Legal Question in Immigration Law in California

It's likely that they are laying a ground work for her application to remove conditions from her green card after divorce.

Please remember that since you've signed the Affidavit of Support, you remain financially responsible for your immigrant wife even after divorce.

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Well, if you're in any legal trouble, it would be with the police on a domestic violence charge, and would have nothing to do with immigration law.

To remove the condition on the green card and make it permanent, the procedure that she is supposed to follow is for her to file an I-751 Petition jointly with you with U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) to show that you still have an ongoing bona fide marriage. However, you are not obligated to help her with this form if you do not wish. Couples in marital problems, legally separated, or who are divorcing run into this all the time. She can still get a permanent green card by filing the I-751 herself and asking USCIS to excuse her from having to file together with you by alleging that you battered her during the marriage. Whether USCIS will believe her or not is a different story, but that does not involve you. On the other hand, and as I�ve said, whether she will go to the local police and bring charges against you for domestic violence or spousal abuse is up to her, and if that happens, you�ll need a criminal defense lawyer.

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Hello:

I am sorry to hear that your marriage is not working out and that you are going through this situation.

If you are legally in trouble, it would be for any charges your wife may have filed against you for things such as domestic violence or assault and battery. If she filed a restraining order against you, then you may also get into trouble if you violate the terms of the restraining order. With respect to immigration law, it is likely you will not have an issue.

In order to remove her conditions on her status without you and without an existing marriage, she would need to show among other things, that the divorce is finalized, that the marriage was real, and that she has suffered emotional, physical, and/or mental abuse at the hands of her spouse.

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