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Hi I entered the US in 2000 and got a temporary permanent residency. Then I got issued a permanent residency card in february 2003. Just after that my husband decided to divorce me. I did not tell the INS about the divorce, kept my married name and moved. I did notify them of the address change. Now I am remarried and want to get my citizenship, but I am nervous as I am worried that when I got divorced I should have either informed the INS, or my visa should have been revoked due to the divorce? I would also like to change my name to reflect my new married name, but again if I do that they are going to know I am divorced. Does anyone know how this works? Am I ok? Is my visa still valid? My card has an A# on it, dont know if this matters. Also if my visa is ok, can I apply for my citizenship? How many years after entering the country can you apply? And does it count from when you originally entered or from the date os issuance of the permanent residency card? Thank you so much for any help.

From what I have read, you might be fine. Unfortunately I am no expert.

One thing that I have noticed is that there seems to be a higher than typical rate of divorce in this forum. I wonder if that is due to the stress of going through this grueling process?

Thanks for your help, some other input would be appreciated as well. Yeah it sux, but I have to say it was easier than I thought, but i did it from Norway so I think it was a tad easier to do all the paperwork over there at the embassy than here in the US.

Hi I entered the US in 2000 and got a temporary permanent residency. Then I got issued a permanent residency card in february 2003. Just after that my husband decided to divorce me. I did not tell the INS about the divorce, kept my married name and moved. I did notify them of the address change. Now I am remarried and want to get my citizenship, but I am nervous as I am worried that when I got divorced I should have either informed the INS, or my visa should have been revoked due to the divorce? I would also like to change my name to reflect my new married name, but again if I do that they are going to know I am divorced. Does anyone know how this works? Am I ok? Is my visa still valid? My card has an A# on it, dont know if this matters. Also if my visa is ok, can I apply for my citizenship? How many years after entering the country can you apply? And does it count from when you originally entered or from the date os issuance of the permanent residency card? Thank you so much for any help. If you have the unconditional green card then the only effect that will have is that you will be able to apply after 5 years for citizenship from the date you were granted permanent residency (date is shown on the card). Other than that there will be no effect, you can change your name.
you do not need a visa any more since you have the green card now.