Left US before conditional green card expired. Can i get it back if i file under vawa even if im already back to my home country?

[*Forever*Always* 9]

I will call USCIS tom. I will keep you all posted.

I am sorry to hear about your abuse. It seems tho as you are in your home country right? So you are with Family. Why do you concentrate so much on wanting to be in the US then where you are... i wish you good luck

[Anh map 2,098]

An initial conversation would likely be free. That should help you decide what your options are. Paying for good, meaningful advice from an experienced attorney is worth the money.

[katry 1]

I am sorry to hear about your abuse. It seems tho as you are in your home country right? So you are with Family. Why do you concentrate so much on wanting to be in the US then where you are... i wish you good luck

I left everything In Philippines when I went to US. I had a good Job here, my friends and my family just to be with the man I love and hoping to have a good life with him but it didn't not happen. When I've found jobs there and it was doing good, he wanted me to leave my job again and we will both go back to Philippines. Because I love him, and because I thought things would be better if we are in Philiipines, I left my jobs again.

Now that we are back here, its no longer like before. I can no longer get a better job because of my age. My husband abandoned me, how would u feel about that? my self esteem has gone down, people look at you very low. , how would u feel about that???

I didn't come come to USA to have a green card or else, why would I live USA if all I want is green card? everyone is dying to have a green card, I know that but not me. I went there to be with my husband who promised the world to me but instead, made me a slave.

Going back to USA would help me start a new life again, without people judging me, plus job opportunities are high. As a wife of US citizen who abused me, don't I have a right to ask for my right for something that would make my life better?

Now you are asking me , why do I concentrate going back to USA? Ask that again.

[Transborderwife 4,666]

You seem to use the term "my right" quite a lot. First thing is its your privilege, not a right.

[katry 1]

You seem to use the term "my right" quite a lot. First thing is its your privilege, not a right

green card is a privilege, not Right I know that. Everyone has a RIGHT for a better life. its not privilege.

[Boiler 45,913]

green card is a privilege, not Right I know that. Everyone has a RIGHT for a better life. its not privilege.

Wrong

[Transborderwife 4,666]

Wrong

Have to agree

[Transborderwife 4,666]

Wrong

Have to agree

[belinda63 3,041]

Again unless you can prove he battered you or caused you extreme mental distress while you were living in the US you do not qualify for VAWA. I am sorry for your situation but the option to obtain a new green card is not available through your USC spouse unless you reconcile and he re-petitions you.

[belinda63 3,041]

If you are living abroad at the time of filing the self-petition, you may file Form I-360 if:

• the abuser is an employee of the U.S. government,
• the abuser is a member of the uniformed services, or
• you were subjected to battery or extreme cruelty in the United States.

This is from your own post which was copied and pasted from the USCIS site. The abuse had to happen in the US. You haven't even mentioned anything that meets the definition of abuse for a VAWA filing. So you moved back home with him at his request. So he left you. What abuse are you saying happened?

[Jo Së 200]

You keep mentioning that as the wife of a US citizen you have rights, but you might not even be married to a US citizen anymore.

After 2 years of being separated it is also likely that he moved back to the US and applied for divorce in order to move on, a judge can grant divorce with the other spouse (you) being out of the country and not being able to respond.

Your questions will be better answered by an expert lawyer, not by a DIY website.

Edited October 12, 2015 by Jose&Eli

[katry 1]

If you are living abroad at the time of filing the self-petition, you may file Form I-360 if:

• the abuser is an employee of the U.S. government,
• the abuser is a member of the uniformed services, or
• you were subjected to battery or extreme cruelty in the United States.

This is from your own post which was copied and pasted from the USCIS site. The abuse had to happen in the US. You haven't even mentioned anything that meets the definition of abuse for a VAWA filing. So you moved back home with him at his request. So he left you. What abuse are you saying happened

I was working 2 jobs before I left USA. He takes all the money I was making. and just give me 5 dollars for food. I keep the extra money so I can send some money to my family. He saw my savings and I told him I am sending that to my family as gift for xmas. He said NO. I am not sending anything in Philippines he got all upset and I got scared to ask him again. I don't have any control of my money. He doesn't want me to buy things for my self.

He cuts off TV, no computer or internet at home. When I was there, I don't really know what's going on with the world.

all he wanted me to do is clean the house, clean dog in the backyard, make food for him and make money for him.

He yelled at me and call me names if something I do doesn't satisfy him. From a piece of wrapper I forget to throw, a toilet lid I forgot to close.

There was an instance, he saw a wet spot on the carpet and asked me what was that.. I said maybe water or dogs urine. He asked me to smell it. I told him I will just clean it up.He forced me to smell it like a dog. and after i did it, he laughed out loud. He treated me like an animal.

He doesn't give me right to speak if it means disagreeing he would threat to slap me. He thinks he is always right and everyone is wrong.

Even I am sleeping, He would wake me up and make me clean if something he sees wasn't cleaned well. I couldn't leave him because I am scared.

I have no friends to talk to and I feel embarrassed to tell people of my husbands behavior.

When he said he wants to go to Philippines to live there, I went with him hoping our life would be better but I was wrong. It got worst. don't want to give details what happened in Philippines because that wasn't the concern anymore. you are talking about abuse, tell me if he hasn't abused me or that abuse wasn't extreme.

[Hypnos 6,578]

He sounds like a grade A , but USCIS are not going to just take your word for it. You will need proof of the abuse (medical reports, affidavits from people who personally witnessed it, therapy reports, police reports, etc.).

[katry 1]

You keep mentioning that as the wife of a US citizen you have rights, but you might not even be married to a US citizen anymore.

After 2 years of being separated it is also likely that he moved back to the US and applied for divorce in order to move on, a judge can grant divorce with the other spouse (you) being out of the country and not being able to respond.

Your questions will be better answered by an expert lawyer, not by a DIY website.

He doesn't have money to spend for divorce. Before he left, he asked me for money so he can file divorce. I would love to have him divorced me. I don't have money to give him coz he already took all my money. HE wanted me to sell my property in Philippines and give him half of it. I almost did it. But it's enough. No more.

[san diego 407]

I am not sure I understand the case. You moved back with your husband. What do you need Green Card for??