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I divorced my American wife and I live in another country. About 5 years ago, I married my ex wife who is an American citizen in the US. We sent our i-130 application while she was living in the US and I was in my country because I didn't want to be an illegal immigrant and I left the US before 90 days were passed. Then they denied our first i-130 application because they asked us to show them a joint bank account in a week but we couldn't do it because we were in different countries.
So I asked her to come to my country and we lived together here for a couple of years and then our i-130 was APPROVED at the US embassy here this time when we re-submitted it. But after the i-130 got approved, I decided to divorce her and GIVE UP my IR-1 visa application because she was getting very abusive and had threatened me with the IR-1 application when I didn't do or buy what she wanted. I couldn't handle it anymore. I worked hard and I really loved her but it felt like she was treating me like her slave or using me.
So we get divorced and she left this country after just the i-130 got approved and the IR-1 application has been just abandoned for almost a year.
So it has been a while but I feel like I want to TRAVEL to the US for vacation. I want to know if I can safely enter the US on ESTA after experiencing all these things. I have never over-stayed in the US or have a criminal record. It is just the i-130 that was rejected a few years ago but that was just a PETITION, not an actual visa. And that eventually got approved last year when I re-submitted with my ex.
Technically, it looks like it is legal for me to travel to the US and there is no ban. But I heard that if you have ever applied for an immigration status, they will still assume that you will try to live in the US when you try to enter the US as a visitor status although that is not really what you want to do.
So I asked her to come to my country and we lived together here for a couple of years and then our i-130 was APPROVED at the US embassy here this time when we re-submitted it. But after the i-130 got approved, I decided to divorce her and GIVE UP my IR-1 visa application because she was getting very abusive and had threatened me with the IR-1 application when I didn't do or buy what she wanted. I couldn't handle it anymore. I worked hard and I really loved her but it felt like she was treating me like her slave or using me.
So we get divorced and she left this country after just the i-130 got approved and the IR-1 application has been just abandoned for almost a year.
So it has been a while but I feel like I want to TRAVEL to the US for vacation. I want to know if I can safely enter the US on ESTA after experiencing all these things. I have never over-stayed in the US or have a criminal record. It is just the i-130 that was rejected a few years ago but that was just a PETITION, not an actual visa. And that eventually got approved last year when I re-submitted with my ex.
Technically, it looks like it is legal for me to travel to the US and there is no ban. But I heard that if you have ever applied for an immigration status, they will still assume that you will try to live in the US when you try to enter the US as a visitor status although that is not really what you want to do.
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