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2 weeks after 2 years of marriage she mentions maybe we should divorce. USCIS messed up her name on her temporary conditional greencard and it reset the date to get the permanent greencard by a year, so we were already seperated by the time the two year window came to adjust her status. Bought a second car, taught her to drive and get a job at Walmart and she was gone in 5 months. I refused to sign for her permanent greencard so she claimed domestic violence to get a waiver and I'm 4000 miles away. The incident she claimed, had happened 4 months earlier when SHE assaulted me in my sleep and after 2 years of her throwing stuff at me every 3-6 months I rolled her over and swatted her butt 4x. No criminal charges but civil case. ICE was about to arrest her for illegally working the past 9 months but she went and got another temporary restraining order and filed for the waiver since she missed the 90 day window on the last one. Outrageous despicable wh*re.
She is psychotic doing everything she could in a two week period trying to get me to hit her. She got off the pill and got pregnant and luckily miscarried. Hit me in the head with a dictionary from behind so hard my ears started ringing and have a jet engine ringing in my brain for 18 months now with a moderate loss of hearing in one ear.

 

Thx for the hard hit story. At least not many pinays are like your ex wife.

 

There are more than you think. All the Filipina's here that she met were bad. It's hard to spot lying sociopaths. They are good actors.

 

I was advised by my Land Attorney that I (Foreigner) CAN legally own Land here in the Philippines, however in reading further, I must either eventually sell that land to collect the money or pass it on to our Daughter by way of inheritence...

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Question: If you married your spouse in a civil wedding in the Philippines and brought them to the USA on a spouse visa, lived semi-happily married for 12 years, until you find out that she's been cheating on you and then get a divorce. What steps do you have to take at that point, to get your divorce recognized in the Philippines, if you've found someone else? Do I need to first take the divorce decree to the Philippine Embassy here in the USA? And, Do I have to take it to the municipality that we got married? Can I take care of it all in Manila while I'm there, and do I need to pay a Philippine lawyer to file it? Thanks for your time and patience on this.

 

Afaik you have to divorce in the foreign country. Then you have to give the divorce decree to the philippine embassy of the foreign country.
If you live in the Philippines with a 13a visa you have to change to a different residential visa like an SRRV visa. That can be a big hassle if you don't have lots of money available. Probably you can get away from that if you already own a condo.

 

Thanks Dr. Shiva. I need to learn as much about all of this. I still live in the USA and have no immediate plans to move to the Philippines, however, I am visiting there soon. Unfortunately, I don't think my divorce decree will be ready in time when I go, which means I will probably have to make a second trip eventually. I kind of have a feeling that given the way things often move when it comes to Philippine government, this process is going to take a while. Once I have filed it in the Phil embassy in the USA, Is it a recommendation to get a Philippine lawyer, or is it a (requirement?) in order to get the court recognition process? I can be thorough and research and dot all the i's and cross the t's myself if that's all I need a lawyer for. I've had to do nearly everything pro se that I've ever had to file in courts before, so I'm not afraid to do that. But my intent is to research the heck out of this thing, and file as much of it on my own as possible. Thanks!

 

Now, on the flip side, the Filipina scammer marries in the US and divorces husband and previously gave a copy of the marriage certificate to the Philippine embassy in the US. We will still be married in the Philippines. If she remarries or has someone's baby. I can get her for bigamy or adultery, right? How about economic abuse? This b**ch has broke me here getting a free attorney and claiming domestic violence in civil court, not criminal. I'm trying to get her prosecuted for lying on her visa application or deported at the very least.