K-1 Visa Fraud

[ITdudeChris 1]

Hello,

Forgive me if this is the wrong section but it might be a great warning for all who are thinking about bringing this person they love to the U.S. and the complications that arose. Please move it if necessary.

I brought the woman I later married to the U.S. in January 2014. I was in the process of buying a house and was not able to close before her K1 would be up so we got married during escrow. She signed a quitclaim. She came with nothing but $1000 and a suitcase.

Immediately the issue of being away from her family came up. I helped her explore ALL legal avenues of getting her brother here but her disappointment turned to rage in which I was the scapegoat. Soon, this turned to very bad plans of her brother and his wife divorcing and plans to marry Americans for money. They had plans to write a book about the Ukraine conflict, go to Russia and pay for a bad news story on the book and return the brother to the US to claim Asylum even. 6 months of my 11 month marriage were with her brother on my couch and even after reporting him to ICE for being violent with me and working illegally, they let him back into the country for court where I was suing him for unlawful detainer which was countered with false claims of abuse and a restraining order.

Ny wife that has a minor in translating has a translator in court. A restraining order for reporting someone to ICE. That is insane! I have binders full of phone records, he opened a bank account and deposited his pay every week, applied for a CA drivers license under AB60, etc. Our court system kept me out of my home for 4 months. Homeless and because the car I was driving broke and my wife refused to turn over the other 2, carless. Her brother needed a car to drive after all. Court finally gave me one back and she had broken it down. I know the brother worked until the last day he was here because my first load of laundry I was pulling electricians caps out of the dryer. I have had to commute 300 miles a day as a result of this for 4 months!

The US government will not protect you from a fraudulent K1 wife. FYI. I am now in court at around $20k lawyer fees and $20k marital debt from only 11 months! We haven't even gotten to the fact she is going after premarital cars, my home and everything. I'm about to lose my home and job if she obtains this BS restraining order that is literally only: I chewed her out for changing the address on every bank account, removing me from my own car/home insurance and when I finally got the house back she even left the fish dead on the counter, etc.

Life sucks and I would seriously reconsider a K1 visa. I had nothing and thought I could lose nothing but not in the US "justice" system.

Edited August 1, 2015 by Penguin_ie

[Boiler 43,399]

Not an uncommon story,but how did her Brother enter the US?

[ITdudeChris 1]

B1/B2 visa. I wrote him a support letter for a visit back in M/2014 and the stupid Embassy gave him a multientry Visa. My wife then said she would divorce me if I didn't get him a plane ticket and a job. She maxed out every card and I got her a job making 52k/yr and she refused to help pay anything down. All debts are in my name and nothing I can do. :-(

[Boiler 43,399]

Bankruptcy?

[ITdudeChris 1]

Then I lose my home. All the money in it is inheritance/premarital. From what I understand, bankruptcy wont alleviate the debt actually anyways though.

[Penguin_ie 5,984]

***** Moving from K1 to Effects of Major Changes forum as the best fit. *******

[jyaku 138]

Hope you have a good prenup.

[ITdudeChris 1]

Negative. Met her broke on getting here here so thought I had nothing to lose...

[Darnell 8,478]

you have an attorney that will fight ?

[Adil & Jeanne 296]

so sorry this happened to you

but face it, could have happened if you had married an American

i am old enough to see men do this to women and women do it to men

Rule 1 divide life into fixables and unfixables

Rule 2 try to avoid the unfixable like hurting another as you can not take it back

Rule 3 even if you owe the IRS there is a fix, not one we all want and like, but it can be done

Rule 4 turn the unfixables over to a higher power as you messed it up and can't fix it and need help

[ITdudeChris 1]

I am on my second attorney. First didn't know immigration law and second is the person that would defend a legitimate claim from a woman like my ex that believes me...

[Miss M 54]

I'm not an authority on this but I think she has no claim on your home if it was paid for using money from an inheritance. Just do a bit of online research to verify this, but this is what I found via a quick google search http://heleneltaylor.com/inheritance-separate-property/

You guys weren't married very long so hopefully that is useful in terms of fighting for your premarital assets.

I'm not able to offer much in the away of advice, but I am sorry this is happening to you. Don't give up before you've explored every single option.

[juanchopancho 5]

When did you marry? Right now she should still be under the 2 years conditional residency. If the marriage doesn't last 2 years then her conditional residency is void, no?

She has to leave the country if you divorce her. Anyway that is how I thought it worked.

[TBoneTX 43,020]

OP, have you set an InfoPass appointment and spoken with an FDNS supervisor at USCIS? If not, do so, taking all the evidence and facts as you know them, and don't leave the office until you've spoken with the FDNS agent.

[mallafri76 1,012]

Sorry to hear about your bad experience. Unfortunately, you're not alone in your situation, it's actually quite common.

If you live in California, it's a community property state so it was good that you did the quitclaim deed. I always say that when one person have considerably more than the other person, a prenup is always a good idea. You had a house on the way, three cars and a full-time job, she came with a suitcase and $1,000... A prenup would've been a pretty good idea. Just something to consider for the future. If two people truly love each other, signing a prenup is not an issue.

I hope you have a good lawyer that can help you. This woman sounds like a typical user and she's gonna try everything she can to get as much out of this as possible, including claim domestic violence and everything else she can probably come up with to portray herself as the sweet innocent battered spouse and you as the monster... Thank you for sharing your story. I hope everything works out for the best for you.