Also, itll recognize the proxy marriage if couples didnt enter it for the purpose of obtaining immigration benefits. That's because, if conditions in your home country improve and you no longer fear persecution there, your asylum status could be taken away. If we approve your application for employment authorization based on your pending asylum application, your EAD will be valid for up to 2 years. You must show that a changed circumstance (in your personal life or in conditions in the U.S. or in your home country) was material to your eligibility for asylum, and that you filed within a reasonable time after the circumstance occurred or after you learned of it. You must show that this persecution was (or would be) inflicted on you because of one or more protected grounds: your race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. John is a devoted husband and father of two. Can I apply for asylum after divorce? (See I.N.A. An alternative would be to try to undo that removal order by reopening your previous immigration court proceedings. handled my wife's Green card case. However, if and when the person applies for naturalized U.S. citizenship, USCIS could take another look at whether the marriage was real in the first place, as described next.