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can a canadian married in canada who spouse is in canada now have a divorced in texas because she came to US, TEXAS LAST APRIL ON A PASSPORT
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sorry one spouse has dual citizenship (cananda and us citizen now lives in texas). the other one has canadian citizenship and also in texas. the canadian cheats with another person. can the fist spouse, the dual filed a divorce here.
out of curiousity, canada recoginize same sex marriage and so is california
the second one met another lesbian, if they move to california to get marry, can her us new girlfriend file immigration for her under 130
Well, now, that complicates things. A same-sex couple married in Canada cannot divorce in Texas, because Texas law will not recognize the marriage - not even to dissolve it (Stop and marvel at the irony there.) The means that the spouse with dual citizenship would have to go to one of the states that recognizes marriage between same-sex couples, establish residency, and get divorced there, unless the spouse still in Canada will file for divorce there.California passed a law a few years back to prohibit same-sex couples from marrying. Unfortunately, that means that the only states where same sex couples can currently marry are Iowa, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maryland, Connecticut, and Vermont. Federal law does not allow a person to sponsor someone of the same sex for citizenship under a fiance visa because federal law also won't recognize the relationship. Unfortunately, the US is trailing behind Canada on several issues. So, what should be a really quick and simple question of residency and jurisdiction becomes much, much more complicated.
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