Hello.
I've been in this country (USA) since 1991. I was married to
the US citizen for 9 years. It was the worst time of my entire life. I
was abused verbally, physically and emotionally. But somehow I managed
to survive. Because my name was not on the title of the house, my ex
(who suffered/is probably still suffering somewhere there from acute
paranoid schizophrenia) used to throw me out of the house for no reason
at all. I spent several weeks in the shelter for abused women, spent
many nights hiding in the woods... just to be safe.
I received my
green card in 1996 and the same year I applied to the university and was
admitted.
During that time, once in 1997 and once in 1999 I was cought
shoplifting ($75 and $115). I knew this is not me, and I made a
decision in 2000 to totally change my life. I went to the court one day
and started a divorce process. All that I got from that horrible
marriage was $65K in debt. $30K which my ex husband spent while we were
saparated I payed off during the past 3 and 1/2 years. The rest is my
school, which I'm still paying off.
So... I've got the divorce and
then I've met the most wonderful man. Since then I re-married, we have
a beautiful baby boy (who says "hi" and "bye" already) and I am very
happy. FINALLY!!
I had to quit the university. I just coudn't deal
with everything at a same time + trying to learn new things at school.
Last year my husband and I decided to open our own business, which is
slowly, slowly growing. For the past 3 years I've been filing my tax
returns. Besides being the business owner I have a good paying job
(which I plan to quit when the business starts to be more profitable).
My question to whoever reads this and wants to reply is: my green
card expires in September 2005. I am VERY afraid that because of my two
law problems, I will be not only denied the renewal of my green card,
but further more I will be also denied becoming a US citizen. To be
even more honest, I'm very terryfied to filling out the forms for the
green card renewal and the citizenship.
So, this is my "short" story of
my American Life. I get scared thinking, what if the person who will
interview me some day will tell me something like: "We don't here people
who break the US law." and he/she decide to deport me? Gosh, I don't
know anymore. I don't know if it helps, that I've been peying my
business and personal taxes, that our son is a US citizen that starting
this year I give 15% of my monthly earning to the homeless and sick with
cancer children? (I want to give something back, not just take and
pretend that there are no people in need.).
I don't know if those
things show that I am a good person.
Please don't judge me because of
my past. I need some support guys. I want to know that some day my
dream (becoming a US citizen) will come true.
Sorry for a rather long
post and thank you for reading and your responses.
P.S.
Crazy
question, but can I be denided both (extension of my green card and
citizenship) if my financial credit is still on a poor site? I'm really
worried and I just want to make sure there are no obstacles on the way
to my dream.
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