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  • 01-05-2008, 12:02 AM
    tmmo58
    Marrying an Immigrant With No Status
    I really dont know anything about this. I just met this wonderful girl several months ago she was 17 and I was 19. As of now she is 18 and I am 20. The girl is from peru and has lived here with her family for more than 10 years. 1 month after she turned 18 her parents received their citizenship. However she is not a citizen. Her parents want me to marry her and I do not necessiarily have a problem with this. She wants to go to college which I think if she were a citizen it would be less difficult for her to do. If I were to marry her is there any thing wrong with this? Would she be able to get her citizenship? What would the INS ask us? Do we need to live together? Do we need same bank accounts? Like I said I've only known her 6 months. We haven't been romatically invovled for a little longer than a month. Is there anything I have to prove to Immigration. If i am an american born citizen why would there be anything to prove to anyone. I should be able to get married to whom ever I want how I want and when I want and as often as I want. Not that the latter would actualy occur but. Just more curious as to the risks im taking by doing this.
  • 01-07-2008, 07:58 AM
    mmadsen55
    Re: Marrying an Immigrant With No Status
    The ICE approaches these cases as if the marriage is fraudulent, (BECAUSE there really are a TON of them that are fraudlent) and you will have to prove that it is legit. Proof are things like mortgages together, (or Leases), joint bank accounts, joint ownership of assets (Vehicles). Bills in both names,...photos, cards....letters...
    You will also have to sign an affidavit of support, showing that you are capable of supporting her, and also gaurenteeing that you will support her, no matter what your relationship becomes.
    The process is very expensive, cumbersome and takes a lot work. So not only would you be taking a chance at committing fraud, because of the difficulty and legal risks, I definately would not recommend it unless you are truely in love.

    HOWEVER, Your first sentence indicates her parents are US Citizens??? That is the most obvious way to go about this. Unmarried child under 21 of a US citizen do not have to wait for a visa number to become available to start the process. See the quote below and also the link to the website about immigration through a family memember.
    All she would have to prove is that she IS related. IF there is a concern about the parents meeting the criteria for affidavit of support, they can get a co-sponsor. You could help out that way, only taking a financial risk, not a legal one.



    ""The immediate relatives of U.S. citizens, which includes parents, spouses and unmarried children under the age of 21, do not have to wait for an immigrant visa number to become available once the visa petition filed for them is approved by USCIS""



    http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/usc...0045f3d6a1RCRD
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