What are my chances?

[mendoi 0]

I'm Canadian. As much as I regret this, I got married and sponsored him to Canada from China. This was primarily because of pressure from family and etc., there wasn't really anything there between us.... But regardless.. a divorce is currently pending.

In the midst of all this, sigh I met someone from the States and we want to have a married life together after this whole divorce is all over and done with. But because of my past, that obviously doesn't look good.

What are my chances of being sponsored to the States in the future?

Edited April 25, 2009 by mendoi

[Joe_&_Nadiya 1]

I'm Canadian. As much as I regret this, I got married and sponsored him to Canada from China. This was primarily because of pressure from family and etc., there wasn't really anything there between us.... But regardless.. a divorce is currently pending.

In the midst of all this, sigh I met someone from the States and we want to have a married life together after this whole divorce is all over and done with. But because of my past, that obviously doesn't look good.

What are my chances of being sponsored to the States in the future?

As far as I know, that shouldn't be a problem for your USC fiance to bring you to the US as long as you get a divorce first.

Edited April 25, 2009 by Joe & Nadya

[scandal 951]

Provided you divorce and are legally unmarried and able to remarry, you should be fine.

Your new partner in the US will sponsor you as a fiancee or a spouse, you can read the guides to choose which of these is best suited to your needs.

Any past history he (your fiance) may have had in petitioning others to enter the US may have bearing on his ability to sponsor you.

However, your past history sponsoring your first husband to Canada is irrelevant. The only thing you MUST do before filing any US petitions is to complete your divorce.

[NickD 202]

If this helps, my wife's ex got into legal problems and left his country some six years before I met my wife, she had no intentions of getting married so never bothered with a divorce, least until we met. But living in the State of Wisconsin, the only state with this rule, we had to wait another six months after her divorce before we could get married. Was either that, or to sell and move out of this state like Michigan, Illinois, or even Minnesota where only a one or two day wait is required. But under WI law, my marriage in this state would be invalid and I would be subject to a $10,000 fine and one year in prison by getting married in another state or even in another country.

Yes, I went around in circles with my stupid one and only state with the legislation, governor, and some of the finest attorneys, circumstances of my wife's recent divorce, proof they were already separated by then over seven years, her reasons for not getting a divorce, etc., no if's and's or butts, we had to wait the extra six months. We did, then we still wanted to get married.

Thought this would be additional problems with her recent divorce with the USCIS as well, I already was divorced for nine years, but the subject never came up as long as all of our papers were in order. So if you have a recent divorce from a foreign country, do not feel you will have any problems either. Hope all works out fine for you.

It amazes me that this same state let's two 18 year old kids get married after only knowing each other for two days which is one of the reasons I am totally convinced we have idiots running this country.