Which Nationalities Do You Believe Have High Marriage Fraud Rates? (America, green card)

[thedwightguy]

Originally Posted by stoutboy

India. Bangladesh. Pakistan.

I spent half my life in Vancouver, B.C., (Canada)
Any culture which offers/demands dowries is ripe for fraudulent marriages, and the convenience the new residency passport provides.

Unfortunately for the (husbands) doing this they often do it more than once, which makes the danger they're in larger within their community than the law. There are consequences and we have stories here all the time about those scams.

[BigDGeek]

Originally Posted by IBMMuseum

But a K-3 (and the derivative K-4s) is multiple-entry (and, at least in theory, it can be renewed indefinitely). Get that, and file an I-765 for work-authorization (if needed), and you are set almost the the point of Legal Residency. In fact for some situations it works out even better (say if you are outside the boundaries of the U.S. for more than a year).

Of course once processed for an Immigrant Visa level, you cannot return to a "non-immigrant" status...

Thanks, I know how K visas work.

[jerseygal4u]

I would say Nigerians,since they are known for fraud everywhere basically.



I really don think most of the foreign men and women Americans marry really do it for love anyway.

[IBMMuseum]

Originally Posted by BigDGeek

I don't wish to participate in cross-posting or ascribing things to posters by name when they are not actively participating in the conversation...

I've received at least tacit approval, although I probably won't need to use that method from here...

[BigDGeek]

Originally Posted by IBMMuseum

I've received at least tacit approval, although I probably won't need to use that method from here...

I don't care. I am not comfortable with it so I will not do it.

[Threestep2]

Originally Posted by jerseygal4u

I would say Nigerians,since they are known for fraud everywhere basically.



I really don think most of the foreign men and women Americans marry really do it for love anyway.

Just as Americans wear cowboy hats and live off fast food.

[nikking]

Filipinas have a fairly well deserved bad reputation for this, particularly the ones unde 25, if the men are over 50.

[Conumpen]

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[franklin_mac]

Originally Posted by nikking

Filipinas have a fairly well deserved bad reputation for this, particularly the ones unde 25, if the men are over 50.

That age gap would arouse suspicion no matter what, I'm guessing.

[zilam98]

Originally Posted by franklin_mac

That age gap would arouse suspicion no matter what, I'm guessing.

i agree. even with among citizens themselves, if the age gap is that great, and especially if the woman is really young, something is dubious. so it's not something about just filipinas themselves.