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  • 09-01-2008, 09:16 AM
    Lisamarie87
    Possible Fraudulent Marriage for Green Card
    So this is where my story begins. I met an arabic man in 2002 who was in the US on his student Visa. I thought we fell in love and we were married by May 31, 2002. After we were married, I started to see what he was really like. He was very secretive and I did not know any of his friends. He never took me anywhere. He was very emotionally abusive. He would ignore me for months. Literally we would not talk for months at a time, but I loved him. He chose to sleep on the couch, blaming my snoring for it. I would leave for work and be back by 5pm and he would get out of work at 6p and would not get home until midnight. I started suspecting an affair. Everytime I said I would leave, he would beg me back and stupidly I went back because he swore to me that he wasn't having an affair. It took a very long time for him to get his greencard. There was an issue, but I'm not sure what it was. Everytime I would say I was leaving, he would call his lawyer and try to get the process to move faster for his greencard. I found out I was pregnant and he wanted me to abort it, which I refused to do. I had complications in my pregnancy and had to go to the emergency room several times, and he never showed up even though I told him I was going. I would call him and he would not pick up his phone. This was the last straw for me. I moved in with my parents after 5 years of marriage and had our child 1 week later in an emergency C-section. He immediately contacted his lawyer like he had always done in the past. This time he got his greencard in January 2008, three months after separation. He was trying to get me to come back to him until he received his greencard. Then he wanted nothing to do with me. I filed for a divorce in June 2008 and it is still in process. Oh I almost forgot. I confirmed via pictures that he has been cheating. (This is a fact, not a guess) So that is my story and here are my questions. 1. Is there a cheating clause that would result in him losing his greencard? 2. I'm not sure if he married me for a greencard, but would someone stay in an unhappy marriage for years just to get the greencard? 3. Any advice on my situation is welcome. I have no idea what to do from here, but I would like his greencard taken away and possible deportation. Thanks for listening, Lisa :( :(
  • 09-01-2008, 07:46 PM
    mmadsen55
    Re: Possible Fraudulent Marriage for Green Card
    If he received his Green Card in June 2008, it should be conditional, meaning he would have to apply to have the conditions removed in 2 years. This means he would have to provide more evidence that the marriage is still valid. In the case of a divorce, he would have to prove that some other compelling evidence warrants the removal...such as escaping an abusive relationship.

    He will try to make it seem that you were vicitmizing him in the marriage, and that he should be granted the removal of conditions based on that.

    The best thing you can do is concentrate on the divorce. Protect your self financially. Make absolutely sure everything from your relationship is terminated. Make sure all bills, insurance policies that may have been in both names are closed immediately. Any assets need to be transferred to either you or him solely. Do not hold anything legal together with him.

    Make sure your divorce lawyer advises him to NEVER use your name in any future bills or legal documents. Watch your credit like a hawk to make sure nothing is opened. Keep and record all correspondence with him, especially things like e-mails. In fact, try not communicate with him unless it is writing.

    As far as the fraud, you have several things against you on that...First, the marriage lasted 5 years and you have a kid. The relationship does not sound like it was a fairy tale, but from your description, it sounds like a lot of relationships, not just ones invovling a green card. I apologize in advance for my cultural sterotype, but the way you describe your relationship can easily be described as a typical way an Arab man treats his wife.

    Unless you have written proof from him indicating he married you just for fraud, or if another person or persons can help corroborate that they knew this was his intention, I doubt you will have any success with accusing him of fraud.
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