noelle yeo
May 4, 2026
I-751 divorce waiver — anyone self-filed without an attorney? (already filed joint)
Has anyone here successfully filed an I-751 divorce waiver without an attorney?
I’m planning to switch my case from a joint filing to a divorce waiver, but I’m a student and I can’t really afford a lawyer. I’m just trying to see if people have gone through this process on their own.
For context, I filed my I-751 jointly in Oct 2025 while still legally married. We lived together from Dec 2023 to Nov 2025. However, we separated in May 2025, and I stayed in South Korea for about 5 months before returning to the U.S.
On paper, we were still married during that time, but we were already separated in real life.
I’m mainly looking for experiences from people who filed a divorce waiver without an attorney and how their process went.
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G M M May 4, 2026
Did you mix up the dates? It's confusing.
you lived together from dec 2023 to nov 2025 . And you separated may 2025 or may 2026?
Jennie .May 5, 2026
U are married upto November 2025, forget about your Korean trip. Just upload your divorce decree & any other Bona-fide Marriage documents U have via your account USCIS. U may or may not be interviewed.
Jeff CMay 24, 2026
I did the process to convert my case from jointly to divorce but that’s not complicated. my attorney just uploaded a new form but this one as divorced, we sent many evidences we had and the divorce decree. WE LET THEM KNOW WHEN I RECEIVED THE FINAL DIVORCE DECREE.
