AmericanCBB

First, I'm really sorry you are having to go throuhg this. I don't know where you are so domestic laws vary. You have two good things going on. You are working and you have an apartment which is under your name. So should anything like a divorce or separation happen you wont find yourself in a strange country with no place to go. It sounds like you are lonely and hopefully through work you will begin to make a few friends. Also since you rented the apartment and you said that they ran your husbands credit you obviously have a social security card so are at least a temporary resident for 2 years? I don't know what your wanting to do. Stay with him or divorce. I'm sure you are concerned about your immigration and not knowing all the details it's hard to speculate. But I would suggest you make an appointment with infopass and go in and talk to a USCIS agent. It's quite possible that you can get a divorce and continue with your immigration.

hi guys

i have such a huge dillema ..... I came to the US to be with my husband who had promised me so many things. When i got here the first week was great. Then i asked him about the deposit for our apartment. He didnt have any money. I had my salary from my job in the UK which was enough for an apartment. We were denied because his cedit history is bad. I then had to live with his family on a matress on the floor. He became physically ill for 3 weeks and i had to look after him.

I took up a job which was alot less than i am qualified to do to get some money. I managed to save up some and got an apartment under my name. I am still working trying to work on my driving as i dont have a licience yet so getting around would be difficult. It has been 3 months now he has had no money, i have paid to get his car fixed along with insurance, i bought all the food, gas, cigarettes furniture for the apartment. He has literally NO money. I am so stressed out. I feel that i have been lied to and cheated out of my new life. He also said that he had sent my daughters visa off but no sign of i at the NVC.

I made a choice to come here and i left so much behind. I intend to stay here and work out my life as i have nothing to go back to in the UK. I just feel so let down, disappointed and frustrated. Everytime i ask about him working it turns into a full scale argument, and then him blaming me for being impatient or that i am seeing someone else.... I get a bunch of excuses and then it goes back to me carrying around a whole load of bad feelings towards him. Feelings that make me feel awful inside. I try to wake up and accept the situation but its getting harder. I am usually a happy bubbly person and i am starting to feel depressed now. He said he is really trying but i dont see it to be honest. My old mum always said if you dont have a job get out there 7 days and make it a job to get a job. I feel like i am drowning.

I havnt been taken out anywhere, not been sightseeing i am just heavy with all this. I understand that marriage is for better or worse richer poorer, but i feel i am being used and taken advantage of. I have spent every penny i have sorting everything out. Even the money my family gave me for a wedding gift has gone on is car and food. I feel so sad its like ths and i am not sure what to do.

I just need some constructive advice. I think i know my answer but just needed to put my feelings out there to see if anyone else went through this themselves.

Im a USC my wife and her children are in the process of immigrating to USA. The process is taking awhile (took time to get the money to pay for application fees and normal processing time) so my question is this: my wife has an approved I-485 and Im waiting to submit her visa application until the children are "caught up" so everyone can immigrate together. It has already been a year and a half since we last saw each other. I heard once that if we are apart too long then the marriage is no longer valid for immigration? We are only apart because we need the money for immigration and for them to fly to USA when the time comes. Does anyone know anything about this?

I hope someone has some experience with this. I'm a USC by birth. My step son was born in another country. Originally he arrived in the US on a B-2 visa. He wanted to see what the US was like before deciding on whether he wanted to immigrate here or not. He was under 18 when he arrived and while he was here I wanted to be able to make medical decisions incase of illness or accident. So I petitioned an American court and was granted guardianship and the ability to make medical and educational decisions for him. He had also always wanted my last name (we were unable to change it in his native country)so I went ahead and began the adoption process. After touring a couple colleges he decided he did want to immigrate to the US. The adoption was granted just after his 18th birthday and he was issued a court-ordered delayed registration of birth and was given a US birth certificate listing me as his father and his biological mother as his birth mother. I've had someone at the passport office tell me he was eligible for an American passport but I wasn't sure since his American birth certificate was issued more than a year after his birth. Has anyone been in a situation similar to this one or perhaps would know if he is eligible to file N-600? He was under the age of 18 in 2001.

I've been trying to borrow the funds with no luck. If we were talking a few hundred that'd be one thing, but a few thousand plus cost of airline ticket...the USA makes it so expensive to immigrate. Moving to another city would be impossible because there's no place to rent. She has tried moving but without a husband being on a lease she is unable to find a place. I have to be living in the USA to bring a spouse to the USA and she has to be in her country of origin for her immigration.

***** Moving from CR-1 to General Immigration *****

She is not going to get asylum. Can she move to another city for now? Can ypu borrow the money to start the spousal visa petition, or maybe move together to a third country?

I'm an American citizen by birth, my wife Armenian. We are apart until we save enough money for her immigration. A few months ago while in her home country my wife became pregnant. But I eventually had to return to the US. Her ex husband had been badgering her since our marriage and local police wouldn't do anything to stop it. They basically told us she brought it on herself for marrying a non-Armenian. The violence has escalated and the last time her ex attacked her while on her way home she miscarried our child. While researching asylum it seems to qualify it must be for political reasons. Is there anyone who knows more than I do that might help bring her here? Thank you in advance for your suggestions.