Hope Sk
Sep 19, 2024
VAWA abuser remarried while divorce is pending
This is regarding a friend i met in my lawers office.
He got married couple of years ago. He went through severe abuse during his marriage and decieded to end it. He filed for divorse last year also filed VAWA at the same time. Its been more than a year and the divorse is still pending (NYC courts take long time). Mean while he already got his EAD and travel documents and VAWA is still pending. He filed the divorse one week after sending VAWA application.
But now he got to know that his (ex?)wife remarried without the divorse being finalised. She did that to punish this guy by creating problems in his immigration process. The new guy she married is also from the same nationality as him. She might start filing i130 for the new guy soon.
So my friend is worried seriously about the the situation. When he asked the lawyer, the lawyer said hesitantly that since he already filed for divorse before the remarriage he should not worry about it. But he is not getting proper answers for anywhere.
Please someone let me know if this situation might affect his VAWA process. Thank you.
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mr manSep 19, 2024
he shouldn’t have anything to worry about because marrying while divorce is pending is illegal so that’s his ex’s problem, and if she tries to file for new husband they will have problems not your friend.
mr manSep 19, 2024
If you remarry another person before your divorce to your current spouse is final, this is considered bigamy. Committing bigamy in the United States is against the law in every state, and those who engage in it can be subject to both criminal and civil penalties.
Kay Action 🤺🤺🤺Sep 19, 2024
@Hope Sk you don’t have to worry about anything at all. Infacf with what she’s done you have a very strong case that can make USCIS approve your case without even asking for RFE for anything. what you need to do is make sure you have documentation of all that she’s doing right now about the divorce and remarrying and all and make sure you have a cover letter stating how you met her and when you marriage and when the abuse started and where you are right now and how it has affected you be it physically, emotionally, sexually and whatnot and package it well and I can assure you that you are good to go. you are blessed in disguise if you don’t know. so just relax and take a chill pill and go on with your life.
Hope SkSep 20, 2024
@mr man , @blessed & favored , @bolaji imran , Thank you for your replies. Your answers are really helpful.
H BsSep 20, 2024
she have the problem not him she cometiendo Bigamia not your friend
