Confused..need help!!

[Penguin_ie 5,992]

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[GringoD 33]

to get married in while you are still married (not yet divorced), in the western world, is looked upon as being fraudulent. But, things may be different on the other side of the planet. I'm sure they are.

[tomkean28 1]

Dissolving this marriage may also come with complications. I filed for an Invalidity of Marriagfe aka annulment in the US for reasons of prohibited marriage due to bigamy which what this is. My ex was currently married when we got married. I did not have an attorney and the process was extremely smooth for me and was able to complete it in about 9 or 10 weeks. I was the putattive spouse and not the offender. Remember now that what the petitioner did is commit a crime. I could be wrong but I believe he's not gonna be able to file for invalidity because he was the one that committed the crime. They seriously need counsel.

Just a piece of advise... Get it done right! Aside from the annulment I was talking about I had spent the last couple of years in court due to a nasty divorce and custody batte and have spent enough money to pay for a new Lamborghini in cash. So much information and detail gets lost in court due to how attorneys and the courts itself interpret the law and these are professionals. Imagine having to explain your situation outside of that realm.

Get an attorney or get married legally this time, file for CR-1 and hope everything else before that gets overlooked.

[qwerty1974 11]

I think the myriad responses here show that this is really something outside the remit of this forum to deal with. I would seriously think about consulting an immigration lawyer. Of course they will likely always try to make things sound harder than they usually are because they want the business, but you could go into it knowing that and just getting the bare bones of the information on how to present this to USCIS which is ultimately what you are after. You could always go for K1 but attach a written statement of the marriage already entered into, but really you need some solid concrete advice here and now is not the time to takes chances with petitions as it could cost you dearly in the long run, in time, in emotions AND in money. I hope too that this is resolved as a child is involved. The one thing that I see raising flags is not really the legality of the marriage (yours) but that you married whilst someone else was married to him...whatever the cultural connotations of this. I ve read many cases on these forums where if the relationship is started long after separation from the former spouse but yet close to the divorce being finalised then this can cause problems. Your case would in my opinion raise far more flags than this. This is only my opinion though and you need more than opinions. Get some legal advice and get it before filing. Good luck!

Edited November 20, 2011 by qwerty1974

[qwerty1974 11]

Oh, but if I were to push an opinionit'd definitely side with the route of annulling the marriage and this time doing it all above board so that it cannot be questioned quite so much

[GringoD 33]

I think (these) muddy waters are (may be) difficult to clear up.

Edited November 20, 2011 by GringoD

[Samara 4]

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Their intentions are not the issue. It is what USCIS will perceive out of this 'marriage.' THE USC must've known that marrying someone in another country while still being legally married may diminish the new partner's chances of visa approval. So yes, they must tell the truth. Once the truth comes out, red flags will wave up and high. I hope we're wrong and all goes smoothly since there's a child involved in this process, but.... you never know.

We did not have choice but to get married islamically. Here in UAE dating is illegal so we had no choice but to ge married.

[Samara 4]

Dissolving this marriage may also come with complications. I filed for an Invalidity of Marriagfe aka annulment in the US for reasons of prohibited marriage due to bigamy which what this is. My ex was currently married when we got married. I did not have an attorney and the process was extremely smooth for me and was able to complete it in about 9 or 10 weeks. I was the putattive spouse and not the offender. Remember now that what the petitioner did is commit a crime. I could be wrong but I believe he's not gonna be able to file for invalidity because he was the one that committed the crime. They seriously need counsel.

Just a piece of advise... Get it done right! Aside from the annulment I was talking about I had spent the last couple of years in court due to a nasty divorce and custody batte and have spent enough money to pay for a new Lamborghini in cash. So much information and detail gets lost in court due to how attorneys and the courts itself interpret the law and these are professionals. Imagine having to explain your situation outside of that realm.

Get an attorney or get married legally this time, file for CR-1 and hope everything else before that gets overlooked.

How can we dissolve a marriage that happened at home with only 5 people. I only have a paper from the person who perform the marriage stating that we are married through religion just incase if we are cought by the police.