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Title: How Divorce can affect your immigration status? (1)


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How Divorce can affect your immigration status?
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Many people have gained their conditional
resident status via the process of marrying a
U.S. citizen. But things go wrong and not every
relationship meets its happy ending so what will
happen to that persons immigration status if
they divorce their partner due to unfortunate
reasons? Firstly youll need to confirm whether
you are still in conditional status or not.
Conditional status means that you have
conditional permanent residency. A person
entering the US on a fiancée visa requires to get
married within 90 days of their arrival to obtain
a green card. After the marriage, you are
considered a conditional resident for two years.
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  • These 2years are used to check if the couple
    married with good faith or was it just toobtain
    the green card. Failure to maintain the
    relationship for 2 years orfiling for a divorce
    while you are still under the probation period
    can affectyour immigration status in the
    U.S.These 2years are used to check if the couple
    married with good faith or was it just toobtain
    the green card. Failure to maintain the
    relationship for 2 years orfiling for a divorce
    while you are still under the probation period
    can affectyour immigration status in the U.S.

These 2 years are used to check if the couple
married with good faith or was it just to obtain
the green card. Failure to maintain the
relationship for 2 years or filing for a divorce
while you are still under the probation period
can affect your immigration status in the U.S.
How to apply for a green card after a divorce?
If you want to continue living in the US even
after the divorce you can file for a green card.
You can do so by submitting Form I-751 to the
USCIS and by requesting to waive the joint filing
of I-751.
The first form helps you remove the marriage
condition on your permanent residence.
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  • The secondform lets you waive the need for your
    ex-spouses signature on the form andallows you
    to apply for permanent residency without their
    support.
  • Animmigration lawyer in Houston can help you
    with the process of your immigrationstatus and
    other law-related problem.

The second form lets you waive the need for your
ex-spouses signature on the form andallows you
to apply for permanent residency without their
support. An immigration lawyer in Houston can
help you with the process of your
immigrationstatus and other law-related problem.
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