Really need some help! please!!!

[caddyman]

currently have a charge of Burglary 1st that was amended to an assault 4 misdemeanor with 2 years probation. I am done with probation and everything is good, except what I am worried about is after the incident my mother in law talked my ex wife into getting a domestic violence order (DVO) on me which was unnecessary. This makes it looks as if I was an abusive husband. I have never even hit a woman before. The assault charge is from tossing a glass of water at my mother in law when she lunged at me during an argument with my wife at her home. (which i had to take anger management courses for)

Is this incident going to make it impossible to marry a woman from the philippines? even if she knows about it? please let me know. I am really scared that I wont be able to marry the woman I am in love with!!! Technically I have no felonies at all, even though my background check will say "burglary 1st amended"... The other obstacle is thT i have a DUI on my record, but no probation violations. PLEASE HELP !!!!

[jgoulding]

What's your immigration status? Criminal convictions have immigration consequences. (Two years of probation plus dismissal is almost certainly going to be a conviction for immigration purposes.) If you are a U.S. citizen, you should be able to marry who you like and bring them over on a k-1 or k-3. If you aren't a u.s.c., you may have your own immigration problems not to mention that there's a seven year wait for legal permanent residents to sponsor their spouses (from the Phillipines). If this is the case, you may wish to find out if your convictions could subject you to deportation before exposing yourself to USCIS by sponsoring someone for an immigration benefit.

Good luck!

Jonathan

[caddyman]

I am a US Citizen. i just wanted to make sure my past history wont affect me sponsoring my fiancee (hopefully) to come live with me in the United States... should I have any problems??

[jgoulding]

Nope. Off the top of my head, the only criminal problems of a u.s.c. sponsor that would affect this type of situation are those relating to immigration fraud.

Jonathan