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Usui Takumi   1,562

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I was randomly reading about a few celebs recently who openly admit they married to get a greencard and then divorced. If you admit fraud like that can't it be revoked?

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I was randomly reading about a few celebs recently who openly admit they married to get a greencard and then divorced. If you admit fraud like that can't it be revoked?

Yes. I was just reading about this a couple of days ago. If I recall, it can be revoked, as well as any other immigration benefit derived from it (like US citizenship) up to five years after it's approved. To be honest, I don't remember if I read this in the INA, CFR, or AFM. I do remember that the citation I read was specifically about misrepresentation.

12/15/2009 - K1 Visa Interview - APPROVED!

12/29/2009 - Married in Oakland, CA!

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English Muffin   59

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I read about that too. In fact, she said that she married him for a GC but she didn't get one through marriage to him in the end, she got it through other means. So no fraud.

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This is actually a good question that I would like an answer to as well. I, too, have heard several cases where people openly proclaimed that they had defrauded the system in order to get a green card for themselves or a friend. I think those who do that should be made to pay, because they are making it so much harder on the people who want to obey the laws. All this fraud does is make for more suspicious interviewers and more stringent policy.

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Cant seem to find any info regarding what other means she used to get her GC...

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01/06/10 - ♥ Got Married ♥

AOS from F-1 visa (2 months 2 1/2 weeks or 82 days)

04/14/10 - Sent AOS Package

04/26/10 - Hardcopy NOAs Received

05/16/10 - Biometrics letter

05/19/12 - Successful Walk-in Biometrics in Dover DE

07/07/10 - Interview Appointment in Philly- July 7 @ 11:05 am APPROVED

07/19/10 - 2 YEAR Green Card received

Removal of Conditions (9 months 1 1/2 weeks or 285 days)

04/08/12 - Eligibility date

04/19/12 - Sent ROC Package

04/26/12 - Hardcopy NOAs Received

05/17/10 - Biometrics letter

05/24/12 - Successful Walk-in Biometrics in Dover DE

01/25/13 - APPROVED- ROC card production ordered

02/05/13 - 10 YEAR Green Card received

Naturalization (5 months 2 days or 155 days)

04/15/13 - Eligibility date

06/07/13 - Sent Package

06/20/13 - Hardcopy NOAs Received

06/27/12 - Successful Walk-in Biometrics in Dover DE

07/05/13 - Interview letter sent/In-line notification

08/14/13 - Interview scheduled in Philly @ 1:30 pm APPROVED

11/07/13 - Oath Ceremony

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I don't know how much it applies to any of these situations, but "marrying for a green card" and "scamming for a green card" are not necessarily the same. My wife and I are people who didn't necessarily feel that we needed to be married, but understand that to get her green card (or, more accurately, for her to be able to carry on with her life and travel, work, etc), we needed to get married. We've been together for 6 years, have no intentions of being apart in the future, but also didn't feel like we needed to make a formal "marriage" commitment to one another to be committed to one another.

We're not scamming for a card, or anything like that, but the law says that for her to file for LPR based on our relationship, we have to be married. So, we are. Marriage didn't change our feelings or commitment to each other (which is a good thing), but it does grant certain privileges. Of course, we don't plan to get into this semantic discussion at the interview!

(our wedding invites (for the public ceremony) have this Lord Byron quote on them: "I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.")

06/18/10 Married

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10/09/10 - Day 58 - EAD (I-765) case visible online, others still not showing up.

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11/09/10 - Day 89 - Email/SMS notice of "Card Production Ordered" (same text, same everything, just a second notice)

11/12/10 - Day 92 - Email/SMS notice of "EAD Approved"

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I don't know how much it applies to any of these situations, but "marrying for a green card" and "scamming for a green card" are not necessarily the same. My wife and I are people who didn't necessarily feel that we needed to be married, but understand that to get her green card (or, more accurately, for her to be able to carry on with her life and travel, work, etc), we needed to get married. We've been together for 6 years, have no intentions of being apart in the future, but also didn't feel like we needed to make a formal "marriage" commitment to one another to be committed to one another.

We're not scamming for a card, or anything like that, but the law says that for her to file for LPR based on our relationship, we have to be married. So, we are. Marriage didn't change our feelings or commitment to each other (which is a good thing), but it does grant certain privileges. Of course, we don't plan to get into this semantic discussion at the interview!

(our wedding invites (for the public ceremony) have this Lord Byron quote on them: "I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.")

I love the way you put it...

Probably via an O visa.

Thanks for the info...

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01/06/10 - ♥ Got Married ♥

AOS from F-1 visa (2 months 2 1/2 weeks or 82 days)

04/14/10 - Sent AOS Package

04/26/10 - Hardcopy NOAs Received

05/16/10 - Biometrics letter

05/19/12 - Successful Walk-in Biometrics in Dover DE

07/07/10 - Interview Appointment in Philly- July 7 @ 11:05 am APPROVED

07/19/10 - 2 YEAR Green Card received

Removal of Conditions (9 months 1 1/2 weeks or 285 days)

04/08/12 - Eligibility date

04/19/12 - Sent ROC Package

04/26/12 - Hardcopy NOAs Received

05/17/10 - Biometrics letter

05/24/12 - Successful Walk-in Biometrics in Dover DE

01/25/13 - APPROVED- ROC card production ordered

02/05/13 - 10 YEAR Green Card received

Naturalization (5 months 2 days or 155 days)

04/15/13 - Eligibility date

06/07/13 - Sent Package

06/20/13 - Hardcopy NOAs Received

06/27/12 - Successful Walk-in Biometrics in Dover DE

07/05/13 - Interview letter sent/In-line notification

08/14/13 - Interview scheduled in Philly @ 1:30 pm APPROVED

11/07/13 - Oath Ceremony

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