Indo_mommy

Not sure why they would want documentation on the divorce, the data would be in the bio information you supply to the extent they are interested.

I'm not sure either. I never apply for tourist visa before and because I'm still waiting for my certified copy (he keeps the original), I'd like to ask here. After the separation, I had changed my name back to my maiden name.

Thanks for your reply, Boiler.

Hi everyone,

Just wondering if it's possible to get a tourist visa now that I'm divorced from my ex USC husband?

Long story shorts, I'm now residing back in my home country. I was on Conditional PR that had expired in 2009 - where at the time he and I was living in my country. The divorced has been finalized. Problem is there's a stamp adding his last name on my passport.

Now, will the Embassy ask to see a certified divorce papers or a copy will suffice?

Thanks for all your help.

Hi William, I just checked this topic again. Thank you for your replies and I will message you shortly.

Rlogan, thank you.

That sadly is very much the situation. He's just living his new life with this girlfriend without a care in the world and just ignore me and my child as if we're just a nuisance that will go away by itself and that what hurts the most. If only he would be manly enough to just say it to my face maybe it would be different.

I had posted in an Indonesian forum as well and I've been told I need to register the marriage first with paying a fine before I can file for divorce here so chances are now that's what I will be doing. I've been told that I can even report him and the other woman for adultery to the police after the marriage is registered.

For the bench warrant, I only know his side of the story. This took place before I married him and I was shocked to find out he had a lawsuit for check forgery where he 'claimed' an old girlfriend was lending him $50 but forgot to sign the check and told him to just go ahead and signed it then she press charges. I went to the court one time with him but before the case was over he and I moved to AL. It was when he tried to renew his driver's license that he found out about the bench warrant. He was worried about leaving the country at first to go to China but turned out that never came up.

Thanks again.

Jim thanks for your reply. It is really difficult. I had read the returning resident visa but I'm afraid I won't have enough evidence to proof our ties to the US when we moved out. He and I doesn't have a house/property or even a car together back then. He closed down our one and only bank account before he left the US. I think he did filed for income tax but he holds that paper and I know chances are he won't let me have the copy. My only ties are with my inlaws and step sons. Other than that my chance of getting returning resident visa approved seems pretty dim.

Thanks again!

Another question, do I have to return my expired Green Card? If yes where to? Will it affected if in the future I wish to apply for a tourist visa for a visit? I'm sure my inlaws whom I'm very close to would love to see my son and me one day down the road and they are getting too old to travel all the way to Indonesia.

Boiler, thank you. You're right it might be cheaper but the main reasons I wanted to file the divorce in the States is because of the child support but I guess that's close to impossible at this point. I'm waiting to hear from other lawyer here and I hope it would be a lot cheaper than what the other firm quoted me.

PS: I remember you from the old days.

I think your only options are the same as any other woman in your country in the same circumstances. You should file to get your marriage recognized there, proceed with the divorce, and then get on with your life. Your son has dual citizenship. Someday you son can return to the US and petition to get an immigrant visa for you. He'll need to be at least 21 years old, and have at least 5 years of residency in the United States.

Jim thanks for your reply. This is my original user ID and I will be using this from now on instead and screw what other Indonesian womens who knew me here would say or think. I've got bigger issues on my plate than some women talking about me behind my back.

My son's American passport will expire in 2 years and I'm a bit worried that my soon to be ex won't want to sign the forms to renew it if we divorce. He's been ignoring me for weeks now. My son's Indonesian citizenship are only valid until he's 18 years old and until then he must chose between the two unless of course the government here will approve the proposed dual citizenship bill.

Thanks again for your reply. I really appreciate it and I know it is a very catch 22 thingy. I guess I will just have to move on and stop counting on child support. I am still looking for other lawyers that won't cost me an arm and a leg.

One thing I was thinking though is why would our son need Indonesian citizenship right now unless we were planning on living in Indonesia?

Hi Aaron, good to have you here. This site has been a great resource. Hopefully someone else can answer your other questions better but I'd like to answer your last one since my son hold dual citizenship.

For us, we wanted to 'take advantage' of the newly approved dual citizenship law for mix children. He had his Indonesian passport since he's 6 months old like I said in my blog, at the time we did not know we would end up living back in Jakarta but we had been traveling back and forth to Jakarta since 2007. I guess the biggest advantage is he won't need a visa to enter Indonesia and can stay as long as needed. When we travel to other countries (we used to live in China for a short while) I use his American passport because simply it's easier.

I do have friends that does not applying for dual citizen for their children because they are living permanently in the States. So I think it is a personal choice whether to get it or not. It will only be 'valid' until the children is 18 then they will have to chose for themselves which citizenship to follow.

Best of luck to you and your family

Sure hope so!

And hello to you too, I don't believe we've 'met' yet, Summersurf!

Thank you everyone for your replies! I sure do hope it won't come to that and this couple will have a happy marriage because it does sounds very complicated. Will forward your replies to him

Hi everyone,

I haven't post here in such a long time but I need your advice for a reader of my blog. This guy is in a mix marriage too, happily married to an Indonesian lady and have a child together. He asked me since their son holds dual citizenship and their marriage has been registered legally in both countries (Indonesia & America) how is the implications of custody if on worst case scenario they are separating? Which country will have jurisdiction over the matter? They do have prenuptial agreement that was made in the States and they are all living in the States now. Can you help this guy out? Thank you!

when / if you two are ready to move back to USA, file a I-130 via DCF in Jakarta at the USEM there. You'll be granted an IR-1 (10 year card ) then.

For now, to jump back and forth with tourist visa, you should be ok - just file at Jakarta - make sure the IO knows you have strong ties to return to Indonesia.

Good Luck !

That's what I heard too that we can apply for DCF. Do you know if I have to turn in the expired GC? I still carried it with me since it reminded me of so many things LOL.

Thanks for your answer and I wish you luck for you CR1 journey

Hi, just want to share a bit.

My dad used to have GC , and then he voluntarily gave up his GC because he resides permanently in Indonesia and can't visit the US every 6 months. Every now and then , he came to the US with tourist visa with no problem. Not sure if any question about PR was asked, but one thing for sure, he was always able to obtain one.

Thanks for sharing your dad's experience. I hope they won't give me a hard time if and when I do apply for a tourist visa.

If you are planning to continue to reside outside of the US, you will probably loose PR status, if you haven't already. You can loose it if your permanent address is considered to be outside of the US. If all you are going to do is visit, you would apply for a tourist visa. I'm not really sure how previously having PR status will complicate that process. It will no doubt come into consideration.

Thank you for your reply. Yes, we're planning on staying in Jakarta indefinitely so I know chances are I won't be able to keep my status in the US. Will probably have to call the US Embassy here and ask, if I can pass the sometimes-not-so-friendly-Indo-staff LOL. Thanks again!

Hi,

Haven't post here in ages, some of you (I doubt very many tho') would probably remember that my husband and I moved to Asia in 2008 at the time I had my Conditional GC.

When we were just a couple of months short before applying for Removal of Conditions, my husband literally lost his job in China due to the whole economic crisis. We decided then to returned to my home country of Indonesia and we couldn't apply for the removal conditions.

Now that my husband had got a good job here even got his permanent resident too I'm wondering what to do next as far as my status to the US? I just called the USCIS office and talked to a lady who told me that we could do the whole process all over again by applying for I-130 (or the DCF?) and explained the situation was beyond our control that we can't apply for removal of conditions. We're planning to live here awhile so we're in no rush to apply for the I-130. However, if lets say we are to visit the US for vacation, can I just apply for a tourist visa or that would be a problem?

Sorry if I posted this question in the wrong section, like I said it's a pretty complicated case we have here.

Thanks!

Thanks Capt! PM sent

I'm trying to get the link on my signature about my K1 interview and got this message: "The forums archive is offline at the moment." asking me to log in again.

Is there a way to get that link works? The reason I'm looking is because our hard drive crashed and I lost everything.

Plz help. TY!

Hi there, thanks for your reply.

After a much discussion with my DH, we decided to just go ahead & apply for my 10 years GC (application will be send out ASAP!) and just follow all the rules then see what happens next. If we get approve then it will be truly wonderful if no then we will try to figure something else. Yes, I can travel back to the US for biometric whenever they schedule it and then apply for a Re-entry permit as I believe I will have to be physically in the US to do so.

Thanks for your info regarding the tax thing. I will let my DH read that part.

Is this a wise choice? Then how bout my husband's income tax? We always filed jointly since we got married although I never work. Then how about my SSN? We does plan to stay around in Asia for a few years but plan to come and visit my inlaws once in awhile. I've also heard about Returning Resident Visa, is this a good choice too? Or should I just go with the regular tourist visa?

I say what would be the best choice depends on how much longer you'll stay abroad. What's a few years? 2 or 4? If that's for 2 or less, and you can travel to the USA to capture the biometrics for a new card, you may want to do that. Get new GC and re-entry permit. If you plan to stay 2+ year, abandoning status may be a better option. If you stay outside of USA for a long time (even with the short trips to the USA), it may be difficult to keep residency anyway.

Even if you are no longer resident (have GC), you can sign a statement saying you want to be treated as a resident for USA tax purposes, and continue filing jointly with your husband. You can change that decision in the future and file as non-resident if you have any income in USA. But, as I understand it - once you start fililing as non-resident (or stop filing if you don't have any USA income), you can't go back and file jointly with your husband unless you obtain the residency in the USA again... But check that with a professional... I guess it comes down what's better for the family (if your husband "needs" your portion of foreign income exclusion).

SSN is your for life...

Returning resident visa is issued to permanent residents who can prove that the reason they did not return to the USA in due time (normaly within a year) was beyond their control (prolonged illness).

I'm not sure if this is the right place for my question but I'm gonna ask anyway.

My husband has been offered a new job in Singapore (we're currently in China) and I'm already within that 90 days window for Removal of Condition for my GC. I had been out of the country since December 2008 and we didn't apply for re-entry permit because of my GC will expired in May 2009. Now I'm having some doubts after I talked with a friend who's in similar situation like us and said she didn't apply for the 10 years GC (I think she returned her GC to US embassy or something like that) and just apply for a tourist visa valid for 5 which was granted by the US Embassy since she said she and her husband doesn't have any plan to return to the US for good.

Is this a wise choice? Then how bout my husband's income tax? We always filed jointly since we got married although I never work. Then how about my SSN? We does plan to stay around in Asia for a few years but plan to come and visit my inlaws once in awhile. I've also heard about Returning Resident Visa, is this a good choice too? Or should I just go with the regular tourist visa?

Any input on this is highly appreciated. Thank you!

You, the LPR, are living overseas, for how long? You know living outside the US for a long period can be considered abandoning your status.

Hi Jasman, how's Claudeth doing?

Yes, we're living overseas for now because of my husband's job. We plan to apply for a re-entry permit once we applied for removal conditions and the reason we didn't apply before was because my GC was almost expired when we moved and I did returned to the US before being out of the country for 6 months. We are planning to be in asia for 2 years. Will it harm our chance in having conditions removed?

Hi all,

We're getting ready to file for our removal of conditions and since we are currently both living in China (due to my husband's job) we could only come up with this evidences:

• Copies of the passport and green card

• Copy of our marriage certificate

• Copy of our son’s birth certificate

• Copies of my Chinese visas (me & my sons)

• Two notarized affidavits by U.S. citizen friend and family (one from hubby's mother and one from one of his friend from work in China who knows us very well his affidavit will be notarized at the US embassy in China, we're trying to get hubby's eldest son's to make us one affidavit too since he used to live with us before moving out to live with his GF)

• Copies of our joint US bank account

• Copies of our 2006, 2007, 2008 joint US tax returns. (we will file for tax exemption for 2009 since he works overseas now)

• Copy of our apartment lease (this is our old apt lease in US, our apt lease in China is only under his name)

• Copy of our joint utilities bills. (also our old US bills since all the bills in China is still under our landlord's name and we just deposited the money to the landlord's bank account)

• Copies of letters and Christmas cards we received. (both when we were still in the US & in China)

• Pictures of us together, with our friends and with our families.

• Copy of my iteneraries showing that I returned to the US within the time frame (within 6 months after we moved to China)

• Copy of my husband's work contract showing it is a temporary job.

When I read here I winced a little because we doesn't have as many evidences as some of you had use. Right now we doesn't have a health insurance since medical is very cheap in China and we just pay cash for everything but we still have our old health insurance paperworks from when he was still working in the US. We will also going to have a 'much belated' honeymoon in Bali sometimes this month and we'll include pictures and plane tickets too.

Do you think I will have problems with this?

Also, we had change our address before we move and using his parents address. Now, on the I-751 form which address should we use? I thought we put in our Chinese address then use his parents address on the Mailing Address part, is this correct?

Thank you so much for your help.

I hope somebody could help me clear a few things here.

First of all I'm already in China (hubby got a job here) and I had left the country without applying for a re-entry permit (huge mistake!) since April 8, 2008. Now, I'm planning to go back to the States to apply for the re-entry permit somewhere between September or early October 2008 before my time out of the country hit 6 months. But a friend who's a 10 year green card holder and also in the same situation as me just told me that it took her 7 months to receive the approved re-entry permit.

I read on the I-131 instruction that: A re-entry permit issued to a conditional resident shall be valid for two years from the date of issuance, or to the date the conditional resident must apply for removal of the conditions on his or her status, whichever date comes first.

If it takes 6-7 months to get my re-entry approved then by the time I receive it I will already be applying for removal of conditions (my GC will expire on May 17, 2009 and we'll apply for removal around the end of February 2009).

So now I'm at lost here what should I do now? Should I just apply for it and ask it to be expedite or should I just apply for it along with the removal of condition next year?

Thanks!

Oops typo I mean we have to remove conditions by Feb 2009. Also, is it possible to apply naturalization from overseas? TIA!

Okay, my conditional PR card will expired on May 2009 (which means we'll have to apply for removing conditions around April 2009) and we'll be married for 3 years by September 2008.

My questions are:

1. Can I apply for naturalization if we'll be living abroad for at least 2 years? (Hubby got a job in China) and I'm applying for I-131 Re-entry permit.

2. Can we apply for naturalization at the time where I suppose to apply for Removal of Conditions? Or should we apply for removal conditions then apply for Naturalization later on after we receive the 10 years card?

Thank you all!