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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 22 Apr 2007 Posts: 2

hi everybody i need your help! my friend met and married russian girl he married her in russia last april with her arrriving in uk in august exactly a year into marriage she walks out on him saying she is going to take him for eveerything she can now i know she is his wife but surely she cant claim half or even make him move out of his house she didnt work in russia altho she claimed to ,so she left russia with nothing and has not worked or even kept house while he at work he had to cook and clean do everything! also she has a 6 yr old boy who my friend thought he had adopted but he hadnt (thankfully) she is here on a 2 yr wife visa can anyone suggest anything to help me any good sites or visa sites? thanks

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:35 am

Self diagnosis and guesswork are very dangerous. Let him go to a good lawyer, fast, for real professional advice.

Good luck. Sadly, a friend of mine was in a similar situation.

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:52 am

^^^^ Lawyer is a must.
I would get him to start some looking up

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2 yr wife visa

I suspect understanding that piece of law might help.

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:36 am

Agree - He must go and see a lawyer very quickly and have the situation and his options explained to him.

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 3:58 pm

If she left the marriage within the two year wife visa period, then she is out of the country at no cost to your friend and no claim on him either.
He must notify the immigrations immiediatly of the marriage breakup and they will put the wheels into action to have her returned to Russia.
She has no claim on your friend, but a lawyer would be advised for dealing with any probs

FRIENDINNEED, if you need more specific info them please PM me Wink

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:12 am

There's some interesting comment on rights of spouse here. In my part of the world there are quite a few stories circulating as to how the new bride has successfully taken the groom to the cleaners. Maybe this varies from continent to continent, or maybe the wife visa has some effect on the equation.
I totally agree with the conscensus of advice. See a lawyer pronto

Not quite a Newb Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Posts: 72

Dark Spirit wrote:

If she left the marriage within the two year wife visa period, then she is out of the country at no cost to your friend and no claim on him either.

I'm sure that isn't true. She's his wife. She would be presumed to have all the rights that come with marriage, but usually those rights don't extend to all the property that the husband owned before the marriage. Now, if she didn't enter into the marriage in good faith, that's an important issue, and can probably be used to good effect, but that's one reason it's important to consult a lawyer.

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He must notify the immigrations immiediatly of the marriage breakup and they will put the wheels into action to have her returned to Russia.

It's true that he should notify immigration immediately, and they will do whatever it is they do in such cases.

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She has no claim on your friend, but a lawyer would be advised for dealing with any probs

She does have claims. The fact that she didn't stay two years may keep her from having a right to stay in the country, but it doesn't nullify the claims she has against the husband. And there might be exceptions to the 2-year rule; in the U.S., some of the ones who entered into the marriage in bad faith make false claims of abuse in order to retain permanent resident status they're not entitled to, and some of the ones who entered into the marriage in good faith make truthful claims of abuse in order to retain permanent resident status they are entitled to.

Also, I believe that in the U.S., if the marriage was entered into in good faith and ended in divorce before 2 years were up, the spouse is entitled to file for permanent resident status. It won't be easy, because the immigration people will be very suspicious, but if the spouse can demonstrate good faith I think she can stay. I think the OP should consult a lawyer, of course, but I recommend www.visajourney.com as a forum where they discuss family based immigration, and can possibly provide information.

Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 3:20 am

Best advice has been give so go to a good lawyer and make sure she doesn't get a penny. I assume the marriage broke up without good reason?

http://agencyscams.com/Horror.html is a good read, she may try to bring false allegations of abuse against him so in future he should meet her with a witness present.

Master Baiter Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 108

I can only agree with the advice "see a lawyer ASAP"....and check that they have knowledge/experience of similar matters.
Please don't rely on anything other than proper professional advice, however well-meant...laws vary greatly from country to country.

Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 8:21 am

Trawler wrote

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I'm sure that isn't true. She's his wife. She would be presumed to have all the rights that come with marriage, but usually those rights don't extend to all the property that the husband owned before the marriage. Now, if she didn't enter into the marriage in good faith, that's an important issue, and can probably be used to good effect, but that's one reason it's important to consult a lawyer.

Not true, if the husband can prove in a court of law that this woman married him with intent to defraud him then, she would not be awarded any rights because of the marriage, her part in the marriage would become a criminal action with intent.
Under British law, intent can be enough for prosecution.
Thats why I advised the friend of the husband to check love scam sites for any reference to his wife prior to the marriage as she may have been involved in love scams before and this marriage was just a step up for her in her criminal career.

Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 11:22 am

I think that's exactly Trawlers point? If this woman entered into the marriage under false pretences in order merely to obtain residence in a different country and the 'protection' of a marriage contract with the 'love of her life' (wake UP you guys!) then there are ways to ascertain these facts and deal with it. She doesn't necessarily get to keep half of everything. But every case is different so go and spend a couple of hundred bucks consulting a lawyer instead if losing a LOT more because you didn't.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 22 Apr 2007 Posts: 2

thanks to everyone for taking time to offer advice. Well she shot herself in the foot getting restraining order out on him as she phoned him a few times for money but he couldnt go near her to give her any, and the lies she told were proved to be untrue by other statements my friend also contacted immigration and told them what she was up to.He was due to go to court tomorrow about who will live in his house BUT she left the uk on friday morning,where she got money for flight we dont know so my friend has come out of this ok but sad as he had grown very attatched to her boy but hopefully he is a lot wiser thanx again everyone who helped

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 3:08 pm

All is well that ends well,, happy for your friend Very Happy

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