I am a new immigrant. I just arrived in California. Now I want a divorce. What should I do?

If the authorities suspect that you are getting married for immigration, then your divorce does have an impact on your residence, so you should think twice.

If you really have a permanent green card, you should be able to divorce, as long as your original marriage is true.

If your green card is a conditional green card, or the Immigration Bureau thinks that you deliberately concealed that you are ready for divorce during the immigration interview, then it is possible to withdraw your green card.

You should still be careful. I suggest you look at the following information:

For the marriage green card application, the Immigration Bureau will generally conduct an interview. Most of the interviews were conducted in the office of the Immigration Bureau. Both parties to the marriage should attend. If you don't know English, you can hire an interpreter. Applicants also have the right to ask the Immigration Bureau to allow their lawyers to be present. Under normal circumstances, the interviewer of the Immigration Bureau will ask the applicant some personal information before and after marriage to verify the authenticity of the documents provided. If the immigration officer thinks it is necessary, the husband and wife can interview separately. In this case, immigration officials will ask some very personal questions, such as the first meeting, favorite food, the color of wallpaper at home, the brand of toothpaste, and even the style of underwear. If in doubt, the Immigration Bureau may make a surprise inspection to see if they really live together.

If the interview is successful, the Immigration Bureau will stamp the passport of the applicant, indicating that the green card has been approved. If they have been married for less than two years at this time, the green card applied for is a temporary green card, valid for two years. Within 90 days before the validity period, the applicant should apply to the Immigration Bureau for changing to a permanent green card.

When applying for a permanent green card, if the marriage relationship with an American citizen still exists, it can be submitted by both the American citizen and the applicant. If both men and women have divorced or separated after obtaining a temporary green card, the applicant can apply for it himself. The key to applying for a permanent green card is whether the marriage between men and women is true. If it is not a fake marriage, even if the two parties get a temporary green card and divorce, the immigration office will approve the application for a permanent green card. The application for a permanent green card should be submitted to the immigration sub-center of the applicant's residence. If the Immigration Bureau thinks there is no problem, it can directly approve the permanent green card. If the immigration office has any questions, it is possible to transfer the application to the local immigration office for an interview. Because the current review time is quite lengthy, after applying for a permanent green card, applicants often cannot get a permanent green card after the temporary green card expires. At this time, if the applicant needs to leave the United States, he can freely enter and leave the United States within six months after receiving the application for permanent green card.

3. What if the husband and wife have separated during the interview?

What if the husband and wife have separated during the interview? Any marriage will produce resentment. International marriage is no exception. The procedure of immigration application is troublesome and lengthy. The procedure of immigration application is troublesome and lengthy. Often before the green card arrives, the marriage has turned red. Husband and wife either go their separate ways and become passers-by, or go to court and be enemies. In this case, what should the waiting party do?

The immigration law stipulates that if an applicant divorces a citizen, the immigration application will automatically become invalid. However, in real life, although the husband and wife are not divorced, they have separated when the Immigration Bureau sends an interview notice. Although their fate is over, American citizens are still willing to help applicants get green cards. The question is whether to tell the Immigration Bureau the fact that they have separated.

Two cases of the Court of Appeal of the Immigration Bureau provide us with clear answers.

In the first case, the American citizen and the applicant had separated at the time of the interview and were in the process of divorce by agreement. During the interview, the two told the US Immigration officials who presided over the interview truthfully. Although immigration officials decided that their initial marriage was not false, they refused to approve the applicant's green card because they had separated during the interview. The applicant appealed to the Immigration Court of Appeal. The court ruled that even if they separated during the interview, their marriage was still valid, so the applicant should get a green card.

Contrary to the first case, in the second case, an American citizen and the applicant concealed the fact that they had separated during the interview and got a green card. In the subsequent investigation, the Immigration Bureau discovered the fact that the two separated and revoked the applicant's green card. The court of appeal held that the applicant concealed important facts during the interview, so he obtained a green card by deception. The applicant was eventually deported.

The moral of these two cases is clear: respect the law, seek truth from facts, and don't cheat and bring shame to yourself.