How will divorce affect Green Card processing ?

[gcwatcher]

Hi there,
This is concerning a friend of mine...
He was married to a US citizen in 1999 and applied for a Green card in 2000.
They did appear for the interview and their application was in the 'Pending' status.
Unfortunately their marriage did not last long and they got a divorce this year.

Soon after the divorce, he got a second fingerprinting notice...

My question is : How will the divorce affect my friend's Green Card process?

Can he continue with the process ?

After the fingerprinting,there might be a interview ...Should he attend that interview ?

Your valuable advice is truly appreciated.
Thanks

[SWaiting]

The process is redundant now as the GC would be conditional anyway and due to the divorce the whole process is invalid now...

[VivaLasVegas]

It depends on the reason of his Divorce .. if it was because of spousal abuse the friend has a chance to prove to Immigration that the friend entered the marriage in good faith.

Your friend should talk to an Immigration Attorney to go through this process. If the friend cannot get eligibility via the marriage process the friend should look into other avenues as an employment sponcership.. but in any case your friend should consult a competant immigration attorney to take care of the immigration process from now on.

hth

[hvanda]

Consider joining US military, as far as I know you can join even if you are in conditional status. No need for Advanced Parole or immigration control as you travel around the world.

[VivaLasVegas]

The US military just to get to stay in the US?? No thats simply not the right way to do it.

[hvanda]

yet there is almost 50.000 people who have done so

[hvanda]

and at the same time it is the shortest way to US citizenship with all the benefits of a US veteran

[VivaLasVegas]

true but it's not the right way to go about doing things.

one should join the US military to serve the country and not to simply gain benefits.

[hvanda]

Let us not forget that we live in a freemarket economy based on mutual exchanges. Those who join the US military do so for various purposes; job security, personal recognition, free college education. I personally do not see anything wrong if a person decides to serve the US with the expectation of fast track citizenship, especially in times of projected shortage of troops. Other countries have similar policies. Legion Etrangere guarantess French (EU) citizenship after 4 years of service.
It's still more honorable than just buying citizenship or investing $1m as it is the case of the US and many other countries around the world.

[detroitimmi]

I believe the US army, like the church would be an "Institution." I agree with Sachin--there is a limit beyond which this "America is a free market economy" mantra simply DOES NOT STICK. As an immigrant one has to have some balls bragging about "using" the army to go on a citizenship "fast track.!" Be a little more gracious please. Show SOME respect for god's sake..

[diavon]

A lot of us who come from 3rd world countries have grown up with sort of a romantic view of the military. A lot of this can be attributed to our leaders back home having created a nationalistic fervor to attract recruits. What can the Indian army promise a soldier who dies on the treacherous peaks of Kashmir. Virtually nothing. They get paid shit, can see their families once a year, and when they die, no one even hears about them. For what? For nationalistic pride that has been fed into all of us. I am not sure how many of you followed it, but did you hear what the Chinese "taikonaut" had to say before he blasted off? Something about not letting his "motherland" down. This is the way we are.

Not so in the US. Military service in the US is indeed a mutual bargain between 2 parties. Not for everyone. There certainly are many people who join for other reasons. But the fact is that in the US, if you are willing to be a warm body on the front line, they take care of you, to the best of their ability. And thats the way it ought to be. They pay your tuition or give you an immigration benefit. And in return you peril your life or limb. Fair deal.

What is wrong in it? I probably wouldnt do it. In my opinion fighting for the US is like fighting for Bechtel or Halliburton, but if one is so inclined, there is not anything wrong.

[VivaLasVegas]

Guys,

thanks for the inputs on whether to join the military or not.. but let's focus on the immigration issues at hand.