what my attorney told me

[diadromous mermaid 36]

I used to know an English woman in the US married to an American; they were married less than two years, she left him, he filed for divorce, the INS (pre-9/11 days) ordered her home and gave her x number of days to leave the country. Tuff stuff.

Didn't happen with my Romanian ex-wife. I applied for the removal of conditions, she got an 11 month extensioin, she cheated on me, I filed for divorce and let the USCIS know. She evidently continued the process on her own on the east coast, but somehow some USCIS paperwork for her ended up in my mailbox and my wife (oops!) opened it. It said the conditions were removed and she should fill out a form to get her 10 year LPR card.

Wow...how'd she do that??? My friend was ordered to leave the US mere weeks after her husband filed for divorce. This was 1997 though; maybe things were different then?

Many divorcees are able to remove conditions on PR post divorce. It depends upon the quality and sufficiency of evidence that supports the alien's contention that the marriage was bona fide.

[homesick_american 1]

I used to know an English woman in the US married to an American; they were married less than two years, she left him, he filed for divorce, the INS (pre-9/11 days) ordered her home and gave her x number of days to leave the country. Tuff stuff.

Didn't happen with my Romanian ex-wife. I applied for the removal of conditions, she got an 11 month extensioin, she cheated on me, I filed for divorce and let the USCIS know. She evidently continued the process on her own on the east coast, but somehow some USCIS paperwork for her ended up in my mailbox and my wife (oops!) opened it. It said the conditions were removed and she should fill out a form to get her 10 year LPR card.

Wow...how'd she do that??? My friend was ordered to leave the US mere weeks after her husband filed for divorce. This was 1997 though; maybe things were different then?

Many divorcees are able to remove conditions on PR post divorce. It depends upon the quality and sufficiency of evidence that supports the alien's contention that the marriage was bona fide.

In this girl's case she cheated on her husband and he threw her out and filed for divorce. It's not as if he had not been mentally/emotionally abusive towards her, but she's the one who actually screwed around so he got to play victim.

[kisschick1976 0]

Jeez, when I called USICS about Anton they told me there was nothing they could do since he his here legaly untill his K3 visa expired!!!! so that's why I held off on the divorce papers because I didn't want him to "Pay some girl 500.00 to marry him for AOS"

From what he and other Romanian aquaintences have told me in the Chicago area, you can find lots of women that will take a payment of cash and go through the motions of AOS.

His K3 expires in late January, I have the papers ready I'm just waiting for the right time to file.

From what he's told me he's ready to go home, but then again this is the same person who said he really loved me.

[Meanderthal 0]

Some of the men here have indicated possible fraud on the part of the women. Some of the less scrupulous IMB seem to perpetuate that type of fraud, IMO. Part of the purpose of IMBRA was to scrutinize more closely how these marriage brokers screen applicants.

I agree. Most places that already have a high percentage of fraud already go thru a lot of scrutiny (PI, Columbia, VietNam, FRS, etc), though some still fall thru (disneyland anyone? how about 2guys here with 1 girl syndrome?). And there are some dating sites/IMB's that will keep a womans profile active to get more $$ I am sure. IMBRA as stated above, was put in place to screen applicants for previous police issues.

What is the "2guys here with 1 girl syndrome"? I've never heard of that??