Can apply for US Citizenship after divorce under 3 years time frame. And apply for K1 visa for a non US citizen and remarry.

To answer your questions, (1) Yes, you may marry after the Final Judgment of Divorce is granted and petition to have your wife come to the U.S. However, since you are not a U.S. citizen, it will take longer for your wife to be able to enter the U.S. (2). You are eligible to apply for U.S. Citizenship after 3 years, but you must be still married AND living together. If you are separated and not living together before 3 years after receiving the Green Card, you will have to wait for the 5 year option. Good luck to you. Immigration Legal Team Bogle & Chang, LLC Email: [email protected] Phone: (800) 342-1733 ext. 101 Web: www.immigrationlegalteam.com National Immigration Lawyers

In your circumstances, you will have to wait until you have been a permanent resident for 5 years before you can apply for US citizenship because you will not be living with and married to a US citizen for the three years prior to filing the application for naturalization. Once your divorce is final, you will be able to remarry. You will not be able to file an I-130 to bring someone to the US to marry - you have to be married first. Also, because you gained permanent resident status by virtue of a prior marriage to a US citizen, you have a high burden to prove that you did not get your permanent resident status by virtue of a fraudulent marriage. In the I-130 you file for your second wife, you will have to very clearly demonstrate how your first marriage was not fraudulent. This is the case if you file the I-130 within 5 years of becoming a permanent resident through your first marriage. If 5 years or more have passed, then you no longer have the higher burden.

In addition to the information provided in the other responses to your question, note that current immigration laws do not establish a visa category for fiancees of a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident. If after becoming divorced you were to marry your fiance abroad, then you could apply for her to get immigration benefits in the family based Second Preference Part A category. For people from most countries, visas are now current for people with priority dates as recent as April, 2010 -- that may be a worthwhile guide to estimate the amount of time necessary for a new petition. [Note: Consistent with policy, this communication is intended as general information and not specific legal advice, and this communication does not create an attorney-client relationship.] David N. Soloway Frazier, Soloway & Poorak, P.C. 1800 Century Place, Suite 100 Atlanta, Georgia 30345 www.fspklaw.com 404-320-7000 * 1-877-232-5352 * [email protected]