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I finally got some kind of indication that the DoHS realized we hadn't filed the I-751 for my wife/ex wife. She had no desire to help me do the paperwork, and one thing led to another, and she left with in a week of the conditional residency expiring.

The conditional residency expired 12/31/08. I received the termination letter today dated 8/17/09.

So now I am wondering if I need to notify them, or just wait for the immigration police to show up and tell them that she left long ago. We all know they move at their own pace, and aren't the easiest people to reach until they want something.

She signed divorce papers before she left because we didn't plan on her coming back. However we still are a couple. I am a bit tired of her indecision after getting a K1 visa, her leaving, then getting a CR1 visa, her then spending most of her time away, coming back only to leave me hanging again. The only reason I care to even ask this question is because there is a slim chance I may want to put myself through hell again one day to get her back and need to know if there is something I should be doing to minimize the work.

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So now I am wondering if I need to notify them, or just wait for the immigration police to show up and tell them that she left long ago. We all know they move at their own pace, and aren't the easiest people to reach until they want something.

I'd notify them - a simple letter of explanation (no need for all the gory details) - include a copy of the termination notice and any identification dates, #'s needed (A#, date left the country, etc) - I presume you don't have the actual expired PR/Green Card so you can't send that back.

I highly doubt the immigration police will be showing up any time soon - but notifying them might put some closure to their files.

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You should inform USCIS that she left you last December and you have no idea where she is (I am assuming from your post that you don't). You can perhaps give them some details (ie signed divorce but not filed, etc.) about the relationship as well. I think, unless she has left the country, there is very little you could do to restore her status at this stage if you wanted to try and rescue the relationship. She basically made her bed when she failed to file for removal of conditions and now must lie in it. If she left the country, she can send proof of the date she left to the US Consulate where she is and you 'may' be able to refile for another CR-1 if you are still married or another K-1 but any application will receive strong scrutiny and I think you would have a lot of serious 'baggage' to overcome. If she has not left the US, then she has probably burned her bridges. If she leaves voluntarily, she will incur a 10 year ban on re-entry. If she needs to be deported - which it sounds like from the letter you received from ICE - then it would be virtually impossible for you to do anything to get her back again, especially with the circumstances you have described.

Truly, I am sorry that things haven't worked out. If I may offer some advice, although you didn't ask for this, I think you would be much better off to cut the ties to her permanently and move on with your life instead of trying to cling to a faint hope that you may get back together in the future. I don't think there is anything you can do to 'minimize' the work - there just may not be anything that you can do.

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Truly, I am sorry that things haven't worked out. If I may offer some advice, although you didn't ask for this, I think you would be much better off to cut the ties to her permanently and move on with your life instead of trying to cling to a faint hope that you may get back together in the future. I don't think there is anything you can do to 'minimize' the work - there just may not be anything that you can do.

Amen to that... (F)

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I finally got some kind of indication that the DoHS realized we hadn't filed the I-751 for my wife/ex wife. She had no desire to help me do the paperwork, and one thing led to another, and she left with in a week of the conditional residency expiring.

The conditional residency expired 12/31/08. I received the termination letter today dated 8/17/09.

So now I am wondering if I need to notify them, or just wait for the immigration police to show up and tell them that she left long ago. We all know they move at their own pace, and aren't the easiest people to reach until they want something.

She signed divorce papers before she left because we didn't plan on her coming back. However we still are a couple. I am a bit tired of her indecision after getting a K1 visa, her leaving, then getting a CR1 visa, her then spending most of her time away, coming back only to leave me hanging again. The only reason I care to even ask this question is because there is a slim chance I may want to put myself through hell again one day to get her back and need to know if there is something I should be doing to minimize the work.

Thanks for reading,

Are youll officially divorced?

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Are youll officially divorced?

Yes, officially divorced.

Does anybody have an idea who I would contact to let them know she has left? All I know to do is send a statement to the address for the I-751. The letter I received was very uninformative.

Well I think you should make her aware of the divorce decree and the termination letter. She has a good chance of filing in a waiver along with a motion to reopen her case. Now this is only if you believe that it is her right to file for a waiver as per law. You, and only you, can give her this information where ever she is. Delay will lead to a removal, and not attending a removal can lead to serious damage to her immigration file in the future. You need to act fast. :yes:

 
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