My husband and I were married in April of last year...he is from England. He was just granted legal citizenship in December and now we are looking to get a divorce/annulment. First question would be...What is the difference between an Annulment and a divorce, and secondly, will he lose his citizenship, since the only reason he was granted his citizenship was because we got married. (No we...well at least I did not get married to him for his status).
2007-03-10 13:55:39 · 4 answers · asked by adorethasp 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
No, he is not a citizen...he is a resident. I've tried to work this out...he walked away.
2007-03-10 14:15:25 · update #1
Well more than likely he will be deported...and immigration may come down on you as well because it sure as heck looks like you were married for him to gain entry to the country and immigration doesn't like that sort of thing. An annulment has two conotations...one is religiously based. The Catholic church for instances requires an annulment of a first marriage if a person wants to have a second marriage in the Church. A civil annulment is when a case of fraud has been proven, or the marriage never consumated, it is a total disillusionment of the marriage.(it never happened) A divorce is a total disillisionment of marriage but it is a legal disilliusnioment and the marriage DID exisit but both parties want to go their seperate ways and move on with their lives. You will want to think long and hard about your choices of annulment or divorce because as I said immigration is probably going to see this as a marriage of "convinence" in order for him to get established in the U.S. and YOU could find yourself in a pot of hot water. I suggest a divorce with him paying for everything. In an annulment you walk away with nothing.
2007-03-10 15:46:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a difference between citizenship and residency. Citizenship is obtained after having established at least 5 years of legal residency in this country. It is likely your husband is only a legal resident (green card), not yet a citizen.
Assuming he is only a resident, then he is easily subject to scrutiny about why his marriage ends so early. Marriage for convenice is a criminal offense for both spouses. The Immigration authority can revolk his green card.
If he is already a US citizen, then none of the above matters.
2007-03-10 22:11:50 · answer #2 · answered by Sir Richard 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an annulment basicly states that the marriage never happened while a divorce is the termination of a marriage. if the INS decides that your husband misrepresented himself during his interview or on his application then yes they can recommend revoking his citizenship.
2007-03-10 22:10:25 · answer #3 · answered by simplyme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't really know, but you can co to the INS website to find out about the rules.
Is this guy my ex?
2007-03-10 22:09:57 · answer #4 · answered by boogeywoogy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋