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I was married for what I thought was love in Dominican republic and when he was approved to come to the US he went straight to NY instead of Pennsylvania which is where I live and he went there with his girlfriend/lover....when he saw that I found out he was already here he came to PA to try and convince me that what she was saying was a lie but she sent me pictures of them together in NY and in bed and of their flights and his messages telling her he was just using me to get a green card so he went back to NY and has been with her since...I divorced him in Dominican Republic and he is now trying to bring the children he has with her under my citizenship and I told him he cannot do that because we are divorced and that he might even get deported because he commited fraud but he says he has a permanent green card even though he's only been in the country for 2 1/2 years
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If the marriage was 2 years old at the time that he entered the U. S. for residence status, U.S.C.I.S. would give him a permanent green card instead of a conditional one. If he only received a conditional green card and has only been here for 2 ½ years, he would most likely not be telling you the truth if he filed a joint I-751 since that can only be filed within 90 days of the second anniversary of his obtaining conditional residence and it takes U.S.C.I.S. approximately a year to process joint I-751 applications to remove the conditional basis of green cards. He could conceivably have filed on the bases of being a battered spouse or having had a bona fide marriage that ended in divorce, but nothing in your related facts would support such applications. As for his working to get his children into the States through your citizenship, any such petitions to bring children into the United States would require much paperwork being signed and attested by you. 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 Jul 03rd, 2017 at 6:34 AM