Last year I met a woman who I thought was the a wonderful peroson. I the month of September 06 we got married and as soon we signed the marriage paper she started to pressure me to help her obtain her immigration papers. I filled out all the forms and started the petition with the immigration service for her green card. 3 months after the marriage I found out she had a paralell case with the immigration office in which she was trying to obtain her legael status through a labor certification from a previous employer which is the one who brought her to the states to work here legally but later on fired her and she never reported that situation to the INS. Because of that she feared that she was going to get kicked out and proceeded to find a fool like me that will marry her so she could obtain her papers. In early January 07 (3 months and 10 days after our wedding) I found out she had gone thru my personal stuff and found a way to steal my passwords to my email mailbox and she started to go into it and erase messages from my friends or anyone who would like to talk to me. When I asked her about it she proceeded to attack me with a picture frame and I had to grab her arm to take it away from her but because of that now she is claiming abuse. I kicked her out of my house (which I bought way before the marriage) and started the process for divorce. She now is claiming alimony and abuse. My question is should I report this woman to the INS and/or the Homeland security dept. and how should I proceed with it?? Do I have ane legal rights and/or is the U.S. government doing something to protect citizens from immigrant scammers like this one?

Thank you for all of your help.

Lowtax4eva

If she has a legal status in the US now you cant really do anything. This seems to come up alot, you can call ICE but again, if she has the green card now your kind of stuck.

From the ICE website (Immigration and Customs Exforcement)

"To report any suspicious activity please call 1-866-347-2423. Emailed reports of suspicious activity or "tips" are not accepted at this time. "

Mrsilly

She doesn't have a green card yet and in fact I know she is starting another labor certification process with her current employer and trying to start a petition under the I-360 form which is for abuse women. This creature is the biggest liar you can meet.

AJ1962

YOur answer is simple, but I hope I am not too late.

I had the same exact situation, where my ex found some of my confidential information and started embazzeling me. She also placed a restraining order on me, kicked me out of the house, and used a close relative to stick it to me.

To make a long story short, I agreed to all her terms, had a lawyer and a private investigator help me record everything going on at the house. I laied low, but was able to turn the case around very quickly when I recorded her threatining and throwing objects at me. The judge quickly reversed course.

My lawyer had me write a detailed letter to the INS, supported by court papers, notarized, etc. I basically dropped my petition and all aplications and other documents I signed for her immigration papers. I listed all documents, provided photocopies, all details, etc.

I also got her arrested, re-arrested, etc. where everytime she hires a lawyer, pays bail, inconvenience, other expenses, etc. She tried to exhaust me, and drive me into submittal to process her papers, but I was able to turn the table around.

With a short marrige, you do not have to fear for alimony, etc. I even created many problems for her, so now she has an attorney working on her deportation case. I basically had to show extreme willingness to hurt her, before she stopped looking at me like a victime she can ride to her immigration interview.

I paid her a good sum to sign the divorce papers. Told her the alternative is going to be worst than last few months.

During all of this, she managed to get a SSN, drivers license, buy a car, and get a job. Now she calls me as her deportation interview gets closer ... she wants to get re-married ... she still see me as a victim .. some people will never learn.

I am contemplating calling INS to report her marrige proposal, for the sake of the green card.

childssam

These women are evil! Mine was with me for 5mo's after the Wedding then took her Temporary Green Card and left for parts unknown. I called an officer at the local ICE office and was advised to 1st, Hire a lawyer, and to file for an annullment. I did this and of course the Bulgarian criminal was no where to be served. She left no forwarding address. My lawyer proceeded with the case running ad's in local news papers since this area was her last know address. After a while we were given a default judgement due to no response from the Bulgarian Criminal. A few months later she re-surfaced with a lawyer and a new story. They filed to get the case re-opened, and were successfull. Then started claiming abuse and claiming that I forced her to leave the marriage. Her and her lawyer then began thru the a civil case on a gold digging mission. Trying to extort me for thousands of dollars and threating criminal prosecution to gain leverage in my civil case.
(This is a serious violation of the rules of the Florida State Bar) and is Extortion which is a feloney. Reciently the Bulgarian criminal was arrested in Chicago, IL for Feloney Herion Possession. After that, her case against me cumbled. And Once again I was Granted my Annulment. Legally I was never married. Beware of the alligation of ABUSE... Its a loop-hole they try to use. I filled a Florida Bar Complaint against the Junior Russian Lawyer and hope that she is disbared or sevearly sanctioned.

xaiegen

All I see is you can point out the various cases in which she is trying to obtain a permanent residenceship during her case interviews. Other than that, it doesn't seem she has a case for abuse from you, both people can be locked up in domestic abuse, remember that. One thing you may not be considering is how scared she is of the whole situation. From personal experience, many immigrants have post traumatic stress disorder just trying to migrate. The only thing you have on your hands is an insecure woman/wife, not a scammer. I guess meeting her in May and marrying her in Sept. wasn't enough time to know all about her.

childssam

I really don't care how scared she is, she commited a crime by knowingly defrauding me into marriage. She and her family played me like a fiddel, to try to get a greencard, then tried to extort me for thousands of dollars for a 5mo long marriage. This disrupted my life for two years. My #1 saving grace was the fact that I never got her pregnant. In the end justice prevailed, and that is the important thing. I sent letters to everyone important in US government and every ageny that had control or involvement in immigration matters. Not sure if it helped but it definately made me feel better.

xaiegen

Although your case has valid points, my post refers to Mrsilly's initial post. So:

Well, it only applies if Mrsilly had said it.