[Lawrence211]

I had a green card for 8 years and recently became a US citizen. I gave up my green card when sworn in. Recently I went through a divorce after 16 years of marriage. My ex wife was here on my green card status which is set to expire in 2014. What is her current status?

[newacct]

You are saying that she has a "green card", right?

If she is on a "conditional" permanent resident status (i.e. valid only for two years, given if you applied for a green card for her based on a marriage that was at that time less than two years old), then she will need to do Removal of Conditions before that expiration, and she will need to get a waiver since she is divorced (a lawyer might be good in this situation), since it usually requires both spouses to do it.

If she is on a regular permanent resident status (usually they get a card with 10-year validity), then that status is permanent and she can apply for citizenship or renew the card when it expires as many times as she wants without hassle; and the divorce has no effect on that.

[newacct]

But really, why do you care? You are divorced, so it's not really any of your business what she does or her status, right?

[lawanwadee]

She is a permanent resident. Expiration date on the card does not mean termination of her status.