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wa2long

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Hello everyone,

I am an Indian citizen, I came to USA on H1-B and I am in USA for 11 years. I got my employment based green card 5 years ago. My spouse is also an Indian citizen and we are married for 10 years and this is my second marriage.

I am planning to file US citizenship application and I have confusion about Question F "Prior Spouse's Immigration Status" in the application. My first marriage was in India and we got divorced in USA. My first spouse never visited during the entire period of our marriage, so which option I should choose OR not to choose any option (can it be left blank if not applicable) for:

"Prior Spouse's Immigration Status":

Option 1: U.S citizen
Option 2: Lawful permanent resident
Option 3: Other​

Any help with this is really appreciated.

Thanks
 
wa2long said:
"Prior Spouse's Immigration Status":

Option 1: U.S citizen
Option 2: Lawful permanent resident
Option 3: Other​

Any help with this is really appreciated.

Thanks
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Check the CHECKBOX against Option 3: Other . And in the space mention, "Never been in the US".
 
To answer your question, No it can't be left blank, all marriages should be disclosed. At the interview you will be placed under oath and you don't want to not disclose something and be denied for lack of GMC.
The rest is answered in the previous post.
 
Thank a lot to both poongunranar and namecheckvictim for your quick help and suggestion.

While I was reading some of the other posts here on the forum, I found out that traffic tickets are citations.
I was pulled over on three occasions for traffic violations:

(1) wrong U turn over 10 years ago ==> 3 points
(2) Crossing the Red Light (yellow turned red situation) in 2006 ==> reduced to non moving violation and paid the fine
(3) In 2009 for not renewing the Inspection of the car ==> reduced to non moving violation and paid the fine

Should check "YES" in question number 16 and give the details of above violations?
Is there going to be an issue if I couldn't produce proof of fines paid (not sure if I have the receipts)?
Would this be a problem if I have approximate dates for first two violations (year 2000 and 2006) ?
Can I get any records from NY DMV (or other agency) that show the fines paid?

Thank you all for help.
 
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Bobsmyth said:
N/A in the option 3 "other" field is fine.
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My original intention was to not check any option since my spouse never visited US (immigration status should apply only to hose who are/were here).

But now I am leaning towards not leaving it blank, however, not sure which one to fill in, may be following questions could help chose the best answer:

(1). If "Never been in the US" is filled in, can the immigration officer question further
details about divorce such as reason of divorce, where, why etc.?

(2). If "N/A" is filled in, can the immigration officer first ask what "N/A" is and then
question divorce details?

Thanks everyone for help.
 
wa2long said:
My original intention was to not check any option since my spouse never visited US (immigration status should apply only to hose who are/were here).

But now I am leaning towards not leaving it blank, however, not sure which one to fill in, may be following questions could help chose the best answer:

(1). If "Never been in the US" is filled in, can the immigration officer question further
details about divorce such as reason of divorce, where, why etc.?

(2). If "N/A" is filled in, can the immigration officer first ask what "N/A" is and then
question divorce details?

Thanks everyone for help.
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The IO is not there to determine the reason for divorce and why it happened, his concern is with the benefit you are seeking, it's specially true when you didn't gained any immigration benefit from that spouse and she has never received any from you either, Case closed.
If you will fill up info about that divorce and put never been in US, I think IO will even bother going into details on that one.
BTW its your personal life but why are you over-reacting on that issue, when it's not even a issue, people get divorced all the time.
 
wa2long said:
Thank a lot to both poongunranar and namecheckvictim for your quick help and suggestion.

While I was reading some of the other posts here on the forum, I found out that traffic tickets are citations.
I was pulled over on three occasions for traffic violations:

(1) wrong U turn over 10 years ago ==> 3 points
(2) Crossing the Red Light (yellow turned red situation) in 2006 ==> reduced to non moving violation and paid the fine
(3) In 2009 for not renewing the Inspection of the car ==> reduced to non moving violation and paid the fine

Should check "YES" in question number 16 and give the details of above violations?
Is there going to be an issue if I couldn't produce proof of fines paid (not sure if I have the receipts)?
Would this be a problem if I have approximate dates for first two violations (year 2000 and 2006) ?
Can I get any records from NY DMV (or other agency) that show the fines paid?

Thank you all for help.
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If I were you, I will declare the violations. In fact, I did.
 
wa2long said:
My original intention was to not check any option since my spouse never visited US (immigration status should apply only to hose who are/were here).
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That, I think, may be your understanding. If somebody hasn't been there to the US, stating that explicitly shows clearly that it is inapplicable to the person of interest.
wa2long said:
(1). If "Never been in the US" is filled in, can the immigration officer question further
details about divorce such as reason of divorce, where, why etc.?
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Absolutely, yes! In fact, that is the reason why the adjudicating officer may ask a copy of the Divorce Decree, which, if not in English, should have a certified translation as well. In the decree, h/she will be able to decipher the reasons and grounds behind the divorce, including the jurisdiction and venue under which such a decree was decreed. Even, if there is no YL asking you to bring those, make sure you do have those with you during the interview.

wa2long said:
(2). If "N/A" is filled in, can the immigration officer first ask what "N/A" is and then
question divorce details?
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Yes.
 
Thanks for your inputs. I agree with you that stating it that a person has not been in US clearly shows that option is not applicable. I am certainly going to bring divorce decree during the interview. I think now I have a reasonable understanding of what needs to be filled-in in those questions. I hope that traffic tickets and divorce doesn't negatively impact the application.

Thanks for help.
 
wa2long said:
My original intention was to not check any option since my spouse never visited US (immigration status should apply only to hose who are/were here).

But now I am leaning towards not leaving it blank, however, not sure which one to fill in, may be following questions could help chose the best answer:

(1). If "Never been in the US" is filled in, can the immigration officer question further
details about divorce such as reason of divorce, where, why etc.?

(2). If "N/A" is filled in, can the immigration officer first ask what "N/A" is and then
question divorce details?

Thanks everyone for help.
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It's understood that N/A means not applicable. Even the N-400 instructions state it is ok to write N/A or leave the field blank if it dosen't apply to you. Either way, the IO can still ask you details about your previous divorce.
 
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