scylla said:This is completely misleading (and wrong) advice and does not apply to the situation of the individual you responded to. Being already married is only a problem if you try to get married again. This individual is in a common law relationship while still being married. There's no issue with this and we've had many people processed successfully in this situation. It's not bigamy.
Thanks scylla! Im glad to hear that there were people in this same situation who were processed successfully. I am also checking other threads about this but haven't found anything yet.