Hello, please can I request your help as my sister is in a very unfortunate situation and doesn't know what to do. I will be seeking legal advice from a lawyer once my sister is able to open up about the situation as she is unconsolably crying yet. But I don't want it to be too late by then.
In Feb 2012 my sister (a UK citizen) got married to an Indian in India. She sponsored him to the UK. Their relationship has had ups and downs, we all doubted his genuinity in love for my sister. He argued about her money, he wanted her to send all her savings to his parents in India. Asked her to leave her gold with her mother in law for safe keeping. Doesn't pay anything towards household expenditure, sends all his earnings to his parents etc. We all tried to convince my sister he is not right for her. But blinded in love she stayed with him thinking he is good and we misunderstand him. He spent 6 months in India even in between saying he won't return but they worked things out and he came back. They applied for ILR and he got it somehow last year in September time. Now he secretly applied for a canadian visa on his own, got caught by my sister, started giving her lots of verbal abuse, threatening to leave etc. My sister is a very cultured quiet girl, she doesn't share anything but emotionally suffers herself. Now he said he doesn't want to live with her no more.
Question is how do we go about divorce now. My sister is such a nice person she paid for the house deposit and makes all household payments even when they are in his name some bills, and put the house in both their names. She is ashamed what people will think if he leaves her, but she deserves someone who loves her, not tries to leave her once he has his PR. He says they are not compatible, he realised that now after he received ILR. Her in laws have all her gold, and also my parents spent a lot on the wedding as they wanted a shandar (extravagant) affair and had lots of guests.
I want to know how to revoke this marriage so that he is sent back to india as he only got leave to remain here as her spouse, which seems like a trick now. I heard if my sister files for divorce in india she will instead have to pay out to him. Which is unfair as they do not share a relationship and he has stated that he no longer wants one and is very abusive to her, mistreats her badly. It's not right he gets to live in the UK separate to her without divorce as she cannot move on in life then. If she divorces him in England, she won't get her gold back nor will she be able to claim for all the costs taken in the wedding when it was all a hoax on their part. His parents are in on it too. They keep telling him to leave her now, and always badmouth her to everyone.
Will she also get her house too?
Please help or direct me to a solicitor who would be able to help.
Thank you so much,
A worried helpless sister
TKS
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