Reporting Marriage Fraud

[TBoneTX 46,076]

OP, ignore just about everything in this thread after post #6, and do what Darnell recommends in post #4. Good luck.

[Boiler 46,075]

Including presumably Post 16.

[Fan_Dancer 171]

Report him for emotional spousal abuse. Shame on him for treating like that. He should get deported

This type of reporting takes people and attention away from the real cases. Not to mention the fact that it trivialized the idea of abuse.

[bronco37 16]

Not only that you should report him, you also have to. If the USCIS finds out your marriage is for green card, you could be jailed. It is better that you report to USCIS than them found out

I can't stress this enough. This is not romance, it's Immigration law. As a United States Citizen, you are legally bound to report change in relationship to USCIS. It is upto USCIS how they want to tackle your case. But, it is your responsibility to present the facts to them from your side.

Every marriage has challenges and almost every couple wants to work things out. But, when you finally believe that the time has come to throw the towel, you must throw it and inform USCIS that you have thrown it and the reason behind throwing it.

As a US Citizen, you have very few rights compared to the immigrant you are sponsoring. So, act now before it is too late.

[Ihavequestions 419]

I'm sorry, but your story makes no sense.

He told you he wanted a green card. You married him. You kept your marriage a secret from your family and the friends you say you didn't have, and told your co-workers that you didn't have for four months, but moved away after three months to study, that he was a roommate.

He slept on the couch and lived like a single man. Your marriage was never consummated.

But now, suddenly, when it's time for him to adjust his status, you're a victim of marriage fraud - but not at any time before.

How?

[stevensane 10]

I'm sorry, but your story makes no sense.

He told you he wanted a green card. You married him. You kept your marriage a secret from your family and the friends you say you didn't have, and told your co-workers that you didn't have for four months, but moved away after three months to study, that he was a roommate.

He slept on the couch and lived like a single man. Your marriage was never consummated.

But now, suddenly, when it's time for him to adjust his status, you're a victim of marriage fraud - but not at any time before.

How?

He married her under false pretenses and got to stay in the US on the basis of a fraudulent marriage, which according to her she believed was genuine. It was marriage fraud since the very start, she is just reporting it now.

[SingleDad2usc 71]

But of course the culpability is shared. Not only that, Ukrainian flag is thrown into the mix for potency (and entertainment?) "I myself am of Indian descent"...

There are many similar topics. Not only children (god forbid) are not contemplated, there is no real sex drive either. Empirical observation could be that the US is getting closer to modern Japan's demographic dilemma. If marriages do occur - it's merely for emotional or spiritual reasons. Then this marriage was bona-fide, the attacks on participants are unwarranted, and any further report would be frivolous - as pointed out 3 posts above

[Boiler 46,075]

https://www.baycitizen.org/news/educ...uition-heaven/

People marry for all sorts of reasons, here it is to save considerable out of state tuition fees.

[SingleDad2usc 71]

That a Boiler!

And then: what is consummated? As the most popular outgoing US president famously quipped (under oath, no less): "it depends on what is IS!" Same-sex marriage: no problem. Define consummated: even the President facing two hundred million citizens on live television, was far from sure what constituted sex

[SA.Barnum 0]

Hi Everyone,

I'm an American-born 29-year-old woman that has been the victim of marriage fraud. I met my foreign national husband in August 2011. He seemed really shy and polite and I almost instantly fell in love with him. I met him during a period of my life when things were not going well for me - I was having trouble finding employment in the economy and all my friends had gotten married or moved away from the city in which I lived. As a result, I was really lonely and suffered from really low self esteem, although I did not realize it at the time.

.......

After seeing a therapist, I realized that he was what they call "gaslighting" me into complying with him and sticking around to sponsor him for green card. The marriage was never consummated. He had always slept in the front room. Looking back, I can't believe I allowed myself to be strung along for almost 2 years this way so that he could stay in the US.

I would really like to report this to USCIS, but we have been married for 2 years now, but only 10 months of those 2 years were spent living together as basically "roommates." My family and friends are not aware of the marriage because I was embarrassed of his public treatment of me. He had scared me into not feeling comfortable divorcing him. We are currently in the middle of the 90-day window and I don't know what to do. I'm currently in medical school and I really do not want to complicate my life further if reporting the fraudulant marriage at this time would bring legal action against me as well.

I wish I can give you a hug. I am also of Indian descent and had a traditional arranged marriage with someone who my family thought was great and ended up he was marrying for Green Card.

Look into getting an Annulment based on fraud, i.e. he misrepresented himself, only wanted GC, plus it is to your advantage that the marriage was never consummated.

I think God gives us these trials so we will appreciate the good gifts that are ahead of us .......

And please write a letter to USCIS and NVC to withdraw your affidavit of support for this guy because he married based on fraud.

Edited July 13, 2014 by SA.Barnum

[seaguliable 6]

If you live in a no fault state you just file ....you don't need him .After two years of marriage most ,a huge percentage of green-card holders go bye bye see ya later and are off to greener pastures sending money home to their family's kids and "non registered traditional wives" or husbands ...most third world countries are so poverty stricken or in such political turmoil usa is a haven and your loneliness is their golden opportunity to plunder ...I wish I would known this like all other victims it is not your fault it's education of the public to the system and how international marriage to a foreigner works . Marriage is never easy and yes lots fail locally and women do get scammed locally , but don't let people hang you because you should have been more prudent and known better ..Love don't work that wAy and because you fell for a sweet line doesn't mean you deserve this treatment ....and please know fraud is a crime with victims ,just like any other crime

[verysadguy 170]

flesh out your narrative, putting it on paper, amass whatever evidence you can,

then go into a local USCIS office via an infopass appointment [see https://infopass.uscis.gov]

and then once there, ask to speak with the FDNS officer. Be prepared to wait a bit. Then tell the FDNS officer you want to start a casefile for Immigration Fraud, and ask the FDNS officer to read your narrative, examine your evidence, and ask for opinion on whether or not what you have would be sufficient to start a fraud investigation.

If the answer is yes - great !

A cautionary word on this. I followed all these steps. I never ever received a case number. I did get one letter from ICE that said it would be investigated, and that I would receive no further information as that is "customary" with law enforcement investigations. I also had the word of a Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent that my evidence would be adjudicated at the highest level. FDNS I was told are among the most reclusive agents in USCIS. Good luck as your story is costly both financially and emotionally. You got scammed. Chalk up another one for the cheaters.

Meanwhile, my fraudster ex continues after 3 years to enjoy the fruits of freedom. Ain't America great?

Oh, and another HSI SA was kind enough to tell me on the phone that I was "cleared" of human trafficking charges. I could only have been investigated for such claims based on fraudulent statements from my ex. Is it ok to falsely allege human trafficking? Apparently it is.

[tuckin14 58]

I have sympathy for the OP.

My situation wasn't identical; I had a real relationship with my wife before marriage, but the last time she said "I love you" was several months before our (somewhat impulsive) wedding as was the last time we slept together. She avoided living with me at all costs (staying in her home country until she thought I would be working overseas). I told my parents about our marriage the day we got married but after my wife's violently negative reaction to that I stopped telling people. (I told my boss to explain my sudden decision to take a long weekend but told her not to tell anyone at the office.)

But if you love someone, you may hope they will change. You live on emotional crumbs. My wife's pet names for me were "moron," "retard," and worse. I lived for that big smile and giggle that would be brought on by three separate markdown tags on a skirt at Macy's.

Love is not marriage fraud. It may enable an unscrupulous spouse but it's not fraud in and of itself. The OP said she was in love with her husband, and also said his behavior changed as soon as they got married. So he found her at vulnerable point in her life, charmed her, and she fell in love with him. Is it so unnatural to remember and want to relive the "good times" and hope against hope that the future you thought existed, still exists?

It seems pretty natural to me.