Divorced after 10 year GC, will this affect my citizenship in the future? Will ICE come pick me up?

[African Zealot 1,455]

6 hours ago, Mike E said:

As divorcee myself, my advice is to not antagonize your ex. 

I wholeheartedly endorse this especially when OP claims the divorce is/was amicable. Amicable to me would mean providing your A number to him as a convenience to him because he can’t hurt you with it and because he can get it himself although that would be more laborious. 

 

3 hours ago, ariadeb said:

I am scared that they might act out of spite to contact ICE or USCIS because they thought I gave up the marriage too easily, or my timing was weird to them, etc. Yes I did ask for divorce after I-751 was approved but not immediately after. We also went through couples therapy and I have my own journals about that period of time.

You already have the answers you were looking for. Do you have any other questions?

[Cathi 5,777]

Why on Earth do you think ICE would come and pick you up? You are WAY overthinking all of this. Neither your ex or his family has any control whatsoever over your immigration journey. NONE.  Again, I am still trying to figure out why on Earth you think that ICE would come for you. 😑

Edited April 10, 2022 by Cathi

[Crazy Cat 42,028]

8 hours ago, Cathi said:

Why on Earth do you think ICE would come and pick you up? You are WAY overthinking all of this. Neither your ex or his family has any control whatsoever over your immigration journey. NONE.  Again, I am still trying to figure out why on Earth you think that ICE would come for you. 😑

The "what if" game at play, ...over thinking.

Edited April 10, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[Mr Genuis 91]

On 4/9/2022 at 8:36 AM, ariadeb said:

So here's my story. I married a US citizen after 2 years of dating and received 2 year GC in 2018. In Dec 2020, we successfully removed the conditions (we filed jointly) and I received the 10 year GC.

 

However, the pandemic and the lockdown in 2020 had created a lot of problems to our marriage, and unfortunately we divorced in the summer of 2021. We even attended couples therapy. I also had my own individual therapy. The divorce was amicable. But there were lots of emotions and we were both hurt by it. I have since moved on.

 

Everything was fine until recently, 8 months after our divorce, he reached out to me asking for my A number. He told me he is moving to another address and is filing the Form I-865 to inform USCIS of his new address as my sponsor. Because we are divorced and have not been in contact, I felt I didn't have to give him my A number. So I consulted a lawyer and was told that I'm not obligated to provide that info to him. He got frustrated and claimed that I was legally required to tell him my A number so he could file the form, and I was delaying his legal process of filing his form. My lawyer said he can just leave it blank and USCIS will be able to grab it in their system. He bombarded me with text messages and emails. I had to block his number and everything.

 

This has cooled down now after i told him I didn't feel comfortable giving him my A number, and that he reaching out to me here and there really puts a lot of stress on me as we really shouldn't be in contact. We don't have kids together, etc.

 

But now I feel like my mental health has been disturbed by this as I have really been trying to heal. I saw some posts in here and some videos on some horror stories on Youtube. I am kinda irrationally worried that this is going to affect my citizenship application in the future at the 5-year mark which is in about a year, or what if he notified USCIS we divorced and have them look into my intentions, like he tries to derail stuff. I am just thinking all the bad scenarios. What if ICE shows up one day to pick me up. I am scared. When we announced to his family that we were divorcing, my then loving in-laws all of a sudden turned stone cold to me and falsely accused that I used them for immigration benefits with no basis. I was really angry and hurt that they said that about me. My family actually didn't really support my marriage because they are very judgmental and traditional people. So my ex in laws held that against me too. 

 

My mind is not in a good space because of this. Any advice is appreciated. I still have all the evidence we submitted for AOS and ROC and everything afterwards up until our divorce.

Any one here advising you other wise is trying to put you in a hole you try hard to climb when you fall in. You can't just move on as they claim you can because you have the 10 year green card. Your immigration journey ends only when you have a citizenship. That close your case. Each time you seek immigration benefit uscis review your case from day one. its like they go back to an abandoned file and take a look at it. They will check again on your file when you file for Citizenship  because you are an immigrant in US beause your spouse sponsored you.( its very possible that he is still legally responsible  for you if he has not reported the divorce to the immigration). When you file for Citizenship If the usics discovered  that you quickly divorced immidiately after you received your 10 year green card that look suspicious and you will have to prove to them that it was no fraud by either showing documents showing how you struggled to make things work and or he was abusive or he was the one that call for divorce. Don't ever think you are free from uscis because of the 10 year green card.You still have questions to answer on Citizenship  interview and even on your application. Be kind to your husband don't treat him bad because you got the 10 year green card. Though he has no power over your stay here legally just because you ones had love for each order treat him right .... not at your own expense though. Just my own take.

Edited April 10, 2022 by Mr Genuis

[ariadeb 3]

20 minutes ago, Mr Genuis said:

Any one here advising you other wise is trying to put you in a hole you try hard to climb when you fall in. You can't just move on as they claim you can because you have the 10 year green card. Your immigration journey ends only when you have a citizenship. That close your case. Each time you seek immigration benefit uscis review your case from day one. its like they go back to an abandoned file and take a look at it. They will check again on your file when you file for Citizenship  because you are an immigrant in US beause your spouse sponsored you.( its very possible that he is still legally responsible  for you if he has not reported the divorce to the immigration). When you file for Citizenship If the usics discovered  that you quickly divorced immidiately after you received your 10 year green card that look suspicious and you will have to prove to them that it was no fraud by either showing documents showing how you struggled to make things work and or he was abusive or he was the one that call for divorce. Don't ever think you are free from uscis because of the 10 year green card.You still have questions to answer on Citizenship  interview and even on your application. Be kind to your husband don't treat him bad because you got the 10 year green card. Though he has no power over your stay here legally just because you ones had love for each order treat him right .... not at your own expense though. Just my own take.

I have all the text messages with him and his family during that time, emails with him, emails with our couples therapist. I also requested notes from our therapist’s office. I have my own journal too. All of these will show how difficult it was for us. I also had my own individual therapist at that time. Other than these, I have bills, mails, etc. the pandemic in 2020 really made things worse quicker. I dunno if these are good enough for the citizenship. I guess I can consult a lawyer. I also don’t have to apply for citizenship it’s an optional thing. 

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