Is it ok not to disclose my previous marriage?

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kulaOleg

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All,

Please give your kind suggestion. Is it possible that I don't disclose my previous marriage at N400 form?

My story is like below:

I had a previous marriage in my original/home country; and I applied GC for her when I filed my I-485 and she got her GC 3 months after I got mine; after getting GC, she came to U.S once for travel, and back to my home country.

One year later, we got divorced in my home country. (*** she only came to U.S once after she got GC; before that she never come to U.S. Also, she likes to stay at home country; I think her GC is invalid now since she never comes back to U.S after that travel)

Anyway, my point here is that the divorce really made my heart broken. I don't want to mention this anymore (I have to tell this here since I need your suggestion)

Is it OK that I don't disclose my previous marriage at N-400 form? Can IO know that I have married before since I got married in my home country?

If IO eventually finds it out, I can tell them in the interview why I don't disclose that.

Many Thanks.
 
Regardless of your personal feelings, you'll still have to disclose previous marriage(s) on application. Telling the IO you didn't disclose it because of a broken heart will not get you very far.
Is there more to your story than just a broken heart? Are you afraid to disclose it because she derived her GC from you ?
 
Just tell the truth and free yourself from a denial of your N400. Lying to USCIS is like jumping from a 75th floor, you will be dead before you hit the ground. Divorce is NOT a bad thing in America, actually it makes you fit right in the society which sees about 50% of marriages end before a judge and two smiling divorce lawyers. Absolutely necessary and required to disclose this issue. What happened in your home country can come back to bite you in the nose..
 
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If your ex doesn't want to live here and you got divorced already, what is the problem in reporting the matter? You already filed for her GC once and that will be there in your A# file. Not disclosing it will get you in trouble. Just say you are divorced now, she is living in home country and you are single again. That's it. Hope you are carrying the divorce documents. IO's go by rules, not by the emotional condition of the applicants.
 
If your ex-wife got a GC since you got one, she will be mentioned in your A-file. Your A-file will be infront of your adjudicating officer. You want to hide this marriage of yours???

kulaOleg said:
Is it OK that I don't disclose my previous marriage at N-400 form? Can IO know that I have married before since I got married in my home country?

If IO eventually finds it out, I can tell them in the interview why I don't disclose that.

Many Thanks.
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Triple Citizen said:
If your ex-wife got a GC since you got one, she will be mentioned in your A-file. Your A-file will be infront of your adjudicating officer. You want to hide this marriage of yours???
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Thanks a lot for repliese of you all.

So, my ex-wife's GC has the same A# as mine? IO will know my previous marriage right away and I can't hide it at all?

One more reason that I want to hide this marriage, besides that it really hurted me, is that I want to start a new life --- I never told this to my friends here about my previous marriage.

Even, I don't want to tell my previous marriage to my future wife, if there will be someone. I just want to forget my past, the very unhappy experience and give myself a brand new start.

Can I take the chance to tell them in the interview about my previous marriage if IO finds out?

Many Thanks.
 
Don't list it in the N400 and you get denied......what do you think is the right thing to do in this case?
 
You are asking whether it is OK to withold information/lie on the N-400 and the answer is NO. You are signing the N400 under oath and lying would amount to perjury.
 
The A number will not be the same but the officer will know. So for your own good, do not even try to hide it. Your reasoning of hiding it from friends and future spouse(s) is very feeble. One more time, the officer WILL know.

kulaOleg said:
So, my ex-wife's GC has the same A# as mine? IO will know my previous marriage right away and I can't hide it at all?

One more reason that I want to hide this marriage, besides that it really hurted me, is that I want to start a new life --- I never told this to my friends here about my previous marriage.

Even, I don't want to tell my previous marriage to my future wife, if there will be someone. I just want to forget my past, the very unhappy experience and give myself a brand new start.

Can I take the chance to tell them in the interview about my previous marriage if IO finds out?
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kulaOleg said:
Thanks a lot for repliese of you all.

So, my ex-wife's GC has the same A# as mine? IO will know my previous marriage right away and I can't hide it at all?

One more reason that I want to hide this marriage, besides that it really hurted me, is that I want to start a new life --- I never told this to my friends here about my previous marriage.

Even, I don't want to tell my previous marriage to my future wife, if there will be someone. I just want to forget my past, the very unhappy experience and give myself a brand new start.

Can I take the chance to tell them in the interview about my previous marriage if IO finds out?

Many Thanks.
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Telling your friends and telling IO are two different things. Disclosing it on N-400 will not make it public knowledge for all your friends to see.
You ex wife's A# is different from yours, but it is cross referenced to yours on file.
 
kulaOleg said:
So, my ex-wife's GC has the same A# as mine? IO will know my previous marriage right away and I can't hide it at all?
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Did you mention this marriage in your previous immigration application
like green card (I-485), F-1 visa etc? Did your wife mention this marriage
in her visa and green card application? If Yes, USCIS already has a record of your previous marriage. You better be consistent.
 
kulaOleg said:
Thanks a lot for repliese of you all.

So, my ex-wife's GC has the same A# as mine? IO will know my previous marriage right away and I can't hide it at all?

One more reason that I want to hide this marriage, besides that it really hurted me, is that I want to start a new life --- I never told this to my friends here about my previous marriage.

Even, I don't want to tell my previous marriage to my future wife, if there will be someone. I just want to forget my past, the very unhappy experience and give myself a brand new start.

Can I take the chance to tell them in the interview about my previous marriage if IO finds out?

Many Thanks.
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Yes, you have to disclose your previous marriage no matter how you felt. You have to be honest all the times. Lying is not a good habit. Lying to someone can hurt someone's feeling (probably your future wife would think you are not a honest man) or can get you in trouble. Lying to USCIS can deny your N-400 or can probably de-naturalize your citizenship after becoming a US citizen if they finds out you are not telling the truth.

Divorce is not bad. There are millions of people who are divorced. You will love someone.

A# is unique alien number of each person -- like social security number. USCIS will check all information. So be honest. If your friends ask you, you can tell them not to talk about your previous marriage or you don't have to tell them. but you still have to tell USCIS. It is very important so you can become a US citizen.
 
What if the OP destroy all court record of this previous marriage because he wantted everything abotu this marriage out of his memeory and he dislcose
it and the IO insiste upon seeing divorce papers?
 
Then it is still the OP's problem, not USCIS's.

WBH said:
What if the OP destroy all court record of this previous marriage because he wantted everything abotu this marriage out of his memeory and he dislcose
it and the IO insiste upon seeing divorce papers?
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WBH said:
So if USCIS really do not know about this can have no way to find out, he is certainly better off not disclosing it
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Bad advice..you shouldn't decide whether to disclose something important based on the USCIS's ability to find out or not, but rather on the principle of full sworn disclosure.
 
No. If he destroyed his marriage and divorce decrees, he can always ask the issuing authorities to send him certified copies.

WBH said:
So if he did get rid of divorce papers, he has created a permanent bar to citizenship? Gee. That really sucks.
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