Is it bigemy in US?

[Moe3388 1]

I am legally married to my first wife in the US. I obtained my permanent residency through my marriage to her. We are not divorced. I married another woman two years ago in my home country.  I applied for USC. 

Here are my questions:

1. Is it still bigemy in the US since my US marriage is the legal one and the second is not recognized 

2. Will USCIS find out about my second marriage

3. If my wife here in the US reported my second marriage but has no evidence how seriously will USCIS take it? 

[aleful 1,905]

yes,

 

you have to be legally divorced to marry someone else, so yes you are a bigamist, you have to be truthful, you have to disclose all your marriages and all your divorces. you can't file for her since you aren't divorced you will need to divorce both of them and remarry your second wife.

 

plus you have already lied on your application for citizenship, at the interview you will be swearing that what you disclosed on your application is the truth, you have already lied because you haven't disclosed about all your marriages and divorces

 

 

[bowens44 214]

1. yes 

2.yes

3. very

[Alabamak1 688]

that is fraud to gain immigration benefits under false statements. if and when USCIS knows about it, they could/will terminate your LPR status and/or citizenship also depending on your status. Once your citizenship is terminated, you will not have grounds to be here at all

[Roel 7,192]

29 minutes ago, Moe3388 said:

I am legally married to my first wife in the US. I obtained my permanent residency through my marriage to her. We are not divorced. I married another woman two years ago in my home country.  I applied for USC. 

Here are my questions:

1. Is it still bigemy in the US since my US marriage is the legal one and the second is not recognized 

Yea. 

29 minutes ago, Moe3388 said:

2. Will USCIS find out about my second marriage

Yes. 

29 minutes ago, Moe3388 said:

3. If my wife here in the US reported my second marriage but has no evidence how seriously will USCIS take it? 

Your second wife isn't your wife btw. Your second marriage isn't valid since you got married while not being divorced to lady nr.1. 

 

The petition for your second "wife" will be denied since your marriage is not valid. 

 

Your naturalization petition will also be denied.  

[Unlockable 7,314]

• Yes it is bigamy. Of course it is.
• Yes USCIS will find out. Why do you think it takes so long to do background checks?
• Your wife don’t have to Report your marriage. USCIS already knows about it. That is how you got your green card. They have marriage dates and all. This is a HUGE problem you are attempting. 

Best you rescind you application for the second wife. It is NOT gonna happen. You have to get divorced first, then remarry the other woman in your home country.

[JFH 12,190]

Why on earth would you marry someone whilst still married to

someone else? Divorce is so easy in the USA - you can even have a “no fault” divorce (something that doesn’t exist in the U.K., for example). 

 

At what point did your plan seem like a great idea and what did you hope to achieve from it? 

Edited April 29, 2018 by JFH

[Boiler 45,557]

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

[TNJ17 1,329]

Your marriage to the second wife isn’t legal because you were not divorced from your first wife. In order to marry your second “wife”, you must legally divorce your first wife then marry again. Again for like the millionth time, if you’re married somewhere you’re married everywhere. There’s no “I didn’t marry in the US so it’s not legal” thing. A marriage is legal EVERYWHERE. And yes being married to more than one person makes you a bigamist. 

[Crazy Cat 41,898]

5 hours ago, Moe3388 said:

I am legally married to my first wife in the US. I obtained my permanent residency through my marriage to her. We are not divorced. I married another woman two years ago in my home country.  I applied for USC. 

Here are my questions:

1. Is it still bigemy in the US since my US marriage is the legal one and the second is not recognized 

2. Will USCIS find out about my second marriage

3. If my wife here in the US reported my second marriage but has no evidence how seriously will USCIS take it? 

Wow!   You have dug yourself a deep hole here.  It might be time to consult a very good immigration attorney if you want to salvage your LPR status.

[JFH 12,190]

I also think it's cruel to the first wife. He should do the decent thing and divorce her so she is free of him and can be with someone who loves her. 

[Unidentified 2,930]

Does your first wife know about this other woman? Since you seem worried she's going to tattle on you for something USCIS will find out themselves. 

[bakphx1 789]

You actually need to divorce wife #1 and annul the second marriage and marry her again if you want to petition for her.  Be prepared for a long interview. 

[Ivy. 113]

Yes, yes and very. 

 

Sorry. 

[mrmvkjts 459]

wowza!

I don’t even know what to say!

 

YES, they will find out,

YES, your naturalization petition will most likely be denied since you LIED and you can not petition your other “wife” which is not your wife because you are still married to your actual US wife...

 

So I don’t know what you had in mind but this......”not so smart” idea (is very bad)

Why would somebody in their right mind do this!

 

Get yourself an attorney if u wanna stay a LPR

just my opinion!

 

Oh and also...does your real(first) wife know about all this?

Edited April 29, 2018 by Penguin_ie
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