QUESTION
Filing from permanent green card after getting a divorce.
Asked on Jul 04th, 2015 on Immigration - Massachusetts
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I got my green card through marriage last year, one year after my legal marriage. We've been in a true relationship since 2012. Not long ago, he told me he is addicted to illegal drugs and wished to seek for help. His addiction has taken a big toll in our marriage as it is understandable. Despite being clean for a couple of months, he used it again and I called him out on it. If I was to end the marriage due to his addiction, could I still file alone for a permanent green card when the time comes and how should I go about doing it?
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You can file for removal of the conditional basis of your residence status alone if you have a divorce upon a showing that the marriage was bona fide at its beginning. You can put together all evidence that you and your husband were living together such as lease or deed, rent receipts, tax returns, utility bills, cable bills, credit card statements, photographs, sworn statements of others, etc. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.
Answered on Aug 01st, 2015 at 7:09 AM