Divorce timing while joint I-751 is pending

My husband told me completely out of nowhere that he wanted a divorce and filed about a week later. I currently have a pending joint I-751 and was only several months away from being able to apply for citizenship, so the timing has created a lot of immigration anxiety for me. He wanted everything to be quick and “amicable,” but he never really had a conversation with me about any of this. He just told me he wanted a divorce, said we didn’t need lawyers, and then filed almost immediately. I ended up retaining a divorce attorney because there are financial/property issues and because I needed to understand how this could affect my immigration status. My main question is about the 10-year green card and timing. If the divorce takes several more months to finalize, could USCIS still approve our jointly filed I-751 and issue the 10-year green card while we are still legally married, even if a divorce case is pending? I’m also wondering whether anyone has ever negotiated the timing of the divorce itself for immigration reasons. Could a spouse have agreed to wait until the I-751 was approved before finalizing the divorce, even if both people ultimately intended to divorce? I honestly wish…

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