Divorce before Conditional Removal

[VNN 147]

My cousin got married (Vietnamese to White American) and they got divorced on a good term due to unresolved differences and her husband wrote a letter explain the situation so she could get her condition removed.  She hired an immigration lawyer for her case. UCCIS rejected her application but agreed to extend her green card on 2 years basic: every 2 years, she must go to assigned place, they review if she pays her tax, etc, then they will extend another 2 years on her green card.  She has been doing this for 10 years or so.  She is kind of tired of doing this and she has dated a her boyfriend for 6-7 years now and decided to marry him.

 

 Will her new marriage help her obtain 10 years green card - anyone in this situation?  She will get married no matter what but I just wonder if anyone has faced this situation and give some insights.

 

 

Edited September 20, 2018 by RTLE

[Georgia16 2,858]

Why has she not applied to become a USC?

[VNN 147]

4 minutes ago, Georgia16 said:

Why has she not applied to become a USC?

They are not allowed her to do it, her extended green card has some condition on it and she is not allowed to apply for N-400.  Her lawyer has been helping her but let face it - it has been 10+ years.

Edited September 20, 2018 by RTLE

[Perfect two 💑 1,147]

13 minutes ago, RTLE said:

My cousin got married (Vietnamese to White American) and they got divorced on a good term due to unresolved differences and her husband wrote a letter explain the situation so she could get her condition removed.  She hired an immigration lawyer for her case. UCCIS rejected her application but agreed to extend her green card on 2 years basic: every 2 years, she must go to assigned place, they review if she pays her tax, etc, then they will extend another 2 years on her green card.  She has been doing this for 10 years or so.  She is kind of tired of doing this and she has dated a her boyfriend for 6-7 years now and decided to marry him.

 

 Will her new marriage help her obtain 10 years green card - anyone in this situation?  She will get married no matter what but I just wonder if anyone has faced this situation and give some insights.

 

 

She is entitled to apply for citizenship. So, skip the green card things and apply for citizenship.

[VNN 147]

1 minute ago, Perfect two 💑 said:

She is entitled to apply for citizenship. So, skip the green card things and apply for citizenship.

Let me ask her to get some of her paperwork but according to her/her lawyer, they have some conditions on her extended green card that prevent her from getting US citizenship.  I will double check with her.

Edited September 20, 2018 by RTLE

[Russ&Caro 1,548]

Having an attorney should help. For whatever reason, USCIS has put her green card status in this limbo. The attorney should be able to figure out why there are conditions on her gc and how to get them removed. Good luck.

[VNN 147]

Just now, Russ&Caro said:

Having an attorney should help. For whatever reason, USCIS has put her green card status in this limbo. The attorney should be able to figure out why there are conditions on her gc and how to get them removed. Good luck.

Thing is that she already has her lawyer and they have been working together since beginning but she has started to help some doubts regarding his qualifications/ethics. 

[NikV 44]

this sounds fishy. not to offend you but I have heard of few attorneys who do shady things to keep extending the cases for charging clients. Most victims that I have known are blue collar uneducated south of the border folks. I would suggest you to look into hiring another attorney or at least have a second opinion.

[VNN 147]

2 minutes ago, NikV said:

this sounds fishy. not to offend you but I have heard of few attorneys who do shady things to keep extending the cases for charging clients. Most victims that I have known are blue collar uneducated south of the border folks. I would suggest you to look into hiring another attorney or at least have a second opinion.

It could be, the problem, she trusts (or at least trusted) lawyer than family members so she has never given me her paperwork to look into.  

 I am allowed to ask our company immigration lawyer but I have not used this favor from my boss - it may be time to use this card.

[Chocobo 196]

57 minutes ago, NikV said:

this sounds fishy. not to offend you but I have heard of few attorneys who do shady things to keep extending the cases for charging clients. Most victims that I have known are blue collar uneducated south of the border folks. I would suggest you to look into hiring another attorney or at least have a second opinion.

^^ seconding this

[Liam2021 551]

This sound fishy with me. Never see anything like needs to extend the GC every two year.

[VNN 147]

2 minutes ago, H&T said:

This sound fishy with me. Never see anything like needs to extend the GC every two year.

The fact that it gets extended every 2 years must be true, as she has been going to USCIS office every two years for that (unless she lied to us).  However, the fact that she could not take N-400 could be big question mark (after hearing from forum members).  I will convince her send her case to me so I can review with my company lawyer to get some idea so she can fire her current lawyer and find a new one if needed.

[agrabs 237]

5 hours ago, Perfect two 💑 said:

She is entitled to apply for citizenship. So, skip the green card things and apply for citizenship.

???? How can she apply for citizenship if she was denied ROC? 

[agrabs 237]

5 hours ago, Perfect two 💑 said:

She is entitled to apply for citizenship. So, skip the green card things and apply for citizenship.

 

It sounds like she was denied roc and in removal proceedings with a deferred deportation option where she was under the supervision of ICE and needed to check in every 2years

 

http://www.charlottelaw.net/osup

Edited September 20, 2018 by agrabs

[Pkr 21]

Do they actually keep extending a conditional greencard for so many years ? Does this really happen?