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The marriage was in Florida. Her last known address in her home country was an apartment we rented together. Last I heard from a mutual friend I ran into a few months ago, was she was in a 3rd country (not the US or her home country )with a new boyfriend. I'm just trying to get a quick simple divorce

Hello

My fiance came to the US on a K1 visa. 2 weeks after getting married in the US, she left for her home country (before filling AOS or anything else). It's been 1 yr since she left. I'm seeking a divorce and unable to locate her in her home country. We have no assets or children. 

1) A legal volunteer in my county courthouse told me I just need to publish the pending divorce in my local paper in the US and file for divorce . I read also I needed to publish something in her newspaper also. True?

2) Do I just  file for divorce in my courthouse even though I can't contact her in her home country or wherever she is?

Thank you

Haloe ---Actually we were together for 4 yrs in total. No relationship problems. I worked in Russia for 5 yrs. before my contract was up. We got married , her sister was killed in a car accident,she went home . Our relationship wasn't the same since. But as you read, we are friends till this day. I hope you don't have to go through a painful experience as we went through

I wish I could work it out with her. But its at the point where someone is going to win and someone is going to lose(regarding the child) I know it sounds harsh and I know the child loses being raised by one parent. I started recording the conversations on my home phone and its not pretty. The family wants the child raised in Colombia. My wife agrees with them and is trying every way to get me to sign the letter where she could take the child out of the US. The father says in one conversation, that she should cross the Mexico border and try to fly home..

Can anyone give me some advice or past experiences on custody of children in a case like mine?

But I due plan to seek cousel next week

Thank you

I received a letter that I needed to send the additional paperwork and I had 87 days. Why would I go forward with the paperwork ,if I'm seeking a divorce?? If I have primary custody , I don't need additional money from her

Sounds like you want her out of the US and keep the kid for yourself.

I don't care if she stays here or goes home(alone). But if she returns home, she'll take the child and will never come back to the US. In the last few weeks she'll say that she wants to visit her family and I need to sign the letter for her to be able to leave with our child.I tell her now is not a good time and she gets very angry. And since she overstayed her tourist visa and the paperwork for AOS is not complete, she can't return to the US, but she thinks I don't know that. Also, at this point, between her family in her country and I , I wouldn't even be able to visit the child due to threats from them

So now you might understand more, if I don't get custody I could lose my child forever

I received a letter that I needed to send the additional paperwork and I had 87 days. Why would I go forward with the paperwork ,if I'm seeking a divorce?? If I have primary custody , I don't need additional money from her

Why didn't you send in the I-864 with the AOS packet? You do realize USCIS will RFE you for that, right? Why aren't you going through with the paperwork so she can at least get a job LEGALLY and provide for the child you have together? Yeah, I think you need to seek counsel...but I also hope she does too.

Hello

My wife and I are thinking about seperating. She came here on a tourist visa, we then got married. We are in the middle of the adjustment of status. I sent in the initial paperwork but not the I-864. She also hasn't received her papers to travel out of the USA or work. We have a child(15 months old) that was born in her home country where we lived for 2 yrs. prior. The child has a US passport. My wife has been in the US 10 months now on the US toursit visa. We are also living in Florida ,if that helps. I would like custody of the child . I have a good job with assets(house paid for and savings)ly. She has basically nothing here or in her home country. She said she is going to move out and into an 2 bedroom apt with 3 other people AND the child and find a job working illegally, if I don't go through with the paperwork.I have been a good father and could give her a MUCH better life. I know I need to seek counsel, but maybe someone can add to this thread.

Thank you for your time

Hello

My wife has an appt. for Aug. 6. in South Florida(our hometown), but we are currently in Boston until Aug. 15. Is it better to reschedule in South Florida or walk in with the papers in the Boston office? I prefer to do it in Boston..

Thank you

Thanks Tay Rivers

OK ---- I found the info page where I need to send 2 seperate checks for $355 and $1010. Can I address the checks to USCIS or Dept of Homeland Security?

Can I have my wife sign the same I 765 above where I signed as "person preparing this form" or do I need to re due the form with only her signature?

So 1 check for $355 and another for $1010 ???

So I need to only put C-9 in question#16 ( ) ( ) ( ) ???

Thank you

Hello,

My wife came here on a B1(visitors visa) and after 4 months we got married. I am applying for I-130, I-485, I-131, I-765 together and have sent my paperwork in and got rejected twice for the following reasons:

Check amount incorrect --- I sent a check for $1010 as I have read on here. Do I need to sent seperate checks? fingerprint fees seperated?

Under the I 765(Employment Authorization) form , what numbers or code do I need to put in the #16 ?

Also, in this form(I 765) I prepared this form and sign it for my wife on the line( Signature of person preparing form, if other than above) She didn't sign it. Can she just go ahead and sign it above where I signed ,as the person preparing this form or do I need to redo this form and only she signs at the bottom?

The paperwork was sent to Chicago 60680-4120

Thank you for your time

Thanks. So I can still send the papers to USCIS , even if my wife is "out of status" ? I am going to try to get the papers together and send them out ASAP, but I don't think I'll get the NOA in my hands before June 15

Thanks for the responses. My girlfriend(wife now) came to the US with no intentions of marrying me. But after 4 months here with me we decided to get married. I knew her and dated for 2 years, as I was living in her country, Colombia for 5 yrs.

"a few minor things needed to be corrected" --- USCIS said I sent the wrong amonut on the check and I didn't include a form.

If the papers are lost in the mail, I guess I will have to send them again .. Right?

Hello

My wife , from Colombia, came to the US(Florida) on a tourist visa. We got married 4 months later and filed the paperwork. USCIS sent the paperwork back to my residence ,saying a few minor needed to be corrected to proceed. The problem is that my wife and I are in Boston for a month , so I had my father foward the papers to me, and they possibly got lost in the mail. My wife's tourist visa for the 6 month's she was given at the airport, expires on June 15.

Since USCIS "touched" the papers is their a record of it?

Is there a big problem if USCIS receives these papers after June 15, a day her visa date expires?

If I don't receive them in the mail in the next few days, I will have to fly home and try to redue everything quick

Thank you

DCF is for a CR1(or IR1 if you have been married longer than 2 years) visa. DCF simply means you file directly with the Consulate/Embassy rather than filing it the traditional route through USCIS & NVC.

In most cases you need to be a resident for 6 months or longer before you qualify for DCF.

If that is the case , what are my options ? Will she have to just come and go ever 2 months(lenght of tourist visa in the Bahamas) (between the US and the Bahamas)until 6 months passes?

If we marry now in the US (she has been in the US for 3 months) , I read that she can't leave until she receives AP...

Anything else we can do?

Thank you

Hello

I'm confused. You might be too after reading this. I'm a US citizen and my girlfriend is Colombian and has been visiting me for 3 months now on a US tourist visa in Florida.(The visa is up on June 15 on this trip ) We also have a child together, that was born in Colombia , but has a US passport. In two weeks we are going to live in the Bahamas. I am starting a new job there and have a resident card and work permit for the Bahamas. My girlfriend is coming along on a 30 day tourist visa(with a possible 30 day extension) We plan to marry in the Bahamas and apply for either a CR1 or DCF or ? She plans to visit her family at the end of June in Colombia with a 3 day stop in the US beforehand

What are my options filing in the Bahamas?

Can she fly to the US , then on to Colombia for a visit on her US tourist visa, if she hasnt received the papers to travel, otherwise?

Any other advice?

Thank you for your time

My girlfriend(Colombian) has been in the US for 3 months now on a tourist visa. I'm an American seeking advice what to do. We plan to live in the Bahamas ( I have a work permit) . We need to leave in 2 weeks

Should we get married in the Bahamas and apply for the K1 visa from there?

Can she travel to the US with her US tourist visa while the K1 is pending?

Any other options? I know I could get married in the US under her tourist visa, but it would take months until she has AP..

Thank you

Hello

My girlfriend(Colombian) has been in the US for 3 months now on a tourist visa. I'm an American seeking advice what to do. We plan to live in the Bahamas ( I have a work permit) . We need to leave in 2 weeks

Should we get married in the Bahamas and apply for the K1 visa from there?

Can she travel to the US with her US tourist visa while the K1 is pending?

Any other options? I know I could get married in the US under her tourist visa, but it would take months until she has AP..

Thank you

My wife and I were married in Russia then moved to Miami. She lived in Miami with me for 1 yr and 2 months then returned to Russia before AOS. This was 3 yrs. ago and I havent bothered to file for divorce. We remain friends and would like to finalize the divorce quickly and painlessly. What to do? (Dont want to deal with an attorney)

Thank you

My wife and I want to divorce. We got married in Russia and moved to Miami. She lived in Miami with me for a year and 2 months before returning to Russia. This was 3 years ago and I havent bothered to finalize the divorce. We remain friends and would like to finalize the divorce quickly and painlessly. What to do? (Don't want to deal with an attorney)

Thank you

My wife (Russian) and I decided to seperate. We married in Russia and then moved to Miami. After 1 yr she returned to Russia before AOS.This was 3 yrs. ago and I nevered bothered to legally divorce . We remain friends. What do we have to do to legalize the divorce? (We both want to finalize the divorce quick and painless.

Thank you