On the verge of a divorce .. Need Help VJ'ers !!

[sandy44 0]

Dear VJ'ers !!

It has been two years since I got married to my USC wife. We have had a rocky relationship since a few months after our marriage and I suppose there is no one to blame for this. I am a Canadian citizen married my wife in San Diego. She was working there at the time. My GC process took almost a year just because my paperwork was delayed over and over again mostly coz of incomplete paperwork submitted by my wife. Anyways all's well that ends well. I ultimately got my GC in Feb 09.

I am not going to bore you with my personal problems and the reason for this turbulence in my married life. But now I am working in San Francisco and my wife has a job in LA.

We did file a joint tax return for the year 2008 and I have numerous airline itineraries to prove that I have visited her and vice-a-versa, marriage pics, other vacation pics.

I will file for the removal of my conditional residency 3 months before my GC (Nov 2010). Can you please help me in determining all that I need if I file by myself?

Thanks !!

[TracyTN 237]

Moving to removing conditions forum.

Essentially, the evidence would be the same as if you were still married when filing. The guide gives you a good idea of what sorts of evidence you can use.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;page=751guide

You can even file if your divorce is not yet complete at the time you are 90 days from your GC expiring. USCIS will simply issue an RFE for the final divorce decree, giving you 87 days to respond to it.

[*JG* 2]

If your divorce is finished before then, you can file to remove conditions immediately after completion.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Do you have your divorce decree?

[TracyTN 237]

See my post above. You don't even have to have the final divorce decree anymore before you file.

http://www.ilw.com/articles/2009,0924-lee.shtm

ETA never mind.

Edited December 22, 2009 by TracyTN

[Chica Yeyé 41]

True sister Tracy. I was just wondering if divorce or separation was on the works.- if I remember correctly, there has to be a paper trail, right?

[TracyTN 237]

True sister Tracy. I was just wondering if divorce or separation was on the works.- if I remember correctly, there has to be a paper trail, right?

Not to my knowledge, unless I've read things wrong. Plus not every state requires a separation (Tennessee certainly doesn't). I thought the only paper trail needed was proof of your bonafide marriage.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Not to my knowledge, unless I've read things wrong. Plus not every state requires a separation (Tennessee certainly doesn't). I thought the only paper trail needed was proof of your bonafide marriage.

Oh there you go. I need to read up!

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Once you have the divorce decree, you must ("should") file immediately. Kind of.

However, as long the divorce is not final, he doesn't have to file.

Once the 90-day window is about to close, he should file, then get the RFE, and has 90 days to submit it to get the show on the road.

That's where the recent change is. People who were separated but did not have the divorce decree at hand, where in Nowhereland. Now they can file and via the RFE have another 90 days to comply with the requirements of the I-751.