vawa Abuse in my marriage

[Cheschirecat 176]

On ‎1‎/‎10‎/‎2018 at 10:10 PM, Sad&Abused said:

I have my passport and all my documents on me at all times. I have already began making checks for a shelter. I have considered going back to my home country many times but there is nowhere to go. I fell like giving up sometimes. I feel like I am between a rock and a really hard place. I am in New York

https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/battered-spouse-children-parents

[Sandra G. 5,016]

On 1/10/2018 at 9:54 PM, Sad&Abused said:

I am married to a U.S citizen and he is abusing me. I came to the U.S and I got sick and had a major operation and spent one year in a rehab facility. While I was in the rehab I met the most wonderful man. He was sweet, kind, loving, he was just overall amazing and we fell in love. He got released from the rehab about 2 months before I did and when I got out I decided I was gonna rent an apartment and just start fresh because I had lost one year of my life. I was trying to move on from him. Trying to convince myself that what we had was just because we had no other options. But I couldn't and it didn't help that he was calling and texting me non-stop so I decided ok let's just see where this leads. BAM! He asks me to marry him. I was over the moon because I love this man. I told him I wanna do this the right way. I don't want us to move in together until after the ceremony. He said he was so eager to make me his wife we had to get married right away. A few weeks later we were standing in line at the court house, giddy in love and eager to be man and wife. We did it. We got married over a year ago and I moved in. We were happy for the first couple months and then I got a job. He would argue that he couldn't work because of his hip and I was working and acting like I was better than him. I tried to play it down because as this point we're already married and I have no family here so I have nowhere else to go. And he had already filed the I-130. I noticed he started drinking and his sister told me he always drank - this was news to me. The first time he beat me I was shocked and humiliated. I'm a 50 year old woman and I've never before experienced this. I didn't know what to do. Then he would apologize and say he's sorry and do it again a couple days later. I got my work-permit a couple months after we filed and he said he was happy and then that night he beat me because he said I would get a good job and walk around like I was somebody and I was nobody. I went and did a nursing course a couple months after that and on the day of my exam he used his cane to beat me bloody and break one my fingers so I couldn't do the exam. I've called the police countless times. I contacted a lawyer who does VAWA cases for the state and she promised to get the paper work started but up till yesterday when I spoke to her she hadn't started yet because she says they have to meet with me a few more times. I'm writing this from a hospital bed with a brace on my neck and back because he tried to break my back tonight. He says he isn't going to stop until he kills me. What can I do? The VAWA application hasn't started processing and for all I know our interview is being scheduled right now. I can't do this anymore. What can I do? Please help me. He says he will tell them he doesn't know me if we go in to the interview together. I know realistically he can't say that but it just shows that he... At this point I don't even know. 

Contact SAFE HORIZON  in NYC and they  will help you  with  shelter and VAWA.

[Sad&Abused 0]

Thank you guys for all your advice. I am sorry I haven't been able to respond. I have been busy finding a place to stay. I have also been trying to get my VAWA application in. I have received an email stating that my interview has been scheduled. What do I do? I cannot go. He is in jail and I am in the process of filing for VAWA. Any advice?

[NikLR 13,220]

1 minute ago, Sad&Abused said:

Thank you guys for all your advice. I am sorry I haven't been able to respond. I have been busy finding a place to stay. I have also been trying to get my VAWA application in. I have received an email stating that my interview has been scheduled. What do I do? I cannot go. He is in jail and I am in the process of filing for VAWA. Any advice?

Why can't you go? Get your VAWA started and let them know with your evidence of the direction you are taking. 

[Sad&Abused 0]

1 minute ago, NikLR said:

Why can't you go? Get your VAWA started and let them know with your evidence of the direction you are taking. 

Okay. I thought that I couldn't go because he wouldn't be able to accompany me. I will do that. 

[Sad&Abused 0]

On 1/11/2018 at 6:59 PM, Luckycuds said:

Talk to a social worker before you leave the hospital! Please no one should have to go through this regardless of immigration status 

Thank you. I did do that.