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CristinaS   0

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I have tried and tried but it seems I am at the end of my rope. My husband keep saying that he is going to change and his drinking is not a problem... well, it looks it is from my perspective. But this is another story! I want to divorce and I am pretty confident I have all my ducks in a row on this one. My only concern came up when reading the divorce documents.

There is no room on them for the country where the marriage took place. Am I to just cross out the State and put Country instead? We live in Texas. Are there any special rules pertaining to this state or according to this state we are not even married even though we went through the whole INS scenario based on our Romanian marriage license?

Do I need to get married - in Texas - in order to be able to divorce? That would be a joke.. sad one, but still a joke.

Anyone gone through this before?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you and good luck in your journeys.

Cristina (Bucharest, Romania) & Tom (Houston, TX, USA)

Bucharest 10/02/04 - Got married

Bucharest 10/04/04 ... DCF interview - I-130 Success!!!

Bucharest 10/05/04... DCF Interview part 2 - Success!!!

Bucharest 10/08/04... Name check - OK

Bucharest 10/12/04 - collected the visa from Embassy

NOVEMBER 5th 2004- GOING HOME! HURRAY!!!

HOME at last

Lifting Conditions

I-751 - Sent 10/02/06

Check cashed - 10/05/06

NOA - Rcvd 10/07/06

Biometrics Appointment - 11/02/06

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Minya's wife   24

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I have tried and tried but it seems I am at the end of my rope. My husband keep saying that he is going to change and his drinking is not a problem... well, it looks it is from my perspective. But this is another story! I want to divorce and I am pretty confident I have all my ducks in a row on this one. My only concern came up when reading the divorce documents.

There is no room on them for the country where the marriage took place. Am I to just cross out the State and put Country instead? We live in Texas. Are there any special rules pertaining to this state or according to this state we are not even married even though we went through the whole INS scenario based on our Romanian marriage license?

Do I need to get married - in Texas - in order to be able to divorce? That would be a joke.. sad one, but still a joke.

Anyone gone through this before?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you and good luck in your journeys.

I'm sorry, I understand how you feel. My ex was never "drunk" he was only "a little tipsy"....every day! :wacko: Admitting that one has a problem is a first step for recovery.

About your divorce process....you may want, and need, to have your Romanian marriage certificate translated by a company/service that specializes in foreign language document translation. (I've seen this done w/ foreign language birth certificates, education diplomas and such. Usually doesn't cost that much either....depending on the language of the original document) On a side note, have you thought about working with an attorney to process the divoce? I'm sure an attorney can advise you best on how to fill out the forms, and how to go about things.

Good luck! Sper ca se resolva problema in curand! (F)

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I have tried and tried but it seems I am at the end of my rope. My husband keep saying that he is going to change and his drinking is not a problem... well, it looks it is from my perspective. But this is another story! I want to divorce and I am pretty confident I have all my ducks in a row on this one. My only concern came up when reading the divorce documents.

There is no room on them for the country where the marriage took place. Am I to just cross out the State and put Country instead? We live in Texas. Are there any special rules pertaining to this state or according to this state we are not even married even though we went through the whole INS scenario based on our Romanian marriage license?

Do I need to get married - in Texas - in order to be able to divorce? That would be a joke.. sad one, but still a joke.

Anyone gone through this before?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you and good luck in your journeys.

I am sorry to hear your situations. Please be strong. You should go through the divorce process with an attorney's help. Immigration status has nothing to do with divorce. Good thing is, you already have your 10-yr permanent green card, so you don't have to worry about removing conditions, etc. You should get divorced first in order to get married again. There is no such regulation that your next marriage has to take place in Texas. Good Luck.

I-130 Timeline with USCIS:

It took 92 days for I-130 to get approved from the filing date

NVC Process of I-130:

It took 78 days to complete the NVC process

Interview Process at The U.S. Embassy

Interview took 223 days from the I-130 filing date. Immigrant Visa was issued right after the interview

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MaydayDas   1

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I am so sorry to hear you have problems, follow what Paula&Minya said, I am sure that the divorce can be done from the States with a lawyer, no need to get married again once you are married and your marriage license recognized.

Toate cele bune Cristina

All the best to you,

Adriana

"Daca voi nu ma vreti, io va vreau"

DCF Frankfurt Germany

01/12/2007 I-130 filed in person at the Consulate in Frankfurt

01/17/2007 Faxed the checklist to the Immigrant Visa Unit in Frankfurt

03/29/2007 Got letter from USCIS to provide evidence that our marriage is bona fide

04/02/2007 Sent to USCIS lots of evidence

05/03/2007 I have an unofficial "PETITION APPROVED" ...waiting for confirmation from Consulate

05/07/2007 Received email from USCIS ROME confirming that our petition was approved (why Rome? because we complained to the District Office Rome about the Sub-Office Frankfurt..it took too long for our petition to be approved)...now waiting for the interview letter from the Consulate

05/18/2007 E-mail from IV Frankfurt, our interview was scheduled for May 29th

05/19/2007 Packet 4 in the mail: ja ja ja interview letter

05/29/2007 Interview at 7.30 a.m. APPROVED Thank you, God!

06/01/2007 Visa arrived !

06/03/2007 Mayday on the plane POE Cincinnati

Living in Maryland

06/21/2007 Welcome Notice from USCIS

06/29/2007 Applied for SSN at the local Office

07/07/2007 Green Card arrived

07/09/2007 Another 2 Welcome Letters from USCIS...God, they really love me! :D

07/20/2007 Social Security Card arrived

Living@working in Maryland :)

01/18/2009 PCS-ing to Stuttgart Germany

Feb 2009 Received letter from VSC to start removing conditions.

Getting ready the packet for Removing Conditions I-751

03/12/2009 Mailed the I-751 packet to Vermont Service Center

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Do I need to get married - in Texas - in order to be able to divorce? That would be a joke.. sad one, but still a joke.

No, you can divorce in Texas no matter where you were married. Talk to a family lawyer to make sure what to do about the paperwork.

Sorry about the situation (F)

Filed AOS from F-1
Green Card approved on 01/04/07
Conditions removed 01/29/09

Citizenship Oath 08/23/12

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Do I need to get married - in Texas - in order to be able to divorce? That would be a joke.. sad one, but still a joke.

No, you can divorce in Texas no matter where you were married. Talk to a family lawyer to make sure what to do about the paperwork.

Sorry about the situation (F)

Yes, I agree. Plus there is no rule that your next marriage must take place in TX, since your divorce would take place in TX.

I-130 Timeline with USCIS:

It took 92 days for I-130 to get approved from the filing date

NVC Process of I-130:

It took 78 days to complete the NVC process

Interview Process at The U.S. Embassy

Interview took 223 days from the I-130 filing date. Immigrant Visa was issued right after the interview

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Dan J   277

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At this point getting divorce will have no effect on your immigration status. The only thing that will change is that you wont be elgible for citizenship in 3 years. Instead it will be 5 years.

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I have tried and tried but it seems I am at the end of my rope. My husband keep saying that he is going to change and his drinking is not a problem... well, it looks it is from my perspective. But this is another story! I want to divorce and I am pretty confident I have all my ducks in a row on this one. My only concern came up when reading the divorce documents.

There is no room on them for the country where the marriage took place. Am I to just cross out the State and put Country instead? We live in Texas. Are there any special rules pertaining to this state or according to this state we are not even married even though we went through the whole INS scenario based on our Romanian marriage license?

Do I need to get married - in Texas - in order to be able to divorce? That would be a joke.. sad one, but still a joke.

Anyone gone through this before?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you and good luck in your journeys.

I dont know the texas family law but intuitively, it doesnt matter where you got married, as long as you were

legally married. The legality of your marriage is not a question because I guess you had proved it already when

you got immigrated. The only other question is the domicile - if you have been living in texas, have a job in

texas, have assets in texas etc you are domicile in Texas and hence in the jurisdiction of Texas and so Texas

has the jurisdiction to dissolve your marriage also. Give a quick call to an attorney and discuss this. (be wise when

you choose an attorney-you dont want to be their ATM machine because you will charge you for even going to

'loo' on your time :) )

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