Getting Divorce After removing the condition on Permenent Resident Card

[harry89 0]

Can someone know what happen if someone wants to get divorce once the get approved and got their Permanent Resident Card for 10 years?

What rules are there for getting citizenship?

[ATPEACE 43]

You will be subject to the 5 year rule.

[harry89 0]

Will they trouble us when we apply for citizen.

And what is the actual start date for 5 years. My friend he got his conditional GC on November 2008

And he applied for the condition to remove and he got his 10 years of GC in DECEMBER 2010 (Did this period count in 5 years?)

You will be subject to the 5 year rule.

[YuAndDan 153]

Will they trouble us when we apply for citizen.

And what is the actual start date for 5 years. My friend he got his conditional GC on November 2008

And he applied for the condition to remove and he got his 10 years of GC in DECEMBER 2010 (Did this period count in 5 years?)

5 year residency rule started when the 2 year green-card was issued, (Nov 2008)

Moving this to Citizenship forum...

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

The Green Card has a date on the front side, saying "Resident Since xx/11/2008".

Exactly on that day in 2013 you can become a US citizen. Ninety days before that day is the earliest USCIS may receive the N-400 application. Unless you already had filed for divorce when submitting a jointly filed I-751, the divorce has no impact on the naturalization.

Rephrased, the divorce could only have an impact if they found out that you submitted a joint petition as a happily married couple living together when in fact you guys were already separated and/or had filed for divorce.

[NickD 203]

The Green Card has a date on the front side, saying "Resident Since xx/11/2008".

Exactly on that day in 2013 you can become a US citizen. Ninety days before that day is the earliest USCIS may receive the N-400 application. Unless you already had filed for divorce when submitting a jointly filed I-751, the divorce has no impact on the naturalization.

Rephrased, the divorce could only have an impact if they found out that you submitted a joint petition as a happily married couple living together when in fact you guys were already separated and/or had filed for divorce.

Date format on the yellow green card is mm/dd/yy or in this case 11/dd/08 not knowing the day in November. The dd/mm/yy is the format my wife also used all of her life in her country that created some confusion, and for some unknown reason, the green car is using the yy instead of the yyyy format. Guess they didn't hear about the 2KY mess we went through. Was crazy back in the 70's when marketing dictated using a two digit year to save literally a couple of cents on using a two rather than a four digit year on computers that were costing hundreds of thousands of dollars back then. Have to cut cost, so demanded a two digit year that ended up cost billions in the year 2000. In this case, a penny saved was not a penny earned.

[NickD 203]

Will they trouble us when we apply for citizen.

And what is the actual start date for 5 years. My friend he got his conditional GC on November 2008

And he applied for the condition to remove and he got his 10 years of GC in DECEMBER 2010 (Did this period count in 5 years?)

Could foresee problems if your friend divorced his spouse after getting removal of conditions then marries his home country sweetheart petitioning for her after he gets his US citizenship. Has to be a reason for rushing US citizenship, can only wonder if this is one of those reasons.

We were literally raked through the coals for our AOS stage, then again for removal of conditions, then again for US citizenship like most couples are. Not implying anything about your friend, but does bring about questions. Some marriages just do not work out, wife's friend is getting a divorce by her US citizenship husband, she is returning back to her home country with a badly broken heart. And she is already a US citizen.