When a marriage based adjustment of status application has been filed where a divorce occurs before its approval, a recent Court of Appeals decision in the 9th Circuit decided that the application would still be effective. This case involved a K-1 visa holder who had [...]

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In New York, a divorce may be obtained for the following reasons:  1.  For cruel and inhuman treatment that endangers physical or mental well being so that it is unsafe and improper for a defendant to continue to live together with the plaintiff;
2.  Abandonment for a period of one or more [...]

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