CR1 - I-751 - Divorce Advise

[zzapapa 0]

Hey everyone, thank you for reading this!

Just a little background. I'm a British conditional permanent resident with a CR1 visa, my wife (soon to be ex-) is an American citizen.

We met in 2006, started dating in 2008, got married in England in 2012 (we lived together from this time until our move), I applied/moved to NYC on a CR1 on September 16th 2014. I'm not going to go into my breakup aside from to say that we have grown apart and want to go our seperate ways - we are still on reasonable terms - we split at the end of January.

Considering everything I want to apply for the waiver on the I-751 based on 'good faith'. Naturally, I'm a tad concerned because I'm just starting to begin my life here and the last thing I need is to be deported. In terms of evidence, prior to arriving in America, we have tonnes that show our relationship - thousands of emails, pictures, cards, letters, bank, etc... But as I understand it, it would be helpful to show evidence after arriving in the US. I have pictures of us at Christmas/Thanks Giving/New Years together - alone and with family, we share a health/dental insurance plan, I share a family phone bill with her (and her mother), I have theatre tickets, and a joint bank account (British bank account but they deliver our statements to our US apartment - I'm not on the lease as it's her mothers home). Also, I could definately get affidavits that support our claim from our friends and ourselves.

My main questions are:

Can anybody think of any other solid evidence to prove 'good faith' (it's so subjective it's scary)?

Is the burden of proof on me to prove the 'good faith' or is it up to them to prove otherwise?

I know nobody can give me a % in terms of chance, but am I fighting a lost cause or do I have a 'reasonable' chance?

Do I have to prove I can support myself financial again? Or is that out of the scope for the I-751? I have significant savings and will be living at the same home until I'm working. (This point might be moot as I have several interviews lined up for next week...).

It has been a difficult time over the last few months, so any help would be appreicated! Thanks all!

Edited March 9, 2015 by zzapapa

[Ryan H 3,790]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to Effects of Major Family Changes on Immigration Benefits forum.

[zzapapa 0]

Thanks Ryan. My mistake.

[jannapa 12]

If you have any corespondence (official or private) addressed to both of you, it might be of some value.

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

You didn't by any chance enter America after your 2 year anniversary date, did you? I only ask because you didn't say when in 2012 you were married and it would make the whole issue a moot point.

There is no financial support component to the ROC.

[zzapapa 0]

You didn't by any chance enter America after your 2 year anniversary date, did you? I only ask because you didn't say when in 2012 you were married and it would make the whole issue a moot point.

There is no financial support component to the ROC.

Almost. We were married on October 13th 2012 (a Friday... typical) and we entered on September 16th 2014. The rationale was my partner was badly homesick for months and wanted to move back ASAP. So instead of waiting 3/4 more months and applying for the IR1 we opted for the CR1. Naturally, I wasn't expecting to break up so I felt it didn't really matter.