CristinaS

I have tried and tried but it seems I am at the end of my rope. My husband keep saying that he is going to change and his drinking is not a problem... well, it looks it is from my perspective. But this is another story! I want to divorce and I am pretty confident I have all my ducks in a row on this one. My only concern came up when reading the divorce documents.

There is no room on them for the country where the marriage took place. Am I to just cross out the State and put Country instead? We live in Texas. Are there any special rules pertaining to this state or according to this state we are not even married even though we went through the whole INS scenario based on our Romanian marriage license?

Do I need to get married - in Texas - in order to be able to divorce? That would be a joke.. sad one, but still a joke.

Anyone gone through this before?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you and good luck in your journeys.

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Hi CristinaS Congrats!!

May I know what kind of list of evidence you sent along with your application

Let me start by saying I'm a pack rat combined with a worry wart when it comes to paperwork... I have been blessed so far when it came to immigration. I don't know whether the fact that I'm putting a bunch of documents for all the immigration steps we had to deal with had anything to do with my luck... so take my list with a grain of salt.

There we go:

1. 1040 - 2005 for me and my husband (even though it was filled separately)

2. copies of bills throughout the 2 yrs we've been here, showing the address and the beneficiary - some in my name, some in my husband's - sent quite a few...

3. car note - shared account

4. bank statement - shared account

5. insurance - both names, cars, residence

6. life insurance - my husband's with me and my daughter as beneficiaries

7. medical insurance - my husband's with me and my daughter as beneficiaries

8. 401K - my husband's with me as beneficiary

9. letters from friends and family (just one friend and my brother-in-law)

10. lots of pics... I just printed 2/page on regular paper...

Don't think there was anything else... but I can check at home since I have a copy of the package I sent... told you I'm a worry wart...

Hope this helps,

As strange as this might sound when you look at the processing times for TSC... they DO work. I have no clue what happened but this is how it worked out for me and my daughter:

I751 sent on October 2, 2006

Check cleared TSC on October 5th, 2006

Notice of action received October 13th, 2006

Biometrics Houston November 2, 2006

Approval email sent March 13th, 2007

Cards sent in mail March 19th, 2007

So, for a while now, my journey is over. Cannot say I regret that

Good luck and speedy approvals for everyone.

I have sent on October 2nd the I-751 for me, with my daughter as dependent. TSC received it on 10/04 and the check was cashed on 10/05. Today I got a letter on my daughter's name (she is 7 yo) "to verify that you are included as a dependant in the request for removal of conditions filed by the above-named pricipal alien on the date indicated"...

OK... what am I supposed to do now? Call and tell them: yes guys... that's my daughter... of course she is included...?

Can you please advise???

Thank you.

Well, it's done now!

I moved out this Saturday as planned. I am trying to keep things as simple as I can for my daughter's sake. I am not filing for divorce yet... I am still hoping in my stupidity that somehow this is the moment of truth, the moment when my hysband will realize what he's missing and give up on all the bad stuff. I'm not betting my life on it though. All I'm trying to concentrate on right now is be safe, be at peace and not give in to promises anymore. But it is hard! I love him, I feel insecure and it hurts...

I'll keep you posted.

Cristina

Thanks for all the answers and all the support. Meauxna, I may be stupid when it comes to men, but I'm not stupid when it comes to my life. You know what this was all about for a while now... I have already gathered all the proof I might have for INS. Scanned everything and stored them, together with all my legal docs at work where he cannot touch them. I'm looking for an apartment and if everything works as planned, I want to move this Saturday. Funnily enough, guess who's helping me move? His family!

Oh well, who says that life is all about happiness. Maybe some of us have to struggle all the way... Not sad anymore. Just mad and a bit bitter that my second attemp to have a happy family ended in a fiasco. Oh well...

I'll keep you guys posted and hope for your prayers.

Thanks,

Cristina

I have been struggling to keep this marriage working... NO I did not marry my husband for the Green Card. This is the short version of my story.

Got married Oct 04 in Romania. Got the DCF approved the same month. Got here in the US in Nov 04.

Since then I've learned about two bad habits my husband "forgot" to mention to me, one involving alcohol, the other... let's call it another addiction. These two are the reason for me wanting the divorce. Talked to my husband about them countless times, cried and begged, threatened and shouted. The result is nothing is ever going to change. There are other "benefits" related to these addiction but nothing that can qualify as abuse... and even if I even got life threats, I do not want to call the cops or go to a shelter. To keep the story short: my husband will never change and I'm done trying to, so I decided to file for divorce.

As I said, we got maried in Romania. In the US we do not have any marriage license or similar. But my visa was granted because of the marriage. So, my question is: can I file for divorce here in US (how?) or do I have to file in Ro? Can I still remove in August the Conditional Permanent Resident status?

I have a good job, I'm paying my bills, building my credit, I can make it on my own (so the I-834 is not a threat to my husband).

Any advice would be appreciated. Hope the ones that have fraud in mind won't bother to reply. There is nothing more heartbreaking than to see my marriage turned into this... so please, try to give me the benefit of the doubt.

Thank you