Under the immigration law, a person can applied for the citizenship 3 years after obtaining the green card, if married to a US Citizen (five year waiting period for residence not married to US citizens). What happens if after the person applies for the citizenship gets divorce in the middle of the process? Would the application be rejected?
2007-10-23 09:06:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Not necessarily, the person can go on with the process by him/herself but he/she needs to have a VALID reason -and prove it- for the divorce. Something like an abusive spouse or anything like that.
If the person can't prove there was a real and valid reason to file for divorce, his/her application will most probably be denied.
This is done to prevent people from marrying US citizens just to get the residency and citizenship.
But it's not an uncommon case. The Government does not expect a person to stay married to an abusive spouse.
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2007-10-23 09:13:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
None of the other answers apply.
If a Permanent Resident divorces from their US citizen, they must wait until they have 5 years of Permanent REsidency to apply for Naturalization.
period.
If you apply earlier than that, your application will be rejected.
I-751 and the other things are not what you asked about.
2007-10-23 09:38:16 · answer #2 · answered by BeenThereDoneThat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends, How is the divorce filed and what does the other person has to say about the merriage. I had a friend go through this it could get ugly just stay on the good side of that person. Remember the saying "Keep your friends close but you enemies closer." Divorces could get ugly, If you want you could reply I'm from another country too, I got my citizinship diffrent.
2007-10-23 09:14:07 · answer #3 · answered by yeleana2001 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
criminal immigration is the approach the place people seeking to head into the US follow immigration rules and word for visas, and so on. to head into the rustic. unlawful immigration happens while people sneak in like thieves in the night, as in chinese language welded into the steel holds of container ships that run aground on long island and Mexicans sneaking around the southern border without regard to the regulation. And stable grief, birds do not immigrate, they migrate, that's travelling with the seasons. Mexicans might hence be extra top observed as unlawful migrants.
2016-12-15 07:32:30 · answer #4 · answered by colmenero 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are no longer conditional residents they'd be OK, from what I understand. The question is whether the marriage was valid, not whether it turned out to be a disappointment. I've read that 2 years is key, but if you are in this situation, it would pay to speak to an attorney about it.
2007-10-23 09:14:21 · answer #5 · answered by DAR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it would depend on more circumstances them just getting divorced but am unsure as don't know much about family law s I have never really had to.
2007-10-23 09:11:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it will just ask my ex husband
2007-10-23 09:13:13 · answer #7 · answered by oh_jo123 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I hope so -
2007-10-23 09:46:41 · answer #8 · answered by Dave M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋