Shouldn't Immigration Check These Things?

[hoping4happiness 1]

I was browsing around online, and I kept finding all these stories in other forums about how an American woman brought her man to the USA under a fiance/marriage visa... And then later found out that he had another wife back home.

What?? How is that possible? Doesn't immigration check him out before he comes here?

[i see you 0]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm really? I can't believe it! they will ask the cenomar so that they will know that the applicant is really single....

[jkelly07 120]

if he said he was never married before, never sent divorce papers, then he lied, misrepentition on the form ,he had to sign a letter of intent free to marry,

[hoping4happiness 1]

I wonder if those stories are fake... Because it seems like that's the first thing they would check when they are trying to determine if a relationship is real or not.

But then again... What about eastern countries? Some of them legally allow more than one wife. And if he were married to someone else, his other marriage would not be recognized by the USA, because his first wife is not American, and the marriage didn't happen here. Of course the USA does not legally allow polygamy... But since the USA doesn't recognize the first marriage, how could it be illegal? And since his country allows it, then technically, he is "free to marry" by his own country's standards.

So... Does that mean he is within the law?

Edited September 14, 2011 by hoping4happiness

[M in CA 9]

The USA has no vital statistics re: marriage records.

In California you can marry in one county, and none of the other counties know you were ever married. A dishonest person could marry 58 times and nobody would ever know.

If the United States has no centralized vital statistics or "Person Registry" than how can we expect immigration to check a beneficiary's status other than what is stated on the forms?

[Egypt's Heart 6]

The USA has no vital statistics re: marriage records.

In California you can marry in one county, and none of the other counties know you were ever married. A dishonest person could marry 58 times and nobody would ever know.

If the United States has no centralized vital statistics or "Person Registry" than how can we expect immigration to check a beneficiary's status other than what is stated on the forms?

Sadly, some of those stories are true, I know a lady , it happened to her.

Like as mentioned, the USA don't have any true way of checking, so how would the embassy or USCIS check overseas on the beneficiary. That's why it is so important to know who you are marrying, know their family, friends.