Permanent Resident Misrepresenting Marital History in Foreign Country
What are the penalties for a US permanent resident who returns to their home country and marries someone but lies on their marriage application about having been married and divorced in the US (i.e. claiming to never have been married)? Can it affect their status in the US if they are now applying for citizenship and don't want to register the second marriage in the US? In other words, in their home country they lied about having been married in the US, and now in the US they are not admitting the second marriage happened in their home country.
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Providing false information is grounds for revocation and deportation of a green card.
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How would the US government find out about it, if the permanent resident refuses to register the marriage in the US? I'm just wondering if the foreign national has any way of reporting it so that the US government knows about it.
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Sure. Call ICE.
And believe me - they'll find out.
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Sure. Call ICE.
And believe me - they'll find out.
I am not sure that they would care. I had to read the original thread a couple of times, but this is not a case of bigamy and no violation of US law.
A permanent resident was married and divorced in the US. As a newly single person they married someone else in their home country. The did not register their marriage in the US (which is NOT required, and is not a violation of US law)
The only potentially illegal thing that they did was to not put their prior marriage on their marriage license in the foreign country, but that is not a violation of US law...that is a potential violation of the other country's laws.
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What are the penalties for a US permanent resident who returns to their home country and marries someone but lies on their marriage application about having been married and divorced in the US (i.e. claiming to never have been married)?
If we're talking about somebody who has no conditions on her Green Card, then there's nothing that would stop her from continuing her LPR status following remarriage.
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In other words, in their home country they lied about having been married in the US, and now in the US they are not admitting the second marriage happened in their home country.
As you have been told, whatever misrepresentation may have occurred in the other country is irrelevant to the U.S.
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How would the US government find out about it, if the permanent resident refuses to register the marriage in the US?
You are required to report your marital status and marital history on Form N-400 when you petition for naturalization. It is stupid to lie on that form.
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If you knowingly and willfully falsify or conceal a material fact or submit a false document with this Form N-400, USCIS will deny your Form N-400 and may deny any other immigration benefit. In addition, you may be subject to criminal prosecution and penalties provided by law.