Marriage Fraud

[sebkos 0]

Hi,

I have some questions regarding investigations on marriage fraud, the uscis etc..

A friend of mine told me, that one sister of him married a few weeks ago an American citizen. She's from West Africa, her husband originally also comes from the same country.

He was given money from other relatives of the girl who also live in the US to marry her.

After this man received the money, he went to Africa to marry her and brought her a few weeks ago to the US on a fiancee-visa.

But:

- The girl is more than 30 years younger than her husband

- She doesn't know anything of him except of his name. She even doesn't exactly know when he was born.

- The man also doesn't have proof of a bona fide marriage except of maybe a shared bank account etc.

- Before this man already married twice a girl from Africa for money.

In a few days they have to go to the Immigration office. But as I was told the man seems to be very relaxed. I am wondering about this. I don't know your Immigration law well because I don't live in the US, but regarding the fact that he did it already twice before, it seems not too difficult to dod marriage fraud without being captured.

Is the USCIS staff really so overworked that they don't do any investigations anymore? In this case it would be so easy to detect the marriage fraud. Also they don't take any efforts to "learn" something about the other person in case they are asked questions.

Can anyone tell me in how many % of the cases investigations on marriage fraud are started and how is the risk that they are asked for an interview with the fraud unit? I always tell my friend that it is not so easy to get a Green Card, but he always says that they never investigate.... Is it true??

Bye Paul

[Carlawarla 1]

Some of this doesn't add up. If he applied (and was paid for his "services") to bring this lady over on a fiance's visa, then going to marry her during this process would have nulled the process since they're married. After marrying her, it wouldn't take 2 weeks to bring her over. The process is MUCH longer than that. Whether a K-1, K-3 visa....the beneficiary is interviewed. Given she knows little if any information about the USC, then I highly doubt she'd be able to answer any questions at the interview. Maybe they married earlier, and she just know entered the country having already gone through the visa process, which means she WAS interviewed? I have no idea how she answered questions. What immigration interview are they now going to? The AOS interview? Again, with her not having much information about him, I don't know how well they'd do on the interview. What do you mean he has no proof of a bona fide marriage? Are the marriage papers false? Does he not have a marriage certificate? He won't get far into the AOS process without it!

The problem with asking questions here, based on what someone told you, is that usually you don't have all the information.

If marriage fraud is being committed, then hopefully he will be caught!

There are various ILLEGAL ways of going about immigration, but HERE, on this website, we don't advocate ANY illegal ways!

Your "friends" information that there is no investigations is FALSE. If so, there would be no such thing as requesting further information, the actual visa interview, the loads of paperwork, and the AP process.

[TracyTN 237]

If you truly suspect immigration fraud, use the link at the bottom of the page to email ICE.

[sebkos 0]

Hi,

he married her one month ago in Africa. But because of he (or her family) wanted to bring her to America very fast, they went on a fiancee visa to the US.

She was not interviewed in the embassy of her country of origin. But she had the impression that her husband knew many people in the embassy.

In a few days I think she goes to the immigration office just to fill some applications. She was just told by the man that they are going to have an interview maybe in a few weeks (but obviously nothing serious).

When I said that they don't have a proof ov bona fide marriage I thought of pictures of the wedding, letters, .......

But of course they have a marriage certificate.

I would like to get more information about the process.

Is a fraud interview the same like the aos interview? Which person decides at what time that a marriage should be investigated or that a fraud interview should take place?

And how long does it take until an immigrant has its aos interview after arrived at the United States?

By the way, I ask here because I discuss with my friend about this. I don't know the girl and have no contact to her.

But I will definitively not phone somewhere to say that there is a marriage fraud....

[Toshtishtash 1]

This doesn't add up at all...

he married her one month ago in Africa. But because of he (or her family) wanted to bring her to America very fast, they went on a fiancee visa to the US.

That can't be done! It's impossible!

[pushbrk 13,073]

This doesn't add up at all...

he married her one month ago in Africa. But because of he (or her family) wanted to bring her to America very fast, they went on a fiancee visa to the US.

That can't be done! It's impossible!

Yes, something is missing or wrong in the story.

Why are you asking about this?

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Sounds like an old wives tale to me. there is no way that "knowing people in the Embassy" will waive a visa interview . This is either a bad, bad joke; or a very good con artist.

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

Something fishy going on with this story.

Can't get married in Africa and then come over to the states on a K1. Impossible.

[*julez* 124]

The OP joined today, provided a very sketchy story with numerous contradictory details and has since bailed.

Dare I query:

TROLL?

[Zee Bee 61]

This doesn't add up at all...

he married her one month ago in Africa. But because of he (or her family) wanted to bring her to America very fast, they went on a fiancee visa to the US.

That can't be done! It's impossible!

If knowing people at the embassy was all it took, my fiance would be here by now

I am with Julez on this one.

Edited February 26, 2008 by ZeeNusah

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

T to the roll. I hear you Julez

[*JG* 2]

Way too many contradictions in the story. Can't possibly be true.