The consular clerk clears his throat and goes through the papers with visible boredom.
“So, Mr. Capla, here we are again. Seventeenth time, I think? Yes, seventeenth. How sad, indeed, that your marriages never seem to last happily ever after. Also, your stories have a notorious property of holding less and less water each time.”
“Miss Chang and I are truly in love, I swear by all that is holy.”
I’d be surprised if fake marriages turned out to be the most cost-effective way to help poor people immigrate to the US, even if you want to focus on refugees specifically.
Time, legal risk, reputation. The opportunity cost is lower if you were going to marry a random/non-specific person anyway, but I’m assuming you’re asking about a sham marriage that you’re going to end later.
Reputation: Actually, I think going above and beyond for a stranger in need is pretty strong signalling of my Altruism, especially among the communities I walk through.
Legal risk: This is what I want to hear about. What legal risks?
I’m assuming you’re asking about a sham marriage that you’re going to end later.
Maybe, but I don’t see any particular reason to get a divorce except 1) the refugee in question wants to marry someone else or 2) so I can go marry another refugee.
It looks like marrying specifically for US residency purposes is illegal. This report gives the impression that only a tiny fraction of people actually get prosecuted. You’ll have to convincingly lie to a consul and likely undergo some investigation (see e.g. here).
If I want to marry refugees that need visas to the US as an act of Altruism, is there a place where I can find and contact such refugees?
Is there anything I should know that?
The consular clerk clears his throat and goes through the papers with visible boredom.
“So, Mr. Capla, here we are again. Seventeenth time, I think? Yes, seventeenth. How sad, indeed, that your marriages never seem to last happily ever after. Also, your stories have a notorious property of holding less and less water each time.”
“Miss Chang and I are truly in love, I swear by all that is holy.”
“You don’t say. Go ahead. Surprise me.”
I’d be surprised if fake marriages turned out to be the most cost-effective way to help poor people immigrate to the US, even if you want to focus on refugees specifically.
Why? What’s a marriage cost?
Time, legal risk, reputation. The opportunity cost is lower if you were going to marry a random/non-specific person anyway, but I’m assuming you’re asking about a sham marriage that you’re going to end later.
Time: sure.
Reputation: Actually, I think going above and beyond for a stranger in need is pretty strong signalling of my Altruism, especially among the communities I walk through.
Legal risk: This is what I want to hear about. What legal risks?
Maybe, but I don’t see any particular reason to get a divorce except 1) the refugee in question wants to marry someone else or 2) so I can go marry another refugee.
It looks like marrying specifically for US residency purposes is illegal. This report gives the impression that only a tiny fraction of people actually get prosecuted. You’ll have to convincingly lie to a consul and likely undergo some investigation (see e.g. here).
Thanks. Anywhere else where I can get relevant information?
I found the links by googling “green card marriage”.