Marriage-Based Green Cards Attorney in Evanston, Illinois
Can you lose your green card if you get divorced?
Can you lose your green card if you get divorced?
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you can certainly lose your green card
if you get divorced but as always the
devil is in the detail and so first and
foremost there are two types of green
cards number one there is the 10-year
green card and then there is the
conditional green card that is valid for
two years and the distinction between
the two is as follows
if at the time that the US government is
ready to issue that green card to you if
your marriage is less than two years old
you will get the conditional green card
valid for 2 years if at that time at the
time that the US government is about to
issue that green card to you your
marriage is older than 2 years you’ll
get the 10-year green card if the
divorce happens after having obtained
the 10-year green card it is not likely
for you to lose that green card unless
the US government alleges and has proof
of you having entered into a sham
marriage now as it relates to the
two-year green card the conditional
green card if the divorce happens in
that two-year
period you will likely have to file the
I751
uh application or petition I should say
to remove the conditions from your green
card by yourself because presumably
you’re no longer with your spouse and so
you will have to pick one of three boxes
on the I751 the first one says “My
marriage was real it fell apart through
no fault of my own there is a divorce
pending or the divorce has already been
finalized.” Box number two I was
battered and subjected to extreme
cruelty and box number three if you do
not approve my
I751 I will experience extreme hardship
by the way you don’t have to pick
between the three boxes sometimes all
three boxes may apply to your particular
case and so if you do not file that I751
by yourself with ample evidence whether
it’s under box number one two or three
then you could possibly lose your green
card and as a matter of fact it could
get even worse than that because you
could be placed in removal proceedings
Evanston, IL immigration attorney Alen Takhsh talks about whether you can lose your green card if you get divorced.
