How Divorce can affect your immigration status?
How Divorce can affect your immigration status? 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 person’s immigration status if they divorce their partner due to unfortunate reasons? Firstly you’ll 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 v isa 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. 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 a...