Very worried here! Just a simple quick question HELP

[Steph1988 11]

I have an Ivy League education, am pursuing immigration law, and am actually in the process of removing conditions. Not that I'd call them "credentials" and surely none compared to you "Mucho Elder Member". But, I'm getting there!

hahahahaha

[Little_My 464]

To Ivy_Leaguer - You are obviously very proud of being an_Ivy_Leaguer. I'm sure that is for a valid reason too. And yes, you are absolutely right, I have no "credentials" whatsoever to give advice in this forum, since I, as 99% of the other members here, do not possess a degree in immigration law. Also true that I have not gone through ROC process myself, and don't even have my GC yet, so what do I know.

However - we are all here to give input based on 1) personal experience 2) information we have obtained through talking to people, reading up on things and studying all and everything there is to know about these processes, and 3) common sense. I do believe I possess all three. What I said in my post to the OP was that A) no one here say with a 100% certainty that the ROC would be approved - no one could say even if he was still happily married, and B) If what he has said is accurate, there is really no reason to foresee any major issues, as divorce alone is not grounds for getting the 10 year GC.

If any of this is not true and is actually wrong information, then please to correct me. I am more than willing to acknowledge my amateurism in this topic, and I am always eager to learn more, as it is something that is and will be relevant to me for years to come. I also do not take offense when I am corrected by more "senior" or knowledgeable members here - quite the contrary.

Let's play it nice, shall we. Ivy Leaguers and the rest of us.

Edited April 30, 2011 by Little_My

[boschev 1]

1. No because we havent even got a divorce yet. No idea how to start that even.

2. What I meant was, if anyone here ever heard of people being in the same situation as I am, getting divorced, having proof of marriage and all was real, but despite of that got denied?

There are two problems: the way you use the word 'proof' is so vague; whether you wanna file a waiver or not; if you wanna file a waiver, we need to know the basis of your waiver (in I-751 terms).

About proof. Even if the immigration officer is your friend, who feels that you are genuinely married--lets call this psychological evidence, he need to have non-psychological evidence. That's why keeping bank statements, credit car statements, utility bills over the time, insurance bills, rental lease, joint property ownership etc is very important whether you seek a waiver or not.

In some sense, your situation is similar to those who have sought waivers; this similarity is similar to "two human beings being similar". In another sense, there is no similarity between you and those who have sought waivers; this dissimilarity is similar to "two human beings are not similar; after all, these two human beings are not identical.

You should better seek an attorney and go from there. Or, get clear on what you wanna do: file for summary dissolution of marriage now, which takes 6 months and file for a waiver on the basis of marriage entered in good faith. Or just keep the marriage and file i-751 JOINTLY with all evidence; in the worst case, you will be called for interview, where you need your husband's cooperation.

Edited April 30, 2011 by boschev

[Little_My 464]

What I said in my post to the OP was that A) no one here say with a 100% certainty that the ROC would be approved - no one could say even if he was still happily married, and B) If what he has said is accurate, there is really no reason to foresee any major issues, as divorce alone is not grounds for getting the 10 year GC.

*Correction: "as divorce alone is not grounds for getting the 10 year GC DENIED" is what I meant to say.. Couldn't edit my post anymore.

[TBoneTX 46,150]

Little_My's advice in this thread was quite accurate and reasonable.

I have an Ivy League education, am pursuing immigration law, and am actually in the process of removing conditions. Not that I'd call them "credentials" and surely none compared to you "Mucho Elder Member". But, I'm getting there!

Is humility part of the credentials, or will it be? A simple and honest question, semi-rhetorical, and more food for thought than in need of an open, immediate answer.

It may also be found that immigration lawyers are not always entirely respected in several corners of VJ, due to very well-documented Errors & Omissions to which they seem to be prone.

Edited April 30, 2011 by TBoneTX

[Aztec&Taino 144]

How is this possible? Weren't you supposed to be married before you even apply for a GC?

I think the OP meant married as in had-bid-wedding-party-and-took-lots-of-pictures sort of thing. Obviously, they would not have been able to file AOS without the legal wedding having taken place first.

[rika60607 215]

You applied for AOS about 2 years ago... so no, you would not be using the same info for the removal of conditions as you used for AOS.

You would send bank/credit card account/utility statements from the time of AOS to the time of filing for ROC. Although the account numbers may be the same, the DATE on them would be new and it would show continuity of your marital relationship.

You need to start collecting evidence for ROC, right now. Read the I-751 instructions to find out what USCIS recommends as evidence. Read ROC forum to see what people submitted. This will give you some ideas... you need to paint a broad picture, showing co-habitation, co-mingling of finances and of social life.

MOST waivers get approved. No way to say if yours will, but so far you did not mention any issues that could cause denial.

When we applied for the the AOS, we already sent in :

* Joint bank accounts,

* Joint credit cards/loans ect

* Copies of both drivers licences showing same address,

* Joint Tax filings (from last year though)

I can send it in again but, would be the exact same info (same bank, same creditcard, same driver license etc).

Which is NO proof what so ever that it is current. Cause they could think I am RE-SENDING the old photos.

However I do have the NEW taxreturns we filed in together. Not sure If he will give it to me but.......

I mean..ALL I need to know, is if all it requires is, that the marriage was real. Then I would feel safe.

But then again..how the heck can I do that besides pictures of wedding, random pics from when I got approved until now, joint tax...

I might be asking the same question to u guys which you can't answer to, but, have you guys ever heard of anyone getting denied EVENTHOUGH they proved their marriage was real?

And someone wrote "if they will believe you"...like what they will ASSUME i'm lying? gah I hate pressuare I suck at eye contact what if..ah i dont know images don't lie I ....k gonna stop writing now

[merenz 0]

Hi!

I'm married to a US citizen, was F-1 student but got 2 year conditional greencard approved exactly 13 months ago.

We cant stand each other pretty much. However we are doing our best to figure things out. My question is,

IF we choose to divorce, is it 150% that I will be able to get approved for 10 year GC?

We got married ofcourse before applying to adjusting status, but we had the wedding 4 months after I got approved 2 year conditional.

I have 100000000 proof, images that we been living together all this time etc etc etc. If not just the WEDDING for cryin out loud

AFTER I got approved should be enough proof.

But, I really need to know, I udnerstand they will approve 10 year GC if you apply your self and have got a divorce, IF YOUR MARRIAGE

was real, MY QUESTION is, is there ANYthing else that might get it declined? (I have not been arrested or been in any trouble)

PLEASE HELP ME OUT!!!

YOU WILL BE FINE, I GOT DIVORCE AND GOT RE-MARRIED AFTER TWO MONTHS YET STILL IN CONDITIONAL, BUT SINCE MY WORK IS PARALEGAL I AM MUCH MORE CONFIDENT ON IMMGRATION PAPER WORK AND FORCLOSURE DEFENSE. If you think you got married in good faith no problem, you have proofs so you must be fine, got my GC few days ago. ty :-)

[TBoneTX 46,150]

YOU WILL BE FINE, I GOT DIVORCE AND GOT RE-MARRIED AFTER TWO MONTHS YET STILL IN CONDITIONAL, BUT SINCE MY WORK IS PARALEGAL I AM MUCH MORE CONFIDENT ON IMMGRATION PAPER WORK AND FORCLOSURE DEFENSE. If you think you got married in good faith no problem, you have proofs so you must be fine, got my GC few days ago. ty :-)

1. Almost nothing is ever 100% assured in the immigration process. It's highly irresponsible to state flatly that someone "will be fine."

2. Paralegals, among others, should be able to spell "immigration" and "foreclosure."

3. Without knowing full details of the OP's case, it's impossible (and irresponsible) to state "you must be fine."