How do I convince my American wife to move to England?
Oct 3rd 2011, 3:12 pm
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Re: How do I convince my American wife to move to England?
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Oct 3rd 2011, 4:04 pm
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Re: How do I convince my American wife to move to England?
Oct 3rd 2011, 4:18 pm
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Re: How do I convince my American wife to move to England?
BTW, it also matches the no I gave you in your question Do you need a sponsor to obtain a green card? over in the US marriage forums.
Oct 3rd 2011, 4:49 pm
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Re: How do I convince my American wife to move to England?
The catch is if I was to tell how how she hit me, how she threw hot tea at me and all the other stuff I wouldn't want her to get prosecuted. If she was told to get on a spousal abuse management course or something, now that would be a blessing.
Oct 3rd 2011, 5:21 pm
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Re: How do I convince my American wife to move to England?
You need to formulate a plan and work on it:
You both leave for the UK -- seems unlikely from what you've written.
You leave for the UK -- you're certainly unlikely to be seeing your kids in the US for the next decade. And it doesn't sound like she'll be popping them on a plane to visit you in the UK.
You stay in the US together, you remain undocumented and accept her abuse -- it's going to end with one or both of you going to jail and/or you being deported.
You stay in the US and she has a brain fart and suddenly supports and works on regularising your status -- while you're there put a thousand bucks on a single number on a roulette wheel because it's more likely to be successful than this plan.
You leave her and make a life for yourself and kids in the US using a VAWA petition to gain your residency -- iffy but possible.
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Oct 3rd 2011, 5:57 pm
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Re: How do I convince my American wife to move to England?
Time to stop being a victim, Joe. Until you stand up for yourself this will not only continue but get worse. Read what I said about boundaries. You need to establish yours and do what is necessary to put a stop to this.
