Eligibilityfor petition by widow or widower of a United Stat
USINFO | 2013-10-22 10:23
A widow or widower of a United States citizen may file a petition and be classified as an immediate relative under section201(b) of the Act if:
(i) He or she had been married for at least two years to a United States citizen(Note: The United States citizen is not required to have had the status of United States citizen for the entire two year period, but must have been a United States citizen at the time of death);
(ii) The petition is filed within two years of the death of the citizen spouse or before November 29, 1992, if the citizen spouse died before November 29, 1990;
(iii) The alien petitioner and the citizen spouse were not legally separated at the time of the citizen's death; and
(iv) The alien spouse has not remarried.
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