I Am A Survivor Of Domestic Violence And I Need Your Help Please?


My husband abused me sexually, financially, mentally, verbally and emotionally. I have known him for 13 years, 3 years ago he came to live with me and we got married 2 years ago. We have a 1.5 year old child together. I was clinically depressed for a while and lost all my confidence and financial identity for a long time. Most of the abuse took place in England, We met each other in Iran, as I was born in Iran and he was an American Citizen born to a family in Iran.
We moved to US last month, and one week after I came to a domestic violence shelter with my baby. They helped me get an order of protection, file for police report, get legal aid assistance for divorce and helped me with counseling. I also have an immigration lawyer here, and at the same time, I have a PhD scholarship in Genetics which starts in one month.
But I am very scared right now because he said he is going to call INS and report me for marriage fraud and then kidnap my baby and take her to Germany where his family lives now. I haven’t got my papers yet, the only thing I have right now is the immigrant visa in my passport which expires in Januray. I have applied for social security but it is still pending.
Is it possible that I get deported?????? also just to say my baby is a US citizen who was born in UK. Thank you for your advice.

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2 Responses to “I Am A Survivor Of Domestic Violence And I Need Your Help Please?”

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    baseball Says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 6:46 am

    I would refer all of these questions to the lawyer and keep a low profile. I would make sure that I stayed close to or inside the shelter doing work for them until the paperwork is straightened out and your lawyer says you can start looking for work. Help them around the shelter in taking care of things and they will help you.

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    Love is the Answer Says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 6:46 am

    Probably not likely, especially if you can prove the abuse. Marriage fraud would be if you married him solely to come here, and then are divorcing him for no reason. This is just another way he is trying to abuse you and gain control. Speak to your lawyer, because if you have an order of protection he shouldn’t even be talking to you.

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