I have a friend who was married to a foreigner that she met in the US and married several years ago.

He ended up leaving her and pretty much dissapearing all of a sudden.

She discovered that he had hidden his naturalization papers in their house. He had told her that he had not done anything or received anything from INS related to naturalization. She found receipt notices and biometrics appointment letters. She said he stole her BC and forged her name and signature as her name was on fa orm or maybe a receipt notice that he had been sent. She never knew he was naturalizing so it seems that he commited fraud by using her BC and forging her signature.

What should she do? She knows he's in the US but not where exactly and he has not contacted her since he "dissapeared".

She wants to report him to USCIS... who should she contact? I have no idea what happens at the naturalization level so would she contact USCIS or who?


Thanks!!

Sarah

I have a friend who was married to a foreigner that she met in the US and married several years ago.

He ended up leaving her and pretty much dissapearing all of a sudden.

She discovered that he had hidden his naturalization papers in their house. He had told her that he had not done anything or received anything from INS related to naturalization. She found receipt notices and biometrics appointment letters. She said he stole her BC and forged her name and signature as her name was on fa orm or maybe a receipt notice that he had been sent. She never knew he was naturalizing so it seems that he commited fraud by using her BC and forging her signature.

What should she do? She knows he's in the US but not where exactly and he has not contacted her since he "dissapeared".

She wants to report him to USCIS... who should she contact? I have no idea what happens at the naturalization level so would she contact USCIS or who?


Thanks!!

Sarah

At this point.. it's just better to leave it be... it's actually better if he does get his Citizenship at this point in time because it will get her off the hook for her Support requirements.

I would talk to an attorney and get divorce proceedings moving... but the immigration aspect is his problem.. not hers...

Sarah,

I suppose that she could notify her local USCIS District or Sub office, or the Service Center that processed his N-400.

The more appropriate entity to contact might be USICE. "To report any suspicious activity please call 1-866-347-2423. Emailed reports of suspicious activity or "tips" are not accepted at this time." But I suspect that ICE is way too busy with more significant issues than a random individual.

Yodrak

I would at least report the incident, that way there can be no questions about conspiracy. Regauless if they do anyhting or not.

You have done what you can and leave the rest to the Government

I believe they are divorced legally as he abandoned her. I don't know if she has any idea where he is in immigration at this point.

So you think she should just leave it? He stole her birth certificate and forged her name and signature on application... I guess I would want to report him at least.

Karma can come back and get you though too.

Thanks for your help!

Sarah

Thanks Yodrak, you're probably that they might not be too concerned about a specific individual. I gues sit's up to her to decide what she wants to do with it.

I think the receipt notices were dated end of last year and he up and left in February of this year.

He doesn't know she knows where he is. He abandoned their marriage which is how they divorced.

.... She is no longer obligated upon naturalisation and that is an important issue.

Something doesn't compute for me. Perhaps I missed some detail. In order to meet the eligibility requirement for naturalisation, he had to have been in a viable (?) marriage for at least 2 years and 9 months. And abandonment as a grounds for divorce, I believe is one year, perhaps it could vary from state to state. Which means that shortly after receiving her signature, he disappeared, stayed AWOL for at least one year, prior to the divorce being possible. What am I missing?

I agree that forging her signature is not only wrong, but illegal, but once again, this buffoon is now out of her hair, and he'd qualify for naturalisation in another two years, regardless. As I see it, there's not sufficent evidence (at least not shared) for a finding of fraudulent intent.

I think what happened is that he left, then had a friend call and tell her he died. They were married I believe for more than 5 years. Does that change something?

Well yes, it's appalling, which is why I think she should definitely report him.

Personally, without this latest information, I would have been inclined to question whether or not there was enough in the simple abandonment to demonstrate a preconceived intent to marry. acquire immigration benefit and then disappear, especially after some years of marriage and the alien being well into the conditional permanent residency timeframe.

Knowing that he attempted to feign his own death to his spouse, when if his interest was simply to bring a legal end to the marriage, could have been achieved quite simply by initiating divorce action. So, in my eyes it does change the complexion somewhat, with the facts given. I suppose there could be any number of motivations that would drive an individual to go to such lengths, and not all of them with a specific eye to gain immigration benefit. I don't know what to make of it, but since there are a number of very unothodox events that have occured (forgery, disappearing, and the whole fabricated death situation) perhaps your friend is wise to make a clear, factual accounting of the events, absent emotion, and present it to USCIS and ICE. They surely have seen all sorts of machinations to evade immigration laws, and if this represents that, they'll follow up.

Personally, without this latest information, I would have been inclined to question whether or not there was enough in the simple abandonment to demonstrate a preconceived intent to marry. acquire immigration benefit and then disappear, especially after some years of marriage and the alien being well into the conditional permanent residency timeframe.

Knowing that he attempted to feign his own death to his spouse, when if his interest was simply to bring a legal end to the marriage, could have been achieved quite simply by initiating divorce action. So, in my eyes it does change the complexion somewhat, with the facts given. I suppose there could be any number of motivations that would drive an individual to go to such lengths, and not all of them with a specific eye to gain immigration benefit. I don't know what to make of it, but since there are a number of very unothodox events that have occured (forgery, disappearing, and the whole fabricated death situation) perhaps your friend is wise to make a clear, factual accounting of the events, absent emotion, and present it to USCIS and ICE. They surely have seen all sorts of machinations to evade immigration laws, and if this represents that, they'll follow up.


Yeah to a certain point, i myself have seen ICE in action, with my own eyes (in Arkansas), and they are targeting people such as drug trafficking immigrants, legal/illegal. people doing things such as these.

Second of all, she'd need strong evidence of everything, because once a complaint is filed, its basically irreversible, plus every single day, ICE and USCIS has to look at the other side that its not "another USC bitter about their marriage ending" and trying to see the worst happen for their immigrant spouse

My advice, is let it go, (especially if they'd been married 5 years previous and he qualified after 2.9 years) let him naturalize so you dont have to be financially responsible for him anymore.

well, just let your friend deal with the problem, worry about number 1 (yourself0 before you worry about number 2 (everyone else) ,

I have a friend who was married to a foreigner that she met in the US and married several years ago.

He ended up leaving her and pretty much dissapearing all of a sudden.

She discovered that he had hidden his naturalization papers in their house. He had told her that he had not done anything or received anything from INS related to naturalization. She found receipt notices and biometrics appointment letters. She said he stole her BC and forged her name and signature as her name was on fa orm or maybe a receipt notice that he had been sent. She never knew he was naturalizing so it seems that he commited fraud by using her BC and forging her signature.

What should she do? She knows he's in the US but not where exactly and he has not contacted her since he "dissapeared".

She wants to report him to USCIS... who should she contact? I have no idea what happens at the naturalization level so would she contact USCIS or who?


Thanks!!

Sarah

Just another case of a USC girl thinking that she OWNS her immigrant husband. Af first they fall madly in love in a few days, call the guy from overseas and when the marriage goes sour (which can for several reasons ) they often complain of marriage and visa fraud.

How can you believe that husband died and the wife believed just because a friend said so. When he disappered, didnt she file a notice with the police of his disappearance. If she took the word of the friend, didnt complain with the police when he disappeared that probably shows that she was not interested in him either.

If it has been five yrs since they married, the girl should just accept the responsibility. No matter how bad the husband was, it was on the girl to find out if his intentions were true or not. No where does it say that the husband is obligated to stay married to the USC wife forever. Two yrs is the limit. Birth certificate cannot be used for anything. Even to get a movie from blockbuster requires IDs


Your friend should give up the is vendetta against her ex husband. Probably file for divorce and move on with her life.

Oh this sounds like something from Springer.......

If he faked his death then they probably didn't divorce, which means they are still married.............?????

Unless she filed for abandonment prior to his 'death'.

Is it possible they are still legally married?

First of all, she met her husband in the US. He was living and working here.

She does not have a vandetta against her ex husband and I am trying to help her find out if she should do anything since her name is on the naturalization receipt notices. She doesn't want him to bring her down. She has already accepted what he did and has let it go but last week she found his naturalization papers hidden inside his copy of the BIBLE. So wrong.

Anyways, he went back to his home country in February as he did every year (so he said) and she never heard from him again. She then bought plane tickets to go look for him because she was worried something happened. Then one of his friends called her and left a message saying he died in a car accident in his home country. She thought that was sketchy. She went to his home country to try to figure out what happened but had no luck finding anything.

She returned here and later found out that he had filed for bankrupty in a different state and she received notice of this at her house. That is how she knows he is alive and that he just abandoned her.

She is legally divorced.

K thanks!





I know, I'm waiting for her to get some movie offers or something about it.

Short Version.

His current issues are nonthing to do with her, time to move on with her life.

Not necessarily. If he filed for bankruptcy, it's conceivable that she may indeed be implicated. What is nort dischargeable through the bankruptcy proceedings could be attributed to her, if the bankruptcy occured while they were married. IRS is a good example, especially is they filed jointly as married. Worth a call to a lawyer to make sure she is in any way responsible for any of his debt.