Divorce after Issuance of a Green Card

[b4b]

hello everyone, I have a following dilemma:
I've been married to a US citizen for 8 years now, got my green card last August (almost 7 years later), yet my "ex" husband filed for divorce last September (one month later after i received the green card) and is hoping to finalize the divorce in February 2011. On top of that he is bringing over a mail-order bride, and will be filing for a fiancee visa as soon as the divorce is finalized (this is the reason for the very quick divorce), so the INS will see that he divorced me right after I got my green card...can this somehow affect me?
I would really appreciate any information
thank you

 

[Triple Citizen]

You have a green card with a 10 year expiry date? I assume that is the case since you got your green card when you had been married for 7 years. The divorce should not affect your status.

so the INS will see that he divorced me right after I got my green card...can this somehow affect me?

 

[b4b]

You have a green card with a 10 year expiry date? I assume that is the case since you got your green card when you had been married for 7 years. The divorce should not affect your status.

yes, I do, its a 10 year one....so even if my ex gets married again within a short time after our divorce nobody is going to look at me, nor point out that we filed for divorce one month after getting my green card??
I really hope not, especially that I wasn't the one filing for divorce. thank you for any info

 

[Triple Citizen]

You were married for 8 years. I really do not see you having any issues because of your ex-spouse getting remarried.

yes, I do, its a 10 year one....so even if my ex gets married again within a short time after our divorce nobody is going to look at me, nor point out that we filed for divorce one month after getting my green card??

 

[CalGreenCard]

You were married for 8 years. I really do not see you having any issues because of your ex-spouse getting remarried.

My only concern with this would be that presumably the soon-to-be-ex will need to submit evidence indicating that he has a bona fide relationship with his new fiancee, which will be required even if this is said to be a "mail order" relationship. Will any of the evidence that the ex submits be dated from before the OP got her green card? I could see a small probability of an audit if so, although I think it is likely to be the new wife that has a problem.

It was many years ago, so the relevance is questionable, but I had a friend once who seemed to specialize in being a "serial spouse". Her first husband got his green card through her via a brief marriage and is still in the USA legally AFAIK. Her second husband was subject to much greater scrutiny and ultimately was denied. Although the denial was officially based on other considerations (not the marriage), I believe that questions about the legitimacy of the marriage caused the whole case to be scrutinized very carefully, and turned up evidence that otherwise might have remained under the rug.

The first two hubbys were pre-9/11. I politely declined her offer to become husband number three (post-9/11) and stuck with my plan to get my GC through legitimate employment.

YMMV although AFAIK in the above scenario the first hubby never had any trouble pre- or post-divorce. In the OP's situation the new wife might have trouble IMHO.

 

[Jackolantern]

hello everyone, I have a following dilemma:
I've been married to a US citizen for 8 years now, got my green card last August (almost 7 years later),

7 years to get the green card? Do you know of the reason for the delay? Or at least have an educated guess? Maybe the reason for the delay could present a problem for him or you when he files for the new wife; what is that reason?