got married here because she is a tourist

my question is if she wants to get married does she need to gets divorce here or in morocco?

So what that she was a tourist.

They were legally married.

If you want good answers then you must provide good answers to questions seeking details.

Did they lie about their marital status to marry in the US? Did they do that so she wouldn't have problems entering the US as a tourist already married to a USC?

Edited July 18, 2014 by aaron2020

[aaron2020 11,651]

Also, please clarify. Is she ready to marry someone else?

[maryame 1]

well i don't know about that she told me that they went to the court and got married...

Assuming that what you are saying is what happened what should she do in this case?

[maryame 1]

Also, please clarify. Is she ready to marry someone else?

no she is not ready to marry someone else she does't know anybody

she just want to know if she gots the divorce does she need to get her divorce in her country too? because she does't want to loose here tourist visa and she has only one month because she need to go to here country and come back like extension

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

Divorce and immigration law are different, she would need to check with a lawyer in her country if she needs to get divorces there too. Normally though, a divorce from abroad is recognised in the USA and the other way aroundm the same way as a marriage in another country is recognised here.

[Boiler 45,654]

Why did they marry here when they were already married?

[Caryh 5,206]

Why did they marry here when they were already married?

I get the feeling they didn't understand that their marriage in her home country was accepted here. A fairly common misconception with people from many countries.

[Boiler 45,654]

Wonder how they dealt with questions about prior marriages?

[Akals78 13]

Her prior marriage in Morocco is a non entity in US and that is why they managed to marry in US. In fact that implies that during the consular processing she did not mention the marriage becaue instead she would have been advised to take the IR visa route. Having said that, she can therefore divorce in the US. That means that in her country she is still married because there exists a marriage certificate (In her country). The questions is: What are the chances of getting the tourist visa once the officer realises that she initially came on a tourist visa then married? There will be some prying eyes on this one. It will be even worse if:

1. She actually divorces in her country and

2. While applying for her second tourist visa the officer gets wind of the initial lie that she was married but did not disclose this information in her first tourist visa interview.

Hope that answers your question.

Edited July 18, 2014 by Akals78

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

Her prior marriage in Morocco is a non entity in US

Why?

[Boiler 45,654]

I was wondering the same.