i-751 waiver with little evidence due to spouse imprisonment

[Catfish 0]

Hi There,

I posted on here a while back, however, my original post has seemed to have disappeared? Anyway the gist of my story was that about 1 month after receiving my conditional green card my wife and I broke up due to her drug addiction and cheating. About 2 weeks after that she was arrested and went to jail. I asked people here for advise as I was wondering what I needed to do to remove my conditions on my 2 year greencard?

Since then I have been to seek legal advise and a divorce. Problem is now is that my soon to be ex-wife or her family is unwilling to supply affidavits attesting to our marriage. I have asked for months and they keep ignoring me or putting me off. I have very little evidence other than arrest records to show when she was arrested and the amount of time she spent in prison and some letters that she sent at the beginning time of her being in jail, saying how sorry she was for everything and what she had done to me.

An immigration attorney said that having no joint bank account details or bills in both names and that with evidence of her imprisonment and affidavits from her and her family I would be ok. Well now without the affidavits from her and her family members I am wondering if anyone else has run into or heard about similar situations and the likely outcomes?

It's a terrible tragedy what happened but I have now managed to build a new life for myself all over again and have managed to find someone new who treats me with respect and honesty, but it's like her one last stab in the back? I will seek advise again over the next few days but just wondering peoples perceptions on this?

Thanks for reading and listening.

[Sandra G. 5,075]

Get NOTARIZED affidavits from your friends stating your relationship was genuine. You need more than affidavits, yoU need to proof that you were living together and commingling finances as well.

[Catfish 0]

Get NOTARIZED affidavits from your friends stating your relationship was genuine. You need more than affidavits, yoU need to proof that you were living together and commingling finances as well.

Thanks for your advise, we do not have any co-mingling finances as she has been in prison for pretty much all of the time i have been a conditional resident. Is this likely to be a major issue even if I can prove her arrest date etc?

I have an appointment with a lawyer next thursday.

[Catfish 0]

I also have other documents to show we lived at the same address as we lived with her parents before she was arrested. These documents include letters, pay stubs address to me at that address.

We did file our tax jointly for our first year and I also have a copy of her social security card in my last name? As I said, evidence is very minimal but I can show why and prove this was not my fault. If that even makes a difference?

[Sandra G. 5,075]

Despite she was in prison most of the time the utilities bills were still coming to the house no?????

Edited June 13, 2012 by sandranj

[DaniG 3]

I also have other documents to show we lived at the same address as we lived with her parents before she was arrested. These documents include letters, pay stubs address to me at that address.

We did file our tax jointly for our first year and I also have a copy of her social security card in my last name? As I said, evidence is very minimal but I can show why and prove this was not my fault. If that even makes a difference?

Just gather as much as you can, even cell phone pictures of the two of your before she went to jail or facebook statuses that talk about her that your friends/family commented on, anything that shows she lived at the same address (even junk mail), anything that shows you paid or bought things for her (bail, attorney fees, loans, creditor letters). They'll probably call you for an interview and maybe send you RFE's as well, but you can deal with that later

[Catfish 0]

Despite she was in prison most of the time the utilities bills were still coming to the house no?????

yes utility bills were coming to the house, although these bill would be in her parents names as we lived with them.

[Catfish 0]

Just gather as much as you can, even cell phone pictures of the two of your before she went to jail or facebook statuses that talk about her that your friends/family commented on, anything that shows she lived at the same address (even junk mail), anything that shows you paid or bought things for her (bail, attorney fees, loans, creditor letters). They'll probably call you for an interview and maybe send you RFE's as well, but you can deal with that later

thank you, facebook statuses would be a good idea. I doubt I have junk mail and although I do not have mail in her name at her parents address, it is her parents address. So all of the mail I have addressed there should be good I would have thought. As long as I can prove the relationship was genuine I should be OK though right?