Aussiebeachgirl

Thank you all for your kind words. I have to start all over again now back in Australia. I sold my house and everything I owned and now I have nothing, but that is all material things, I have my friends and my family back in Australia. I really do love the USA but the two bad people I met have ruined the time I spent here. I know that you are not all like that, there are good and bad everywhere, I was just too trusting and gullible and met the bad ones. Thanks again for your kind words during this difficult time.. it really means a lot. And I can have a little peace of mind now, knowing that I am not going to be in trouble when I leave. Thankyou

I'm sorry for what you've been through. You'll trigger the 10 year bar once you leave, but that's it.

You won't be interrogated, you won't be asked any questions. There are no exit stamps and no one to check your passport when you leave except the check-in counter and the TSA (airport security). Neither of whom have anything to do with your legal status in the US.

Your passport should have a white I-94 in the back of it. The airline will collect this as you board the plane and that is your departure record. In other words, by the time the government finds out about your overstay, you'll be eating Vegemite and petting dingos

Thankyou so much for your reply. I am feeling much more confident about travelling now. I don't think the I-94 is still in my passport. My passport was taken from me by that guy and now I have it back, but there is nothing like that in my passport. I do remember there was a white document stapled to one of the pages of my passport which was stamped, but that is no longer there. Will that be a problem?

I'm sorry you went through this. I've never had any experience in this issue but I think they'll just ban you and that's all. Don't think they'll give you a very hard time. If they do just say "Don't worry, I won't come back here". I wish you the best, it's great that you have your dogs and your family to support you.

Thankyou for your support. I hope that the authorities just ban me. I hope that they will just try and stop me if I ever try and come back to the USA and just leave me alone when I am heading home. I would have left earlier but my dogs had to have rabies vaccinations and tests and then remain in the USA for another 180 days before they could go back to Australia, it has been the longest 6 months of my life but I will be home soon and safe.

Almost two and a half years ago, I came to the USA on a tourist visa which was valid for 6 months. During that time I thought I had met the man of my dreams. I assumed I would have to go back to Australia and then come back on a Fiance Visa, but this guy took me to an immigration attorney and we were informed we could get married and I didn't have to return to Australia.

Just before my Visa was due to expire, I brought my two dogs over from Australia and we got married. He turned out to be a scam artist and took all my money and then divorced me, before we had lodged all of the paperwork necessary for the start of the immigration process. I was left almost destitute.

I managed to find somewhere to work in exchange for room and board and in the meantime I met another guy. He turned out to be abusive and violent and kept me almost like a prisoner, I have finally managed to get out, but I am scared and confused. I am heading back to Australia. Now that family and friends back in Australia are aware of what has happened, I now have enough money to also take my dogs back to Australia and through quarantine... a very costly exercise, but my dogs have been the only thing that has kept me going during the hell I have been subjected to.

My question is, I am so exhausted and sick from the stress, I also have had to have two major surgeries since I have been in the USA which I had to pay for, so I have no money left at all. I want to know if the customs people at LAX will interogate me when I go to fly back to Australia due my Visa being expired almost 2 years ago.

I understand there is a ten year ban on me coming back to the USA. I dont care, I hate it here now. I have had a horrible experience and been through hell. I never want to come back to this country again. But I am also not strong enough to deal with any officials giving me a hard time and asking questions about my overstaying my visa. I am paranoid, due to the past events that have happened since I have been in this country and all I want is to go home without being harrassed or judged or even questioned. I am mentally so weak and emotionally so unstable at the moment, that I don't think I could even answer any questions without breaking down and sobbing hysterically.

Does anyone know if they will care about me leaving the country. I just want to be left alone and let be to go home.