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The moment her J1 expires she will have to stop working, however she will not need to leave the country if her green card is based on marriage with a US citizen. The only problem she might have is if her J1 visa calls for a two year return to her home country. Provided it does not, the moment her visa expires she will be out of status and will have to wait for her EAD before she can work again.

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We'll be requesting the No Objection Statement for J-1 Visa from the Phillipines consulate first, and once we get that then we'll be applying for the green card. Hopefully it doesn't take long to get the NOS from the Phillipine consulate, because that will be the the time consuming part of this if it does.

Having read that the timeframe for receiving the change of status (getting the greeen card) can be anywhere from 4 - 6 months, what happens if we've sent everything and everything is going according to the timeframes (i.e. "plan") and something gets stuck? Will my girl have to go home if her Visa (J-1) expires while waiting for the green card/COS process?

Or would there be something we could do to make sure she stays here, and still be able to work, while waiting for the completion of the application approval process?

Does anyone know how long it usually takes from when we send the waiver of No Objection Statement for J-1 Visa to the Phillipines consulate till we get it back?

I've heard it can be as little as a few weeks to as long as a few months. Does anyone know why it would take long?

Also, is all that we need to send is a copy of our marriage certificate along with the application form?

Getting excited because we're so close to being married (we both live in H-Town) and hope we can go through the whole process (from waiver to green card) before her Visa expires in June of next year.

Thanks in advance for any and all info.

1. You said she was divorced in Nevada even though she never lived there. Why? Does her ex live there?

2. Did she file the divorce? Or did her former spouse?

3. Why did she also marry in Nevada? Or is this a typo and you meant to write "legal difficulties if the U.S. government that is in charge of these things were to find out that she got marrieddivorced through a state she never lived in"

4. What visa did she enter on?

From what i understand (and please correct me where i'm wrong). Your friend WAS married to another USC. She obtained a divorce through Nevada and had that marriage recognised in the Philippines. Married her NEW USC and obtained an immigration benefit from him. She is concerned that if her divorce in Nevada is invalid, that she was never really married to her new USC, and therefore not eligible for immigration benefits from him. Right?

She was married to a Filipno all her life until recently. Her new marriage is to a USC to obtain immigration benefit. Her eyes are still looking for a better "catch" as she says, and I feel for the man because he doesn't know, but that is another story. I try to tell her to be happy with who she found but I can only say so much.

She is especially worried that when she goes for the two year review meeting it will be found out that she knew her divorce was fraudulently gotten and she will be in trouble.

I guess the real answer depends on 3 things ...

1. her current USCitizenship status or current residency status and what her residency is BASED on,

2. her VISA type getting her into the USA and

3. if she was married to a USCitizen prior, or not (ie - some other foreign national)

Can answer these 3 questions? then i'm happy to think a bit more, give you a more pointed response.

1. She just got her green card

2. She is here on H1-B Visa I think.

3. She was married to foreign national (Filipino)

Nevada requires residency of 6 weeks with the intent to stay in Nevada in order to get a divorce by one of the spouses!!!! Probably the paralegal when filling the papers used her own address or somebody else address. Ask her to check what States her divorce decree.

Thanks for the quick reply.

She says her divorce is from Nevada and the address is Nevada address but she doesn't know who's address it is. She is worried because she is a teacher and it can be easily found that when she filed for divorce, even if the paralegal used their own address, that she was living in Texas a teaching at her school. She can't prove she actually lived in Nevada.

Did she get married through a state she never lived in, though ?

No she got married in Texas and has lived here for a few years. She just got divorce through a state she never lived in.

Hello everyone

I just found out from my friend, who is a Filipina also, that she got a divorce through a paralegal service in Nevada. She just told me she read online that there are possible legal difficulties if the U.S. government that is in charge of these things were to find out that she got married through a state she never lived in, and that it could invalidate her divorce in the Philippines and her marriage to her husband here in the U.S.

She obviously has never lives in Nevada and never met the person who did her divorce.

She is my best friend here and asked if I know of any legal problems she might have in the future because her divorce wasn't done the correct way. I told her I didn't know but that I would ask people on this site,

She does have her green card though, she got it a couple of weeks ago. Would having it mean she couldn't get in trouble anymore?

Her biggest concern is being sent back home because of this.

Thank you all in advance

Hello everyone, I am a filipina who wants to mary the man I have been with for almost two years now. I am here on a J-1 Visa and it expires in July of next year (2013).

We plan on getting married in Fall, maybe September or October hopefully, and I will be filiing for green card immediately after we are married.

Besides filing the I-130 and I-485, are there any other forms I need to file, or anything else I need to do, to make sure our marriage and my status to stay in the U.S. and continue working with my employer stays legitimate and without interruption?

Thank you for your time, I did try reading through all the information on here, but it became a bit more confusing than I hoped.

Any help would be appreciated

Yours truly

H-Town Pinoy