My husband hit me and left the house. He is a GC holder and I am on h1b.
Location: Austin TX
I have a 14 month old daughter. I am an immigrant on h1b work visa and my husband is GC holder. What are my options. I don’t know what to do. I live in Austin TX . My daughter is a US citizen. I don’t have visible marks on my body. I have been preparing for a divorce but I’m nowhere ready. The fight happened because he refused to sponsor GC for me and also something about me not doing dishes last night. It was all verbal but he lost control and hit me in front of my daughter. This is not the environment I want to raise a girl. I don’t want to model this kind of a marriage.
What are my options I don’t want to press charges. But my lawyer told me keeping the police informed or some way to record the incident would help me later in securing child custody , immigration etc.
This is the not the first time he has hit me. This is the 3rd time. I did not press charges before this. I do not have proof of visible marks. I can’t believe am typing this. But when I consulted a law office before she told me to always record incidents and have proof for this
Someone suggested VAWA. That means I have to file a police report for proof. I can do that but that mean he might get deported. Which means he just won’t be a part of the child’s future. He is a good father. Terrible husband but good father. I don’t know if I want to do that. Also if he is out of the country it means I can’t get child support as well. .