Legal Question in Immigration Law in Ohio

My husband just received citizenship and is leaving the marriage. Is this considered abandonment? Is there any way I can go after him for taking my citizenship?


Asked on 9/14/13, 8:11 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Marlene Hemmings Marlene Hemmings, Attorney at Law

No, and there is nothing you can do. USCIS does not require that the sponsored immigrant spouse remain in the marriage indefinitely; only that the marriage was bona fide when it was entered into.

Now that he is a U.S. citizen, you just need to walk away & find a Family law attorney to represent you in your impending dissolution proceedings.

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Answered on 9/16/13, 10:33 am


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