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yes i got married 2 years ago, im supposed to file for the petition to remove condition of residence. there is a part where it asks about the children and there is a part that asks for my kids alien number. hes 10 years old and i havent filed for his ssn yet, i will do it this year after my removal of conditions. they are both expensive so i decided to do mine first and his second.

hi guys i am filing for removal of conditions right now, my son is on k2 visa and he does not have an alien registration number.

the one i can find on the letters says "case number" and MNL and then a bunch of numbers. but the alien reg. number is supposed to start with a letter A. I have one but i cant find his. is it ok to leave this one blank? pls help me thanks

"He bought his identity".... So he is here illegally? Maybe I misunderstand something, but exactly what kind of leverage does an illegal immigrant have in this country? Does he have any say whatsoever? That sure would be wrong to me if he does.

he was here through a travel visa and it expired. i only mentioned it because i want to know how strong his case is.

he could be bluffing but it really is stress and trauma especially since my son and i are close and we've been together since he was born. my ex told my father that he is willing to make/sign papers promising to return my son , but my son is the one who tells me his biological dad is planning to keep him even after the promise of returning him once we've gotten our own place. my son is scared that he will be away from me. he loves his dad but he senses something is wrong.

my current husband said my ex might fake a signature on the papers that he will sign that said he will return my son after our having our own place.

@sennabrigante thank you, everyday i face anxiety and i cant sleep at night because i don't know how to make a lot of money to get our own apartment with my salary, my husband is new at his workplace. we all did not expect this to happen when my son got here.

like i said i was willing to share my son and forget the past but i think my ex just does not want to pay the child support, and hes thinking if he gets his son he wont have to pay for it.

i honestly dont care for his child support, even though it would be useful, but i'd just rather have my son safe in my mind to be with me always.

im new to this country and my area and im trying to find a good immigration lawyer here. should i get a family lawyer or immigration lawyer? my ex was threatening me with cops, child protection services and his lawyer. i have no lawyer i am making minimum wage and i dont want to burden my husband so this is on my own salary.

Is your ex also from the Philippines? Do you have any documents showing your custody from the Philippines? If I understand the laws in the Philippines is that you have full custody, and the father has no rights to the child. The father is probably getting information from his girlfriend who is not aware of those laws. If you did not need any type of consent/court Order from the Father before you brought your son here, it is most likely due to the US already aware that the father has no rights.

Stop giving them any information, I'd probably go as far as cutting off all communication with him.

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~~Moving thread to the Philippines forum as members there will be able to help you more as they would be better familiar with their laws.~~

I only have the birth certificate, I do not have any custody papers. He did acknowledge paternity on the back of the birth certificate but I found out his real name is not the same as the name he has here in the US, since he bought his identity they misspelled it and he now probably needs to get a dna test because the name isnt the same, it is the same but it is misspelled, like they put 2 words together into one.

Thank you for your suggestion, I have not spoken to him honestly ever since my son got here, because even before my son got here he was threatening me and demanding me on emails to give up my child to him. We are all baffled and confused (my family, my husband) because it through us my son got here and he had nothing to do with it, except he paid $700 for my sons plane ticket thats about all what he did and I am starting to regret that now.

So threaten to counter sue him for back child support... But I would find any way I could not to put my child in the possession of "bad people" .... Furthermore, how can he threaten your unfit when he has not supported the chi,d since 2007/2008. What is the custody (legal) situation now? Being he was born out if wedlock, I am assuming you have a sole custody order? But I would get to a place you all could live together, and Hawaii is as great a place as there is.

thanks for your concern/response, we don't have any custody papers i just have a birth certificate..in my country i have sold custody.

Hi, I arrived here in the US as a fiancee and my husband and I got married a year ago. My son from a previous relationship (10 years old) arrived around August as a "to follow". The thing is, my ex lives here in California as well and I permitted him to see his son who he has not seen since 2004.

Right now i only live with my husband's family because we don't have a house yet, I work and my husband works so we decided to get an apartment for my father (who moved here) and my son so my father can send my son to school and take care of him. I really want to live with my son and my family but right now the situation is I can't have my son living with my in-law's house (there are 10 people here already in just one house). The apartment I rented for them is a few blocks from mine, it is all i can afford but sadly it is for 1 person and I only spoke to the owners they agreed to let my son stay with my father.

My ex is now threatening to take my son from me claiming that he should be taking care of my son since he has a house with his new wife. My ex and I were never married, he got here in the US because he bought a social security number, he also got arrested by immigration because he was suspected as an illegal immigrant and he couldn't provide the papers. He was in jail for about 3 months and he had a really good lawyer because they stretched his time in the US for about 1-2 years before he was to be deported.

One the week that he was supposed to be deported, he married his friend.

I only mention these things because it has been an emotional strain for me. My ex told me that he only wants me to save up and be able to get an apartment until then he wants to keep my son.

I was willing to let him take care of my son until my son told me that he (my son's biological dad and my ex) was going to pretend to return my son after I get an apartment, but he isnt going to return my son at all. Knowing his shady personality, I have refused to speak to him.

It has been less than a year since my son got here and I have not filed for his social security yet. I already have mine. Now my ex and his wife keep asking if I have already filed. My husband tells me they are just waiting until my son has a number so they can make a move and take him.

Right now my husband told me we will just move to Hawaii to my mother's apartment, that way we can all live in the same house. I feel bad my ex will not be able to see his son because we'd be in a different state, but he has threatened me with child protective services, his lawyers and cops ever since my son got here, all to cause fear in my heart because I don't have my own apartment.

Please help, does he have a right to take my son because my son and I aren't living in the same house? My father is taking care of him he is in good health and is making progress in school, I also see him on my day offs.

Also am I in danger if I file an SSN for my son, does that open a pandora's box of horrors?

I'd like to add, my ex isnt a good person. I wanted to believe this and I think it would've been easier if he didnt threaten me or make my life miserable. He has not paid child support in years (last time was 2007 or 2008) and ever since my son got here there was no child support either. I did not ask him because I was scared. That support could probably help me have enough money to get an apartment so my son and I can be together but of course my ex and his wife would rather have me in my situation, much easier for them.

My husband does not think they are trustworthy or good people at all, cause why would he only want to take his son now that his son is conveniently here, but rather when back home years ago he COULDNT take his son.

Thank you for your time and hoping to hear from you soon.

-A