USCIS notice requesting my divorce judgment
After marrying and filing for a conditional green card, I unexpectedly ended up getting divorced. The divorce process has been dragging on quite a while. Recently, I received a letter from USCIS requesting my final divorce judgment. The problem is my divorce isn’t finalized yet. It’s currently dragging on over child custody, child support, and alimony issues. I’d like to know what happens if I can’t submit the judgment to USCIS, and what steps I should take.
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You likely received roughly 80 days from USCIS to submit the judgment. If you cannot submit the divorce judgment within that period, your current conditional green card would be revoked and you’d be placed in removal proceedings. The best way to resolve this is to move your divorce along as quickly as possible. We recommend reaching a quick settlement in your stalled divorce process, but if the judgment still hasn’t been entered, it looks difficult to complete within 80 days.
If the divorce judgment has already been entered, to move things along your divorce attorney should be requesting the court to issue the judgment quickly and actively pursuing that — but if the judge doesn’t act, you may be forced to simply wait your turn in the queue for a judgment.