CHARM3D

The is a fine for an employer to employee someone who is not eligible (expired GC) to work in the states. At the begining of the employment each employee has to fill out an I-9, so the employer will now when the greencard expires. As with all government documents there is a bit of confusion in there. I am not sure what the true answer is, but I know USCIS is not going to look favourable on someone working with an expired GC (that hasn't previously been granted extensions). I think we can all agree on that.

Just look what a pain the process is when you do have all your ducks lined up and doing everything by the letter. Throw any variation in there and you are looking for trouble. I would try you hardest to get the money and things straight before the gc expires.

THANKS SO MUCH GUYS,

THIS IS BEING VERY HELPFUL.

I WISH YOU THE BEST.

USCIS doesn't care. It's a legal requirement that you have a sponsor when you file AOS. Ask your

sponsor to pay for your I-751. If they won't pay, you can sue them for support. Divorce doesn't

exempt them from the requirement to be your sponsor.

As for your boss, he's breaking the law by demanding to see a renewed green card. If you still

have the same job (i.e. it's not a new job), no further checks are allowed.

HI,

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND THAT LAW???

ABOUT MY BOSS???

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION

TAKE CARE!

MY GREEN CARD EXPIRES 06/01/2008, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FILE FOR DIVORCE OR REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS...

DO YOU KNOW IF IMMIGRATION CAN GIVE AN EXTENSION ON THE DEADLINE TO FILE TO REMOVE CONDITIONS???

MY BOSS ALREADY TOLD ME THAT IF I DON'T HAVE A LETTER OR SOMETHING FROM IMMIGRATION SAYING I CAN WORK AFTER 06/01 I WILL LOOSE MY JOB...

Can and will you two file together? If yes, I recommend borrowing the money. Talk with your bank or credit union; they have better rates than credit card companies. They might get you an even lower rate if they see your documents and borrow only the money for the application.

If you won't file together, you have a bigger problem. Normally, I recommend seeing a lawyer, but if you don't have money, a charity should be your first contact. I have heard that some charities offer legal immigration consulting to poor people. They should be also more familiar with hardship waivers for fees than most people here.

Last, please avoid using ALL CAPITALS in your postings, shouting doesn't help.

HI,

THANK YOU FOR THE ADVICE...

AS FOR NY WRITING, I ONLY WRITE IN CAPITALS, MY HANWRITING IS THE SAME.

I MEAN NO OFENSE TO ANYONE.

TAKE CARE AND THANK YOU.

HI ALL,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO...

MY GREEN CARD EXPIRES 06/01/2008, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FILE FOR DIVORCE OR REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS...

I LOST MY SECOND JOB, BECAUSE I WAS REARENDED AND I HAVE A DISLOCATED DISK ON MY BACK...

DO YOU KNOW IF IMMIGRATION CAN GIVE AN EXTENSION ON THE DEADLINE TO FILE TO REMOVE CONDITIONS???

MY BOSS ALREADY TOLD ME THAT IF I DON'T HAVE A LETTER OR SOMETHING FROM IMMIGRATION SAYING I CAN WORK AFTER 06/01 I WILL LOOSE MY JOB...

I NEED SOME ADVICE, PLEASE...

HELP?

THANKS

Some details may be required to get a meaningful answer.

Are you asking about a petition for removal of conditions?

Or are you asking about a petition for divorce?

Are you the alien or the US Citizen?

I don't understand the background behind the phrase, "BECAUSE OF MY HUSBANDS DISEASE THE JOINT PETITION WOULD AVOID HIM BEING SERVED BY THE SHERIFF", but I'm guessing it has to do with serving him with divorce papers.

I don't believe immigration cares too much how you divorce. The important thing is to show how you got married. In particular, that it was in good faith and not for the purpose of obtaining an immigration benefit.

I agreed with you. Immigration will only need to know that you married your husband in good faith but for whatever reason your marriage did not work out.... If you are in Good standings with your husband that will helo since he could same how state that you guys at one ppoint love each other. Good luck!

THANKS SO MUCH. BLESS YOU!

I and my fiancee just got our petition approved by the USCIS and we are on the stage of filling for an affidavit of support. But the puzzle we get is that she got 5 lovely children but legally has her last two under her care while the rest are under their fathers care with her first daughter partially under her care.. Her income level able to meet up with about 4 people. The question is this, does she go ahead to file that she has two children under her direct care or does she file for the all of them and augment the affidavit with a co sponsor. Please your experience and advice would be much appeciated and we can give more infor to help with this.

Many thanks for your helpful site.

Regards

E&T

HI

ALSO MAKE SURE YOU GET THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES SO YOU KNOW IF SHE MEETS THE CRITERIA.

GOOD LUCK!

Some details may be required to get a meaningful answer.

Are you asking about a petition for removal of conditions?

Or are you asking about a petition for divorce?

Are you the alien or the US Citizen?

I don't understand the background behind the phrase, "BECAUSE OF MY HUSBANDS DISEASE THE JOINT PETITION WOULD AVOID HIM BEING SERVED BY THE SHERIFF", but I'm guessing it has to do with serving him with divorce papers.

I don't believe immigration cares too much how you divorce. The important thing is to show how you got married. In particular, that it was in good faith and not for the purpose of obtaining an immigration benefit.

HI,

THANK YOU FOR CARING.

I POSTED MY STORY A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO ON THE FORUM REMOVING CONDITIONS GENERAL DISCUSSION; IT'S UNDER: ADVICE ANYONE? I COULD USE SOME...

MY HUSBAND HAS SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER, AMONG OTHER ISSUES....

I AM THE ALIEN (LOVE THAT WORD...) LOL

AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PETITION TO REMOVE CONDITIONS.

THANKS AGAIN. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ADVICE.

How did he prove financial sponsorship for you when you initially filed? Just wondering.

MY FATHER AND HIS WIFE HAD TO CO-SPONSOR ME.

IT HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY JOURNEY...

HI EVERYONE

I WAS WONDERING IF I SHOULD FILE FOR MY DIVORCE MYSELF OR FILE A JOINT PETITION...

DO YOU KNOW WITCH ONE IS BEST FOR IMMIGRATION PURPOSES?

I CAN DO IT BOTH WAYS AND BECAUSE OF MY HUSBANDS DISEASE THE JOINT PETITION WOULD AVOID HIM BEING SERVED BY THE SHERIFF... I HAVE NO WISH TO HARM HIM ...

IDEAS ANYONE?

THANKS SO MUCH

I came to this country in January of 2005 to visit my father; a week latter at a party with friends of the family I met my husband; he was a very shy, but very sweet person and we became inseparable and started dating.

Although I was here only to visit, he soon started asking me to stay and asked me to marry him. I was surprised but I said yes and I was the happiest woman alive! It is after all every girl’s dream.

We didn’t have much going for us as I soon was to discover; he didn’t have a job and suffered from social anxiety disorder, but I believed in his promises about change and about being willing to do everything necessary to build a better life for us; and so we began preparing for the wedding. It was a simple ceremony in April, but beautiful and full of meaning, our family’s where present, my mother flew in from Portugal and so family and friends came together to celebrate our union. He didn’t have any money, so my family and I pulled together and we paid for the wedding. I wasn’t thrilled with the situation but I thought it would all soon fall into place and love would conquer all.

Soon after the wedding I began to realize that it wasn’t going to be easy at all to live with him. The day after our wedding he took of and left me at my family’s house and went to a friend’s house without me.

I had to take care of all contacts to find us an apartment and take care of bills, etc. because of his illness; he would not go into public places “because there where to many people there” and so I had the burden of taking care of all daily situations and all related immigration process that was necessary.

We rented a small apartment and started our lives together.

It was a long process, with him in and out of jobs, going to court for DUI and loosing his license, and me waiting for a work permit to be able to start working. Meanwhile I had to count on the support of my father and my family to keep us at float.

We would have altercations every time he had to go to a job interview or some place public or when we needed to discuss something important that needed to be taken care of because he would get very agitated and verbally abusive and would end up hurting my feelings and leaving. All his money would be spent on liquor and cigarettes and financially I could never depend on him. I wanted us to have a joint bank account but when we went to the local bank to open one, they informed us that it wasn’t possible for him to open an account because he had an outstanding negative balance on a previous account from over one year ago (prior to our marriage) because of a bounced check, that he had never taken care of. I was mortified and embarrassed by this situation and from there on handled all financial matters myself, in fear of discovering any other problems from his past; life was already difficult enough.

But I was determined to be supportive and to help him turn his life around, so we could have our life from there on. And with a lot of patience I kept trying to build a better life for us. I tried to convince him to go get help for his problems but he would again get very angry with me and verbally abusive and never got the evaluation or help he needed. And unfortunately, his behavior never changed, and after 13 long moths of marriage I left him. Sad, brokenhearted, exhausted and with no choice but to try a life on my own.

I had sold all that I owned in Portugal to be able to support us here, so going back was not an option, because honestly I didn’t even have money for the plane ticket.

Once again I relied on my family and moved to New Hampshire closer to a city, to have more opportunities of work.

And I have lived and worked in NH ever since.

I worked as a waitress for most of the time and then I got a part time job as a Portuguese interpreter with a local agency.

A few months ago I got into a car accident, someone hit my car from behind, I was not at fault but I injured my back and I am currently undergoing treatment.

I had to leave my job as a server because of it and today I am only working as an interpreter and translator.

I work on District and Superior Courts, Jails, Public Defenders Offices, Police Departments, Hospitals, Clinics and private businesses.

I have managed to build a good name for myself and the agency I represent and love being involved in helping my community. I am also in training for legal and medical interpretation to improve my skills and my performance as a professional.

I have translated a Domestic Violence brochure for a local Police Department donating half of the total cost of it.

I pay my taxes and have never asked for help from the government to pay any of my expenses.

I never had any problems with the law, in any area.

I am filling for divorce from my husband now; I have not done it sooner because I didn’t have money. Money has always been tight for me, living alone and having to pay for every expense on my own.

In one month I have to apply to remove the conditions on my green card and I want this affidavit to be part of my application so I can explain my story and what happened and why my marriage ended. Also to explain why I deserve to stay in this country, because I am a hard working and law respecting person and I am involved in the community and I pay all my taxes. And I like my life here and I have worked so hard to get to where I am at right now, I would love to be able to stay and follow all the possibilities my future holds.

And believe me, I tried, but a marriage cannot work when only one side is interested in making it succeed and the other wants to continue as a single person and is ill and refuses to get help and treatment. I have heard that my husband has been arrested again for DUI since we separated.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADVICE OR HAS HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE?

CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE?

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

You can remove the conditions on your permanent residence by supplying Form I-751, with "d" marked - self-petitioning after a bond fide marriage terminated in divorce. But you must have the divorce decree already in order to do that. Naturally, success is related to how much evidence you have that can demonstrate that you and your husband commingled your lives and finances from the period after marriage and during the time you were living with your husband. Good luck.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.

ALL THE BEST TO YOU

I think you will be able to adjust status with no real problems. All you need to do is explain the situation of the marriage.

The most important thing is that you entered into the marriage with the honest intention of being married. If this is demonstrated, I don't think the government can revoke your greencard even if afterwards the marriage failed.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BEST OF LUCK TO YOU!

HI ALL!

I AM GOING TO APLLY TO REMOVE CONDITIONS ON MY GREEN CARD NEXT MONTH.

I HAVE A BIT OF A UNIQUE SITUATION, AND I ALREADY POSTED THAT ON THE FORUM FOR REMOVING CONDITIONS. I AM OPEN TO ADVICE.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU IS I AM AN INTERPRETER AND TRANSLATOR FOR PORTUGUESE.

I HAVE TRANSLATED BIRTH CERTIFICATES, MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES AND ALL SORTS OF DOCUMENTS.

AND I WORK IN COURTS AND HOSPITALS EVERYDAY.

I DO CHARGE FOR IT BECAUSE IT IS MY WORK, BUT AT LEAST YOU KNOW IT WILL BE ACCEPTED BY IMMIGRATION BECAUSE I AM PROFESSIONALLY QUALIFIED.

IF YOU THINK I CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE JUST LET ME KNOW.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU!

I WISH YOU THE BEST IN YOUR LIFES!

THANK YOU

My husband finally received his green card in the mail yesterday.

He received his social security card about 3 years ago, but it says "VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH DHS AUTHORIZATION".

What does this mean?

And do we have to go to our local Social Security office to get it removed?

MY SS CARD SAID THE SAME THING WHEN I GOT IT. BUT THAT WAS BECAUSE WHEN I GOT IT I ONLY HAD A WORK PERMIT.

NOW WITH THE GREEN CARD YOU CAN GO CHANGE IT.

GOOD LUCK AND CONGRATS!!!

no need to start another thread with the same topic

FORGIVE ME. I'M NEW ON THIS WEBSITE.

moving to the Removing of Conditions forum

THANK YOU, I ALREADY DID.

GOOD LUCK

Since you are removing conditions, you post would be better there:http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showforum=86

Also take a look here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showforum=127

Sounds like he scammed you because he needed someone to provide him money. I am really sorry to heat that but glad you are getting your life around and I hope you will get all the necessary document to be able to live your life where you wish.

Good luck.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT!!!

I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST TOO!!!

TAKE CARE!

I came to this country in January of 2005 to visit my father; a week latter at a party with friends of the family I met my husband; he was a very shy, but very sweet person and we became inseparable and started dating.

Although I was here only to visit, he soon started asking me to stay and asked me to marry him. I was surprised but I said yes and I was the happiest woman alive! It is after all every girl’s dream.

We didn’t have much going for us as I soon was to discover; he didn’t have a job and suffered from social anxiety disorder, but I believed in his promises about change and about being willing to do everything necessary to build a better life for us; and so we began preparing for the wedding. It was a simple ceremony in April, but beautiful and full of meaning, our family’s where present, my mother flew in from Portugal and so family and friends came together to celebrate our union. He didn’t have any money, so my family and I pulled together and we paid for the wedding. I wasn’t thrilled with the situation but I thought it would all soon fall into place and love would conquer all.

Soon after the wedding I began to realize that it wasn’t going to be easy at all to live with him. The day after our wedding he took of and left me at my family’s house and went to a friend’s house without me.

I had to take care of all contacts to find us an apartment and take care of bills, etc. because of his illness; he would not go into public places “because there where to many people there” and so I had the burden of taking care of all daily situations and all related immigration process that was necessary.

We rented a small apartment and started our lives together.

It was a long process, with him in and out of jobs, going to court for DUI and loosing his license, and me waiting for a work permit to be able to start working. Meanwhile I had to count on the support of my father and my family to keep us at float.

We would have altercations every time he had to go to a job interview or some place public or when we needed to discuss something important that needed to be taken care of because he would get very agitated and verbally abusive and would end up hurting my feelings and leaving. All his money would be spent on liquor and cigarettes and financially I could never depend on him. I wanted us to have a joint bank account but when we went to the local bank to open one, they informed us that it wasn’t possible for him to open an account because he had an outstanding negative balance on a previous account from over one year ago (prior to our marriage) because of a bounced check, that he had never taken care of. I was mortified and embarrassed by this situation and from there on handled all financial matters myself, in fear of discovering any other problems from his past; life was already difficult enough.

But I was determined to be supportive and to help him turn his life around, so we could have our life from there on. And with a lot of patience I kept trying to build a better life for us. I tried to convince him to go get help for his problems but he would again get very angry with me and verbally abusive and never got the evaluation or help he needed. And unfortunately, his behavior never changed, and after 13 long moths of marriage I left him. Sad, brokenhearted, exhausted and with no choice but to try a life on my own.

I had sold all that I owned in Portugal to be able to support us here, so going back was not an option, because honestly I didn’t even have money for the plane ticket.

Once again I relied on my family and moved to New Hampshire closer to a city, to have more opportunities of work.

And I have lived and worked in NH ever since.

I worked as a waitress for most of the time and then I got a part time job as a Portuguese interpreter with a local agency.

A few months ago I got into a car accident, someone hit my car from behind, I was not at fault but I injured my back and I am currently undergoing treatment.

I had to leave my job as a server because of it and today I am only working as an interpreter and translator.

I work on District and Superior Courts, Jails, Public Defenders Offices, Police Departments, Hospitals, Clinics and private businesses.

I have managed to build a good name for myself and the agency I represent and love being involved in helping my community. I am also in training for legal and medical interpretation to improve my skills and my performance as a professional.

I have translated a Domestic Violence brochure for a local Police Department donating half of the total cost of it.

I pay my taxes and have never asked for help from the government to pay any of my expenses.

I never had any problems with the law, in any area.

I am filling for divorce from my husband now; I have not done it sooner because I didn’t have money. Money has always been tight for me, living alone and having to pay for every expense on my own.

In one month I have to apply to remove the conditions on my green card and I want this affidavit to be part of my application so I can explain my story and what happened and why my marriage ended. Also to explain why I deserve to stay in this country, because I am a hard working and law respecting person and I am involved in the community and I pay all my taxes. And I like my life here and I have worked so hard to get to where I am at right now, I would love to be able to stay and follow all the possibilities my future holds.

And believe me, I tried, but a marriage cannot work when only one side is interested in making it succeed and the other wants to continue as a single person and is ill and refuses to get help and treatment. I have heard that my husband has been arrested again for DUI since we separated.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADVICE OR HAS HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE?

CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE?

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I came to this country in January of 2005 to visit my father; a week latter at a party with friends of the family I met my husband; he was a very shy, but very sweet person and we became inseparable and started dating.

Although I was here only to visit, he soon started asking me to stay and asked me to marry him. I was surprised but I said yes and I was the happiest woman alive! It is after all every girl’s dream.

We didn’t have much going for us as I soon was to discover; he didn’t have a job and suffered from social anxiety disorder, but I believed in his promises about change and about being willing to do everything necessary to build a better life for us; and so we began preparing for the wedding. It was a simple ceremony in April, but beautiful and full of meaning, our family’s where present, my mother flew in from Portugal and so family and friends came together to celebrate our union. He didn’t have any money, so my family and I pulled together and we paid for the wedding. I wasn’t thrilled with the situation but I thought it would all soon fall into place and love would conquer all.

Soon after the wedding I began to realize that it wasn’t going to be easy at all to live with him. The day after our wedding he took of and left me at my family’s house and went to a friend’s house without me.

I had to take care of all contacts to find us an apartment and take care of bills, etc. because of his illness; he would not go into public places “because there where to many people there” and so I had the burden of taking care of all daily situations and all related immigration process that was necessary.

We rented a small apartment and started our lives together.

It was a long process, with him in and out of jobs, going to court for DUI and loosing his license, and me waiting for a work permit to be able to start working. Meanwhile I had to count on the support of my father and my family to keep us at float.

We would have altercations every time he had to go to a job interview or some place public or when we needed to discuss something important that needed to be taken care of because he would get very agitated and verbally abusive and would end up hurting my feelings and leaving. All his money would be spent on liquor and cigarettes and financially I could never depend on him. I wanted us to have a joint bank account but when we went to the local bank to open one, they informed us that it wasn’t possible for him to open an account because he had an outstanding negative balance on a previous account from over one year ago (prior to our marriage) because of a bounced check, that he had never taken care of. I was mortified and embarrassed by this situation and from there on handled all financial matters myself, in fear of discovering any other problems from his past; life was already difficult enough.

But I was determined to be supportive and to help him turn his life around, so we could have our life from there on. And with a lot of patience I kept trying to build a better life for us. I tried to convince him to go get help for his problems but he would again get very angry with me and verbally abusive and never got the evaluation or help he needed. And unfortunately, his behavior never changed, and after 13 long moths of marriage I left him. Sad, brokenhearted, exhausted and with no choice but to try a life on my own.

I had sold all that I owned in Portugal to be able to support us here, so going back was not an option, because honestly I didn’t even have money for the plane ticket.

Once again I relied on my family and moved to New Hampshire closer to a city, to have more opportunities of work.

And I have lived and worked in NH ever since.

I worked as a waitress for most of the time and then I got a part time job as a Portuguese interpreter with a local agency.

A few months ago I got into a car accident, someone hit my car from behind, I was not at fault but I injured my back and I am currently undergoing treatment.

I had to leave my job as a server because of it and today I am only working as an interpreter and translator.

I work on District and Superior Courts, Jails, Public Defenders Offices, Police Departments, Hospitals, Clinics and private businesses.

I have managed to build a good name for myself and the agency I represent and love being involved in helping my community. I am also in training for legal and medical interpretation to improve my skills and my performance as a professional.

I have translated a Domestic Violence brochure for a local Police Department donating half of the total cost of it.

I pay my taxes and have never asked for help from the government to pay any of my expenses.

I never had any problems with the law, in any area.

I am filling for divorce from my husband now; I have not done it sooner because I didn’t have money. Money has always been tight for me, living alone and having to pay for every expense on my own.

In one month I have to apply to remove the conditions on my green card and I want this affidavit to be part of my application so I can explain my story and what happened and why my marriage ended. Also to explain why I deserve to stay in this country, because I am a hard working and law respecting person and I am involved in the community and I pay all my taxes. And I like my life here and I have worked so hard to get to where I am at right now, I would love to be able to stay and follow all the possibilities my future holds.

And believe me, I tried, but a marriage cannot work when only one side is interested in making it succeed and the other wants to continue as a single person and is ill and refuses to get help and treatment. I have heard that my husband has been arrested again for DUI since we separated.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADVICE OR HAS HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE?

CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE?

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I came to this country in January of 2005 to visit my father; a week latter at a party with friends of the family I met my husband; he was a very shy, but very sweet person and we became inseparable and started dating.

Although I was here only to visit, he soon started asking me to stay and asked me to marry him. I was surprised but I said yes and I was the happiest woman alive! It is after all every girl’s dream.

We didn’t have much going for us as I soon was to discover; he didn’t have a job and suffered from social anxiety disorder, but I believed in his promises about change and about being willing to do everything necessary to build a better life for us; and so we began preparing for the wedding. It was a simple ceremony in April, but beautiful and full of meaning, our family’s where present, my mother flew in from Portugal and so family and friends came together to celebrate our union. He didn’t have any money, so my family and I pulled together and we paid for the wedding. I wasn’t thrilled with the situation but I thought it would all soon fall into place and love would conquer all.

Soon after the wedding I began to realize that it wasn’t going to be easy at all to live with him. The day after our wedding he took of and left me at my family’s house and went to a friend’s house without me.

I had to take care of all contacts to find us an apartment and take care of bills, etc. because of his illness; he would not go into public places “because there where to many people there” and so I had the burden of taking care of all daily situations and all related immigration process that was necessary.

We rented a small apartment and started our lives together.

It was a long process, with him in and out of jobs, going to court for DUI and loosing his license, and me waiting for a work permit to be able to start working. Meanwhile I had to count on the support of my father and my family to keep us at float.

We would have altercations every time he had to go to a job interview or some place public or when we needed to discuss something important that needed to be taken care of because he would get very agitated and verbally abusive and would end up hurting my feelings and leaving. All his money would be spent on liquor and cigarettes and financially I could never depend on him. I wanted us to have a joint bank account but when we went to the local bank to open one, they informed us that it wasn’t possible for him to open an account because he had an outstanding negative balance on a previous account from over one year ago (prior to our marriage) because of a bounced check, that he had never taken care of. I was mortified and embarrassed by this situation and from there on handled all financial matters myself, in fear of discovering any other problems from his past; life was already difficult enough.

But I was determined to be supportive and to help him turn his life around, so we could have our life from there on. And with a lot of patience I kept trying to build a better life for us. I tried to convince him to go get help for his problems but he would again get very angry with me and verbally abusive and never got the evaluation or help he needed. And unfortunately, his behavior never changed, and after 13 long moths of marriage I left him. Sad, brokenhearted, exhausted and with no choice but to try a life on my own.

I had sold all that I owned in Portugal to be able to support us here, so going back was not an option, because honestly I didn’t even have money for the plane ticket.

Once again I relied on my family and moved to New Hampshire closer to a city, to have more opportunities of work.

And I have lived and worked in NH ever since.

I worked as a waitress for most of the time and then I got a part time job as a Portuguese interpreter with a local agency.

A few months ago I got into a car accident, someone hit my car from behind, I was not at fault but I injured my back and I am currently undergoing treatment.

I had to leave my job as a server because of it and today I am only working as an interpreter and translator.

I work on District and Superior Courts, Jails, Public Defenders Offices, Police Departments, Hospitals, Clinics and private businesses.

I have managed to build a good name for myself and the agency I represent and love being involved in helping my community. I am also in training for legal and medical interpretation to improve my skills and my performance as a professional.

I have translated a Domestic Violence brochure for a local Police Department donating half of the total cost of it.

I pay my taxes and have never asked for help from the government to pay any of my expenses.

I never had any problems with the law, in any area.

I am filling for divorce from my husband now; I have not done it sooner because I didn’t have money. Money has always been tight for me, living alone and having to pay for every expense on my own.

In one month I have to apply to remove the conditions on my green card and I want this affidavit to be part of my application so I can explain my story and what happened and why my marriage ended. Also to explain why I deserve to stay in this country, because I am a hard working and law respecting person and I am involved in the community and I pay all my taxes. And I like my life here and I have worked so hard to get to where I am at right now, I would love to be able to stay and follow all the possibilities my future holds.

And believe me, I tried, but a marriage cannot work when only one side is interested in making it succeed and the other wants to continue as a single person and is ill and refuses to get help and treatment. I have heard that my husband has been arrested again for DUI since we separated.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADVICE OR HAS HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE?

CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE?

THANK YOU SO MUCH.