| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 207.2 | easy | PRISM::CICCOLINI | | Wed Feb 11 1987 15:06 | 2 |
| Suggest living in the other person's country or even a third
country as a possibility after the marriage and gauge the reaction.
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| 207.3 | no no | CEODEV::FAULKNER | my sharona | Thu Feb 12 1987 10:19 | 6 |
| I have heard several female employees say that they have been offered
money to marry someone to help them stay in America.
I think the entire business is bad and noone should get involved
in it.
The fed's really frown on it.
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| 207.4 | some silly fed law or something | VINO::RASPUZZI | Michael Raspuzzi | Thu Feb 12 1987 13:09 | 5 |
| I think there is a law somewhere about marrying just to become a
citizen (fr the US). It is something like youhave to live together
for a year after the marriage before you can become a citizen.
Mike
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| 207.5 | You're in trouble already | QUARK::LIONEL | Free advice is worth every cent | Thu Feb 12 1987 14:12 | 19 |
| Pragmatic aspects - the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service)
has recently been cracking down on what it thinks are fraudulent
marriages arranged solely for the purpose of gaining entry to the
U.S. for the foreign-born spouse. They have several guidelines
they go by, and some of these trip up couples who truly did marry
for love. If you're really interested, you could write the INS
and ask.
Personal opinion - if you are in a state where you can harbor such
suspicions about your new-found partner, then your relationship
is already off to a very rocky start. No amount of "testing" is
going to convince you - you'll be constantly looking for evidence
to justify your suspicions, which may end up being a self-fulfilling
prophecy.
My advice is to drop her and look for someone else you can have
DIFFERENT suspicions about - it's lots of fun --- isn't it?
Steve
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| 207.6 | | GOJIRA::PHILPOTT | CSSE/Lang. & Tools, ZK02-1/N71, DTN 381-2525, WRU #338 | Fri Feb 13 1987 17:21 | 16 |
|
Let me invert the problem: I have been living here (in New Hampshire)
for nearly two years now, however I am on a temporary visa (L-1).
On a couple of occasions I have been reluctant to let my feelings towards
a woman be known, because of the fact that I am afraid she will suspect
that all I want from her is a green card.
I know it is probably an irrational reaction, but I am not sure that
it is not a natural one.
re .4: you have to live together for a year after arrival in the US
or marriage (whichever is later) before getting permanent resident status,
not citizenship, I believe.
/. Ian .\
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| 207.7 | BE CAREFUL!!!!! | NRLABS::TATISTCHEFF | | Sat Feb 14 1987 13:32 | 15 |
| I know, you know that already.
For someone to get US citizenship via marriage is a long and hard
process, esp if the "alien" is from a third world country.
When I was in France, I got several "proposals" for "marriage blanc".
A friend had a lover get very insistent about marrying her, then
she finally got him to admit that it was for a green card. She
was hurt awfully badly.
Suggesting to live somewhere other than the US is a _very_ good idea.
My $.02 --
Lee
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| 207.8 | new law | COGITO::RAMACHANDRAN | Ram Ramachandran, CAD/CAM Engr, CADM Group | Mon Feb 23 1987 13:15 | 15 |
|
Immigration and Naturalization Services has recently passed a law
which considers any marriage to a US citizen or Resident Alien
by someone who is neither to be fraudulent to begin with.
In case a marriage does occur, the
spouse is given a temporary green card for a period of two years
and at the end of the 2 year period, the spouse has to prove that
the marriage is still valid, and obtain a permanant green card.
I believe this law came about because of the numerous cases
of fraud marriages. Of course, this law could also be abused
by some parties.
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