Marriage annulment and its effect on condiotional GC

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2 year conditional residency has expired and 751 is in pending decision mode with uscis. U.S. Citizen Spouse is trying to annul the marriage due to vindictiveness, although the marriage was in good faith. I am trying to get a divorce instead.

Can anybody please tell me if there is any adverse effect of marriage being annulled in court on my 751 petition. I have already invested 30K with no results in the court...honestly I am tired and don't have any money left on me.

I was thinking of just let my spouse get the marriage annulled if it doesn't have any bad impact on my immigration status.
 
Legally, annulment means the marriage never existed, which has implications for your GC. In what state is "vindictiveness" grounds for annulment of a marriage of over 2 years?
 
The comment above is correct.

But it's not easy to get annulled. Your spouse will need a good lawyer and evidence to prove that you/he has mental/physical/fraud issue etc. In most cases, it's easier to get divorced than to annul.

So probably tell your spouse that he/she'll waste a lot of money for lawyers to get an annulment case go through. Instead, divorce is more simple for him/her and less affects your GC.
 
True, the U.S. Citizen spouse and her family is trying to be revengeful and set me up. Trying to harass me as much as possible.

I am really tired and have no money left. I was unemployed for almost 1 year too. Would like to get rid of the spouse..will take the annulment route if it won't hamper the GC case.
 
ck2010 said:
True, the U.S. Citizen spouse and her family is trying to be revengeful and set me up. Trying to harass me as much as possible.
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What grounds are they claiming?

Would like to get rid of the spouse..will take the annulment route if it won't hamper the GC case.
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I suspect an annulment would kill your GC. What grounds would you have for it if you were never married?
 
I have all the proofs ...joint bank accounts, house in both names, lots of family members from both side of the family. trying to annul the marriage on the basis of 'fraud'..stating immigration was the intent of marriage.
 
ck2010 said:
True, the U.S. Citizen spouse and her family is trying to be revengeful and set me up. Trying to harass me as much as possible.

I am really tired and have no money left. I was unemployed for almost 1 year too. Would like to get rid of the spouse..will take the annulment route if it won't hamper the GC case.
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So you admit on a public forum that you married for a GC....
 
i didn't marry for GC. what I am trying to say is I don't have money on me to fight the case. am already in a lot of debt. owe money to my attorneys. going thru a court case is not easy, especially when you are alone in a foreign country. Spouse and spouse parents literally drove me crazy. spouse's parents would interfere in our lives on a daily basis. they are taking their citizenship for granted and thought I would become their slave.

All I want is to move on. I have lost everything.

I was here on H1 before. this is my first marriage ever.
 
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I am new to this nightmare, and would love to hear from anyone who can give me info needed about this process. I married a man in August of 2009, knowing that he was here in the US as he says legally, illegal. I loved him and even though I had no idea about what making him legal would take, my heart led my decision to marry him. Shortly after we married he suggested that we start the process of making him legal, he had hired the best immigration lawyer in Dallas to represent us, no problem. I signed every paper the lawyer said to sign, and beleived that I was doing the right thing. 2 months after signing the papers, I found that my husband had been in the country 19 years, 2 marriages, which he said were done by a relative and he had never met the brides, along with the fact that this man had been living here in the US making over 200,000.00 a year and never reported a dime to the IRS. With every question I posed to him he had a plausible excuse. His own son told me that he was a criminal at the time I married him, but again father would make excuses for his son, and calm my concerns. We went to the interview in Dallas in may, when we returned home, he informed me that he had indeed married me for a green card, and basically get out, he even provided moving boxes for the grand announcement. I left the home, and filed for an annulment, I also removed my support application with INS. Now the jerk, has filed for a divorce, and run up my legal expenses even more. The man used me, took approximately 50,000.00 in the eight months we were married, and now I'm stuck paying more. He is telling me that I can't win an annulment, to let him have his divorce. I'm torn as to what to do at this juncture, any suggestions?
 
dcarp861 said:
I am new to this nightmare, and would love to hear from anyone who can give me info needed about this process. I married a man in August of 2009, knowing that he was here in the US as he says legally, illegal. I loved him and even though I had no idea about what making him legal would take, my heart led my decision to marry him. Shortly after we married he suggested that we start the process of making him legal, he had hired the best immigration lawyer in Dallas to represent us, no problem. I signed every paper the lawyer said to sign, and beleived that I was doing the right thing. 2 months after signing the papers, I found that my husband had been in the country 19 years, 2 marriages, which he said were done by a relative and he had never met the brides, along with the fact that this man had been living here in the US making over 200,000.00 a year and never reported a dime to the IRS. With every question I posed to him he had a plausible excuse. His own son told me that he was a criminal at the time I married him, but again father would make excuses for his son, and calm my concerns. We went to the interview in Dallas in may, when we returned home, he informed me that he had indeed married me for a green card, and basically get out, he even provided moving boxes for the grand announcement. I left the home, and filed for an annulment, I also removed my support application with INS. Now the jerk, has filed for a divorce, and run up my legal expenses even more. The man used me, took approximately 50,000.00 in the eight months we were married, and now I'm stuck paying more. He is telling me that I can't win an annulment, to let him have his divorce. I'm torn as to what to do at this juncture, any suggestions?
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Dr Phil in the house. First of all, what you need to do is to take yourself straight to the USCIS office in Dallas, TX where both has an interview for the greencard. Speak to the immigration officer, give him his name and I hope you have something which shows you sponsored him, explain to them that he screwed you (married you for the greencard), plus did he disclose all his previous marriage to USCIS? You will see this disclosure by looking at I-485, but I doubt you have any copies of your forms, because he sound like a professional thug and fraud. Removing your support application with USCIS isn't enough, you have to make sure USCIS bring its teeth to this jerk. If he was approved, then USCIS will need to revoke his greecard or send ICE to bust his ballz.....
 
I have similar and very complex case:
I married in March 2007 to a Citizen. Few months later we filed for adjustment of status for me.
Due to hardship my wife moved back to different state and lived with her family. She then started dating her ex boyfriend secretly and eventually the marriage fell apart. She was not interested in getting back together and continuing with the GC process. She moved on, so did I. I got involved briefly with her friend for a short period of time.
After more than 3 years of living apart she wants to file for annulment and the reasons for annulment are "I got involved with one of her friends".
Now I cannot agree on this reasons for annulment which I think would be a burden on me. I would rather want a straight divorce.
I filed for a divorce which she is not willing to sign. She would rather want annulment.
What are my options and what is good for me?

1. I file for annullment
2. I file for Divoice
3. She file for divorce
4. Is there anyway I can still move on with my GC (I did not get condition greencard or even an interview)

Thanks in advance
 
FrankWhite1979 said:
I have similar and very complex case:
I married in March 2007 to a Citizen. Few months later we filed for adjustment of status for me.
Due to hardship my wife moved back to different state and lived with her family. She then started dating her ex boyfriend secretly and eventually the marriage fell apart. She was not interested in getting back together and continuing with the GC process. She moved on, so did I. I got involved briefly with her friend for a short period of time.
After more than 3 years of living apart she wants to file for annulment and the reasons for annulment are "I got involved with one of her friends".
Now I cannot agree on this reasons for annulment which I think would be a burden on me. I would rather want a straight divorce.
I filed for a divorce which she is not willing to sign. She would rather want annulment.
What are my options and what is good for me?

1. I file for annullment
2. I file for Divoice
3. She file for divorce
4. Is there anyway I can still move on with my GC (I did not get condition greencard or even an interview)

Thanks in advance
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Do you have a green card? If so, what is the expiration date on it?
 
No,
Did not even get interview date. The tracking number of the case starts with MSC from which I hear the case was not even open.
Basically she married me, used me and left me cold. Since then I have been living in the shadow
 
FrankWhite1979 said:
No,
Did not even get interview date. The tracking number of the case starts with MSC from which I hear the case was not even open.
Basically she married me, used me and left me cold. Since then I have been living in the shadow
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Your GC is doomed. Obviously she isn't going to attend the interview if there ever is one. Assuming they haven't denied your I-485 yet, you're still here legally, so pack your bags, get divorced, and leave the US before you become illegal and they deport you and ban you from reentering the US.
 
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