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Monday, February 27, 2012

USCIS APPROVES I-751 PETITION TO REMOVE CONDITIONS ON RESIDENCE OF AN ABANDONED FILIPINA

USCIS APPROVES I-751 PETITION
TO REMOVE CONDITIONS ON
RESIDENCE OF AN ABANDONED FILIPINA

By

Roman P. Mosqueda,
B.S., LL.B., LL.M., & S.J.D.


By Notice issued by the Los Angeles Field Office Director through on February 13, 2012, the I-751 Petition to Remove the Conditions on Residence of a Filipina, abandoned and divorced by a U.S.-citizen husband found at www.filipinocupid.com, was approved after interview.

This Author represents the Filipina client and personally appeared with her at her interview on February 13, 2012.

ISO Greg Watts found that she had entered into the marriage in good faith, but her marriage was terminated through divorce filed by her husband in Ohio, where she had lived with him for two years and three months.

From Meeting Via
Website To Marriage
In Columbus, Ohio:

The Filipina applicant for a waiver of a joint I-751 Petition, placed in removal proceedings on May 27, 2011, is a 28-year old native of Lanao del Norte, Philippines.

On or about October 2005, she found her prince charming, at www.filipinocupid.com. His profile stated that he had been divorced with two minor children and a Christian devoted to God.

Communication through e-mails ensued. He sent her $100.00 monthly through Western Union to defray chat bills because she was not working at that time.

On April 12, 2006, he flew to Manila and then to Dipolog City, where he was met by her and her sister. He was introduced to her parents and her family. He then proposed marriage. She accepted.

Two days later, he flew back to Ohio and started filing for a fiancée visa for her. She was subsequently issued a K-1 visa. They got married on March 17, 2007, in Columbus, Ohio; her two stepdaughters were her flower girls.

In June 2007, they bought a house and a car, and lived in Urbana, Ohio. She wanted a child of her own, only to be told by him that he had undergone vasectomy.

Marriage On The Rocks
And Abandonment In
The Philippines:

During the marriage, she was not working, taking care of him and her two young stepdaughters. He did not give her any money for her personal needs. Her sister in Michigan sent her money. She bought and sold clothes online.

On April 13, 2009, they visited with her parents in the Philippines and stayed there for two weeks. In May 2009, they filed the Joint Form I-751 Petition.

But on June 27, 2009, he convinced her to go with him back to the Philippines. He unceremoniously abandoned her at the Pearl Manila Hotel. He flew back to Ohio alone, with her green card and passport.

She obtained travel permit from the U.S. Embassy to travel to the United States. She e-mailed him for transportation money, but he said that he did not want her back.

She borrowed money from a cousin in California, and arrived in Los Angeles on August 18, 2009. She called him from Los Angeles, but he said that he is filing for divorce. He filed for dissolution of marriage, which was finalized on November 5, 2009, with a Judgment Entry and Decree of Divorce in Ohio.

Mixed marriages of spouses with different culture and background add more challenges to the success of a marital union in the United States.


(The Author, Roman P. Mosqueda, has published a book on marriage and its dissolution and several articles on immigration reliefs to unsuccessful marriages. He is a long-time member of AILA. Send e-mails to rpm_law@yahoo.com or call (213) 252-9481 for free consultation appointment, or visit www.mosquedalaw and EzineArticles.com to read his other articles.)

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Graduated from Michigan Law School with both an LLM and SJD. For more information check out www.MosquedaLaw.com