JessTim

Hello,

A friend of mine has been married close to 2 years now. She has his conditional GC. When he gets here, the woman is not what she appeared to be when they first met. She's very controlling. She hid his GC, SS#, and passport. She finally gave him back his passport. He cannot apply for any job. She does it for him and even the verification of employment she takes care of that. He wants to go get his D.L. but she insists that she goes with him because she will not give him his green card. She said he is going to run away like the other man she had married and as soon as he received his papers, he left her. [Now he knows why.] She is miserable and cantankerous. He cannot talk to anyone on the phone or even the neighbors. In fact she went and got him a tracking phone that tracks every text message and phone calls he makes and then fuss with him about it.

She had him believe that she is okay financially and only needed a companion/husband but when he came to the U.S. he is living worse than he was living in his country. Shabby apartment and no vehicle. Every where they go, she had to call a friend to pick them up and take them places. He feels like he's in prison. If he talks to his family members or friends, she sits right beside him and there is no privacy when he talks to his mother. In fact, she buys the calling card to make the phone call because he cannot make international calls on his phone. Sometimes after an argument she had a friend or family member of hers call him to counsel him and tell him what he's doing wrong.

She already threatened him that if he leaves her and divorce her, she's suing him for alimony. He entered the marriage in good faith but did not know he had to prove it, therefore, she has all documents including photos of them hidden somewhere. What he had in his old phone is long lost. They don't have a bank account together and she refused to put him on the lease. She often flips out on him for no reason and he doesn't trust her and fears that she will flip any minute.

The only reason why she gave him back his passport it's because she spoke to his mother and told her that he's coming home and when he went to get the passport it was missing. His mother told her to give him back his document so he can come home where he is free. yet she kept the GC and SS#. He was going to go back home without them and that's when I told him to hold on and I'll find out more information.

You came here to fish for how your supposed friend who has been here just 4 months can live here legally without his wife who filed every paperwork and paid the money to bring him here. I am sure she wouldn't bother to file the paperwork and pay the fees if she didn't love him enough. It is highly unlikely for someone to file the affidavit of support that commits her to financially be responsible for your "friend" if she didn't trust him enough. Come hell or high waters nobody here knows the real thing going on except everyone is ready to take your word for it, which I will not be part of. You said the woman lives in "shabby" apartment, yet, she came up with money from the little she has to sponsor him. Just go straight to the point that you're here to find out how he can stay without the one who sponsored him. He isn't the first one who has been here for only 4 months who come on here to fish for how to live here without their sponsor and will not be the last.

Good people of visa journey: I have a question. I have recently applied for U.S passport. Below is the tracking information: I paid for overnight delivery but I don't have any update on the shipment. I have called the post-office but they were not helpful. Does anyone has any idea what is going on? Did anyone out there go through this? Very stressful and frustrating!!!

We often read about people who fly to the United States on k-1, live with the fiance/fiancee peacefully, get married, obtain a conditional green card, and suddenly claim abuse. Or fly on a k-1 visa, live with the fiance/fiancee without raising "abuse,", get married, ask on this forum about VAWA claiming abuse. Now, that is problematic. There are real issues of abuse, but reading from several people from, especially from one specific country who claim abuse right after receiving their green card, it rings a bell. The Philippines is quite on top of this thing. I hope I don't get flamed lol

Please explain when you make a statement like this ' self serving liars'? As per your post you had come across only one single person on this forum who wanted to return home and was looking for help. That is why your percentage is 99.97% or else it would have been 100%? How did you find about Visa Journey? This is the 21st century and people surf web... When you have some problem what do you do? Search the web.... If USCIS was just approving all VAWA petitions with closed eyes then I believe the approval percentage will be 100% but that's not the case. I don't understand why do people have issues with immigrants who file for VAWA?

You're not one of them, move on. I hope you're not implying that "false abuse claim" isn't real. If you are, then you need to "surf the web" too

Most often we are one-sided. Someone posts about abuse if it is true or not we can't tell. I agree that there are legitimate claim of abuse, but there are also fake claim. Too many people are abusing the system. This is equally responsible for the delays, because USCIS are quite aware of the "marriage for green card" saga which causes legitimate relationships to suffer delays as well. It's a sad reality. But yes we can't start a campaign that can potentially cause further delay.