Naturalization after divorce?

[questionstoday 2]

Hi,

 

Here is my timeline:

- We married January 2018 after 5 years dating.

- Applied for ten-year green card in early 2020, interviewed in mid 2020, got green card in November 2020.

- I got a job offer in another state, moved January 2021. We searched for apartments together, signed the lease together.

- We lived apart most of 2021 and 2022, as our jobs were in different states. But we were still married, with pictures from travels we did together, joint lease, etc.

- In early 2023, we decided to file for a divorce. She did not want to move to the new city, and I did not want to move back.

 

I am planning on applying for citizenship in 2025. Should I be worried? Does my case raise any red flags?

 

Thank you

 

 

Edited October 30 by questionstoday
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[OldUser 6,589]

Be ready to explain everything. Your entire immigration history can be examined even with application under 5 year rule. Moving out 2 months after getting GC approved is definitely not the best thing.

[Patrick Lee 8]

Yes, it has a red flag bro but not a death sentence. Your moving to another city without her cld raise a question hence her refusal to move with you which caused the divorce. Obviously you got ur GC tru her, an American citizen I guess. Now u got ur GC and wanna dump her. that's the red flag USCIS will raise. I wonder who advised you for this divorce at this stage. Cld have waited till u get ur citizenship while still with her, just a little less than one year more. If you have the strong mind to continue your filing of N400, Good luck, or you have to wait additional one year to make it mandatory 5 years, then you can file alone as a divorced GC holder. If in a fix, an Attorney may help! This is ur last stage and u need nothing to spoil it. Good luck!

[Dashinka 24,466]

I also anticipate some scrutiny as at the N400 stage, even with applying under the 5yr rule, your entire immigration history can be revisited.  Make sure you keep a file of evidence of a bonafide marriage in case it is brought up.

 

Good Luck!

[questionstoday 2]

Thank you all. It really was a bonafide marriage. We both decided for the same city, searched for apartments together, signed leases together, but ultimately it was not meant to be.

[Dashinka 24,466]

19 minutes ago, questionstoday said:

Thank you all. It really was a bonafide marriage. We both decided for the same city, searched for apartments together, signed leases together, but ultimately it was not meant to be.

No worries, we are not judging at all.  We are just saying that everything stone can be looked under by the IO at naturalization when the person applying received their LPR status based on a marriage to a USC.  So even though you are not required to submit all the evidence of the marriage that would be needed if filing under the 3yr rule, you should be over prepared to show the IO the marriage was bonafide. 

 

Good Luck! 

[Boiler 45,434]

Maybe a letter from your ex supporting your application?

[EmilyW 1,430]

If the GC was provided in 2020, are you trying to apply under the 3 year rule?  If so, I'd expect some scrutiny, especially with the timeline of you living apart for a significant majority of your status as an LPR.

[questionstoday 2]

23 minutes ago, EmilyW said:

If the GC was provided in 2020, are you trying to apply under the 3 year rule?  If so, I'd expect some scrutiny, especially with the timeline of you living apart for a significant majority of your status as an LPR.

 

I would apply next year, so under the 5-year rule.

[Dashinka 24,466]

3 hours ago, questionstoday said:

 

I would apply next year, so under the 5-year rule.

That is really the only option for the OP since they already filed for divorce (it is not clear if the divorce is finalized).

[igoyougoduke 1,653]

22 hours ago, questionstoday said:

Hi,

 

Here is my timeline:

- We married January 2018 after 5 years dating.

- Applied for ten-year green card in early 2020, interviewed in mid 2020, got green card in November 2020.

- I got a job offer in another state, moved January 2021. We searched for apartments together, signed the lease together.

- We lived apart most of 2021 and 2022, as our jobs were in different states. But we were still married, with pictures from travels we did together, joint lease, etc.

- In early 2023, we decided to file for a divorce. She did not want to move to the new city, and I did not want to move back.

 

I am planning on applying for citizenship in 2025. Should I be worried? Does my case raise any red flags?

 

Thank you

 

 

no one can tell if your situation has red flags. At N-400 your entire immigration history will be reviewed. Right from the day you arrived for the first time in United states to the day of N-400 interview. They will review every single thing