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No, she was not even in this country , i did not leave USA in previous 8 years either.
I talked to a lawyer and he said if i can prove my marriage in my native country was annulled before the statuary period of 5 years , my N400 should be ok ,, or they will probably deny it for having bad moral character ,, since my legal marriage here was never in question there should be no other issues ,, in his opinion ,, he said they could have charged me with something if i had married my cousin BEFORE i had LPR status , because then they could say since u were not legally able to marry etc
Al Southner
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Sli,
What you need is to organize your thoughts and time line, because in reading your posts, lot of ramblings and inconsistencies which if I was the IO, I will tear you to shreds on. You need to be logical and organized, preparing to submit a dossier of documentation which is poorly organized is just a recipe for a denial nail to be hammered right through your case.
What you need is to organize your thoughts and time line, because in reading your posts, lot of ramblings and inconsistencies which if I was the IO, I will tear you to shreds on. You need to be logical and organized, preparing to submit a dossier of documentation which is poorly organized is just a recipe for a denial nail to be hammered right through your case.
you are right , i guess i am just frustrated with the whole situation , i need to hire a attorney and let him organize this for me ,,
Al Southner
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No....no...no.....no.... What you need to do, is to sit down in a quiet room, write down in a chronological order how your life unfolded. For example, you married a US citizen on Jan 1, 1994. You applied for your green card on Jun 1, 1995, approved on Dec 1, 1995. You visited your home country on Mar 1, 1996, forced to marry your cousin on May 1, 1996. Came back to the US, you and wife separated on Dec 1, 1996. I hope you see the flow in my writing, dates are perfect here because it is an example. I can assure you, there is no lawyer who is trained to organize your thoughts, ONLY YOU CAN DO THIS and if I was your lawyer, asking me to do such a thing would be crazy. Lawyers are paid big $$$ to make legal arguments. As for your case, it is fraught to so many contradictions that you need to take the task of organizing your thoughts seriously, write it down, have a consultation with a lawyer and bring your chronology of events, so that he can have an easier time making an argument. If you find a lawyer who wants to sit down with you for 5 hours to help you organize your thoughts, run as fast as you can from that lawyer. Good lawyers are extremely busy with many clients, but not too busy to give your situation a personalized attention. In the meantime, get busy in writing your life story.
Where is your cousin? She still lives with you to this day?
I agree that sitting down and writing a chronology makes a lot of sense to get all the thoughts together in a coherent way. Then, it would be time to talk to a good lawyer who should advise on what to tell the USCIS and how. At this point, I do not think the OP should submit any documents without any legal representation, because he may make things worse with any ill-formulated statements that a good lawyer would catch in before hand.
What does that mean? and does it matter? How will you finding out where he is from help him?
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Al Southner
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This is the weirdest question I have seen in this forum. Unless people from Ghana are extremely disorganized, which will make the OP a bona fide Ghanian...lol!!!!
It's a legitimate question if you consider that sharia law is practiced in Ghana.
Al Southner
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It is the first time I hear of sharia law in Ghana. Oh..well, I know less about some of these African countries and their religious customs. I got schooled a week or two ago about Islamic marriage. However, how did the questioner chose Ghana, NOT Nigeria?
I don't believe for a second the question was asked because it's legitimate. I have family in Ghana from my grandmother side. Ghana is among the small countries in Africa and 70% of Ghanaans are christians and less than 15% muslims. It's also one of the rare country in Africa where democracy is thriving. To state that Ghana practice Sharia law is a misstatement.
You don't necessarily have to be a muslim to marry your cousin. I have friends from India who are not muslims but who married their cousins and i am talking about first cousins. Anyway let's not judge those who are seeking help.
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So you're stating as a fact that the 15% of Muslims in Ghana don't practice sharia law?
But you have to be Muslim to take part in a sharia marriage, a fact the OP already confirmed.
Stating that Ghana practices Sharia law to me was a misstatement (a huge one). In Ghana and pretty much the African countries where a small portion of the population is muslim, there's no such things as Sharia law in the legal system, in politics or when country matters are concerned. The laws of Ghana are not based on the sharia law like other countries who have a major Muslim population.
We all know why Ghana was chosen, the questioner must have seen seen a documentary on TV where in certain parts of Ghana, cousins marry each other and the moderator mentioned Sharia law being practiced in Ghana.
We all know marrying your cousin is not only done by Muslims. It happens a lot in South India and I heard southerners (in USA) marry their cousins too
. If you are from the SOUTH part of any country, it's common practice . FYI I am from the northern part of my country
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To state that Sharia law is practiced in Ghana doesn't imply it is recognized in a legal manner or at a state wide level -you're making that assumption. My point is that Sharia law may be practiced (although not necessarily recognized by the state or legal system) by a Muslim community living in any country, just like polygamy is practiced by some Mormons. Does it mean that polygamy is recognized at a state/federal level? No. Does it mean that polygamy is practiced in the US? Yes.
And, what's your point? Like I said before, the OP previously stated that his marriage to cousin was a sharia marriage, thereby confirming the OP is Muslim. Since the OP is Muslim and Ghana has a small Muslim community that may practice Sharia law, it's possible that the OP is from Ghana, which was the poster's question; a legitimate question.
Btw, marriage to cousin is still legal in many US states, not just southern states.
Bobsmyth,
Just because you are the moderator does not mean you have the sense to know if that question was legitimate or not. If you can tell me how asking a question about someone nationality will help them in the answer they are looking for, then i will say you are doing well. As a moderator you fail to realize that questions like that only do one thing, fuel the bigotry some people have about certain countries and ethnic group. END OF DISCUSSION.
Just because you are the moderator does not mean you have the sense to know if that question was legitimate or not. If you can tell me how asking a question about someone nationality will help them in the answer they are looking for, then i will say you are doing well. As a moderator you fail to realize that questions like that only do one thing, fuel the bigotry some people have about certain countries and ethnic group. END OF DISCUSSION.
Al Southerner said it was weird question; I said it was a legitimate one if you consider that Ghana has a small Muslim minority that might practice sharia.You decided in turn to join the discussion that it must have been a question based on seeing some program about marrying cousins and that "we all know why Ghana was chosen" and that marrying cousins is common in southern India (a reference I'm still confused by). You've done nothing but crucify the person who originally asked the question based on your own assumptions. I've been here long enough to recognize when a question is asked in sincerity and when one is asked to start generalizations based on bigotry. So far, you've been the only one to add fuel to the fire by implying the question is irrelevant and a base for bigotry based on your own assumptions.People on this forum ask all the time if someone is from a specific group or country without meaning any harm. I suggest you take a good look at your own bigotry before passing judgement on others.
Al Southner
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Guys,
Let us calm down, no need to rip each other further on this issue. I am just ignorant on the facets of some African countries. I have been too busy enjoying my Hanukkah. I hope all can enjoy the festival of lights by calming down.
The to original questioner, sorry I said it was a weird question, maybe I added gasoline to the fiery furnace.
Let us calm down, no need to rip each other further on this issue. I am just ignorant on the facets of some African countries. I have been too busy enjoying my Hanukkah. I hope all can enjoy the festival of lights by calming down.
The to original questioner, sorry I said it was a weird question, maybe I added gasoline to the fiery furnace.