Programbo wrote on 06/30/09 19:28:
> Hello. To make a long story short I'll skip the details and ask
> the most basic question. A US born man goes to Vietnam and marries a
> woman he has known there for years..He comes back to the US and goes
> thru the process of sponsoring her and she arrives in the US and is
> given a "Permanent Resident" card..They live together for 5 years and
> she goes and takes her citizenship test and retest but fails because
> of English comprehension problems. Anyway after being married 8 years
> of which 5 are spent living together here in the US the couple gets
> divorced..My question is will this negatively affect the womans status
> immigration wise of is she here regardless now?..If the divorce is
> based on the womans infidelity (Adultary) would that change
> things?..Or is the divorce a seperate matter at this time and has no
> bearing on her trying to become a US Citizen?..Thanks in advance
If she has had a GC for that long, she obviously has an unrestricted GC, so
divorce is irrelevant for the GC.
She may not get naturalized until 5 years after the adultery, but that's it.
-Joe
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