Cheating - Any Effect on Citizenship?

[lucyrich 20]

There are many very legitimate marriages where the parties take other lovers; however unconventional it might appear it does not indicate that the alien's primary motivation entering this marriage with the USC was for immigration benefit alone. That is the sole criteria used to determine that the marriage was not bonafide.

See, this is exactly what I wanted to know. You understood what I was saying exactly, and your answer seems very logical.

Yep, that's the heart of the matter. It doesn't matter if the marriage is bad, won't last, etc. What matter is whether or not the marriage was entered for the purpose of obtaining immigration benefits.

A "bona fide" marriage as far as immigration is concerned is one which was not entered for the purpose of immigration benefits. It might have been entered into for the wrong reasons (lust, sex, social status, etc.), and it might not be a marriage that will last long. Either or both parties might be jerks who will cheat on each other, fight, yell at each other, manipulate each other, refuse to do household chores, and be generally mean. But if their reasons for entering the marriage were something other than immigration benefits, it's bona fide from an immigration standpoint.

The couple has the burden of proof, though, and there are all kinds of things that can make an investigating officer suspect the marriage might not have been bona fide. Cheating might be one of the factors that could raise some suspicion or call for further questioning or investigation, depending on the broader circumstances and big picture.

[diadromous mermaid 36]

Infidelity is rarely a sufficient ground to annul a marriage. Furthermore, how do you equate infidelity with fraud?

I am really confused by the poster who sometimes answers his own questions adding more to the confusion. About cheating: If the USC can get the marriage annulled because of a cheating spouse, family courts decide that fraud/cheating did occur and declare the marriage void, then yes I think the green card can be terminated by the CIS. I am not too sure since I read a posting a long time back somewhere on the same lines.

Correct me if I am wrong. Did I understand the posters question?

[Jasman0717 9]

Cheating should be a capital offense

[cherr1980 1]

So did many people consider that women shouldn't vote in past centuries and still many argued through decades if divorce should be legal...something that do not cause a restriction of freedom, a life/death situation or cause a health issue should not consider a punishment as many other factors that you could consider vital. A broken commitment between two parties is just that.

If you want to punish a cheater, then leave him/her.

Cheating should be a capital offense