Desperately need help for a friend

[happywifeymom 4]

Hello fellow vj members,

I would like to ask help for my filipina friend who's life is in hell right now. She came here on a K 3 visa and she

already has her 10 yr. green card being married to her husband for 3 and 1/2 years.She is in an abusive relationship.

Since day 1 they don't get along till the most unexpected thing happened. They had a serious fight and she called 911. To make the story short.the husband was charged with rape and is now in jail.

Here are her questions:

1. Would it affect her US citizenship application?

2. Husband is filing for a divorce..wud it be best if she will be the one to file instead of her husband?

3. They have a 2 year old girl..can she bring the baby in a different state without the husband's permission?

4.They are still on the process of court hearing,,if the husband will be put into jail for years ,,is he still obliged to give child support to the child?

5. Husband cancelled their car's insurance so my friend can't drive the car and can't work.. is this right?

Please help my friend. Thank you very much in advance.

[Old Dominion 26]

It will not affect her citizenship at all. It's best she get a divorce lawyer (try the local legal aid society if cost is a problem) so she's sure that her interests are protected in court. If he's in jail, of course, he has no income so child support is irrelevant, unless he has a lot of money in the bank. She needs to get car insurance on her own.

[Scott and Mhay 57]

Also, in most states she cannot leave the state without father's permission. It will hurt her case if she does and her husband finds out. Yes she should file for divorce IMO. She should already have custody of her child. She really needs to get with a lawyer to help her out here so she doesnt do anything to lose the child or benefits.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Here are her questions:

1. Would it affect her US citizenship application?

Yes, she now will have to wait 2 years longer.

[Dakine 26]

Here are her questions:

1. Would it affect her US citizenship application?

Yes, she now will have to wait 2 years longer.

Correct. She will have to wait 5 years instead of 3 years to file for USC if she gets divorced before she acquires her USC.

[rheanick 42]

Hello fellow vj members,

I would like to ask help for my filipina friend who's life is in hell right now. She came here on a K 3 visa and she

already has her 10 yr. green card being married to her husband for 3 and 1/2 years.She is in an abusive relationship.

Since day 1 they don't get along till the most unexpected thing happened. They had a serious fight and she called 911. To make the story short.the husband was charged with rape and is now in jail.

Here are her questions:

1. Would it affect her US citizenship application? - it would be five years wait instead of 3 years.

2. Husband is filing for a divorce..wud it be best if she will be the one to file instead of her husband? - Let the husband file for divorce. I assumed that they got married in the Philippines since she arrived here in K3. As per Philippines law, she need to file for annulment.

3. They have a 2 year old girl..can she bring the baby in a different state without the husband's permission? - verify the state law.

4.They are still on the process of court hearing,,if the husband will be put into jail for years ,,is he still obliged to give child support to the child? - no source of money = no child support

5. Husband cancelled their car's insurance so my friend can't drive the car and can't work.. is this right? - wife get another insurance. she pays for it.

Please help my friend. Thank you very much in advance.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

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HappywifeyMom: Thank you all guys for ur reply. I appreciate it.