We had so many suspicious looking fact but interviewer just didnt care. alla botu chemistry when they meet you!!!

[Moomin 292]

False claim to being a US citizen migth not have been caught now. There's no limitation to revoking your greencard (or US citizenship in the long run). You have a long road ahead of you. If someone at USCIS decides to research when it's time to ROC, citizenship or reneweing greencard and find that you have claimed to be a US citizen by using a US citizen's SSN, that will revoke your status.

Congratulations on your approval and good luck with ROC.

[SweetieOne 41]

This is just sad really. Its cases like,this that ruin it for good real couples, down the road. As I read it over and over, I started to wonder it this person is for real or seeking some drama on this site or perhaps my us of a has failed yet again. If it is real,.this will come back to bite someone

[FinallyDone:) 10]

I was very surprised how EASY this was. Despite us not looking great on paper. when they saw us we dont LOOK convential and so he understoof when he saw us!

- I visited 15 times in the last 3 years. Never overstayed, but overstayed the last time i entered during the time i was filing.

- i'm from London but am 13 YEARS younger then my husband. not even asked about this. Married for 13 months yet i've never met his mother, just breifly met his father, he seemed to understand that this was just how we were. never even asked us further why not.

- We are of different races, never even bought up. Him african american me pakistani (but i have this crazy curly hair often mistaken for a fro) so even if on paper you look like a weird matach it's all abotu how u look IN PERSON. i don't look 23 and he doesn't look 36.

- Only knew each other for 6 months before marriage, never even asked about that. I got married, left for london, re-entered 2months later as a tourist on a visa waver, stayed, then filed, never asked about it either. the guy was abour 26, asian or indonisian or mixed. Really cute guy with a happy energy. He jsut saw our chemistry and you cant really fake that i guess.

- Also i worked illeagly with a made up social secuitry for 6 months, and i even admitted so on the paperwork, AND WAS NEVER ASKED ABOUT IT!

Literally asked him how to spell my name, where i worked, how long we had known each other, how many times i visited, if i met his parent or him mine, asked him what my mums name was.

AND THATS IT!!!!!! was sooooo easy, maybe bcause we weren't stressed and didnt take the the whole 'proove you are real' thing seriosuly. My lawyer was inthe room however and she later told us she had sat through many interview and he recognised her.

as soon as he came in and called my name she looked at my with her thunbs up and said 'this guys awesome u guys have got this'. So we were relaxed from the start. He said he would call us back in a moment and said...

unfortuanly...i cant stamp u because my supervisors are in ameeting but ur green card will come soon. I simply said 'hey maybe i can wait for the meeting to be over?" And said it's cool so i went down to get a coffee came up AND HE STAMPED MY PASSPORT!!!

we got sooooo lucky the guy was just awesome! He was so chill. He just got it. I was soooo clsoe to re-arrnanging because i realised i left my passport at home while we were waiting to be called. Luckily i had my friend run to my place and drop it off right to me just before we got called. This was the federal plaza nyc office and i would have thought this would be a really tough scary and serious place but it was soooo relaxed. our appointment was at 130pm we got called aorun3 which my lawyer said was good bcause the interviewer finishes work at 4 and probably won't wnt to keep us long!! i'm 23 he's 36.... we handled it so relaxed that they did too.

Super happy havnt seem my mum in a year, booked my flight to london the next day!

Our proofs:

50 photo's (mostly alone out and about a few with friends) Looked at them VERY breifly. looked at ALL our proofs breifyl just looked at US!

joint bank account

joint cable bill

joint family plan tmobile bill

filled taxed together

joint car insurance

and thats all!! We don't even have a joint lease, he's not on my house that i own in london, and i'm not on his house that he owns in nyc. Though this will probbaly change soon and we'll have better proof for out never filling in 2 years.

so very blessed and could have had a really mean person but he guy was uper cool if u guys have him you'll ace it!!

Also, i was playing with his shirt sleeve, and touching im effectionaly and looking at him with the lots of love, more than on an average converstaion because i knew i was being watched, and bc i do really love this man, the message got across. normally i would jsut talk and not even toch him, bc it's just normal and we're married we're over our honeymoon stage but u have to play ii up for the interview.. chemistry and if you look GOOD together and match, is key!!

Wow! Congrats

[chimcham 18]

Hopefully other VJ members do not just read the first post...and actually pay attention the the replies and heed the warnings....The original post sounds like a fantasy land. Maybe its not all 100% accurate....who knows.

Edited June 21, 2012 by chimcham

[RainbowDucks 5]

I always thought the "key" (as you put it) was to be in a legitimate committed relationship with someone you truly love, and being honest (not "playing it up" for an interview) was the key?

I think to be flippant about such a serious process is misleading to others. And, to be honest, it's insulting to those that did things the honest way. Yes, you admitted it on your paperwork, but it was dishonest to work with a made up SS number to start off with.

Using a 'made up' Social security number is (to my knowledge) not legal. You could have applied for one yourself easily, but then again, it would have been clearly marked "not valid for employment" without your green card.

It's a shame that so many of us do things the right way, even though it makes things hard financially, only to have others come along and do what you did, because it makes things harder for the next person when they crack down on it.

I'm happy for you that you got your passport stamped, but it worries me that others reading this who are on their journey might think that it's that easy for everyone, and even more afraid that they may actually think your advice is sound.

[Xanax 349]

Actually, you DID that. Making up an SSN = pretending to be a US citizen = very illegal.

No... Lot's of non-citizens have SSN's!

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Actually, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled against this interpretation of the law. Unless it can be proven that the OP knew for a fact that the made-up social security number that was used was an actual valid social security number that had been issued to someone, she cannot be convicted of aggravated identity theft. See Flores-Figueroa v. United States.

She can still be charged with I-9 fraud. The SSN doesn't need to actually be assigned to someone else. Five years and $250K.

[Radkova 11]

you people are so freaking judgmental!! do you know how many have used a made up SSN and still got their GC. PLENTY!! he didn't claim to be a US citizen, the made up SSN might belong to someone or it might not. I'm not saying it was the right thing to do but it is what is.. Move on!!

[IPv6Freely 64]

Yikes. Shame on NYC office for approving this!

I think the worst part of this whole situation is that the first thing they thought to do after getting their green card was to hop online and tell everyone about how they broke the law to get it. Seriously...?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

you people are so freaking judgmental!! do you know how many have used a made up SSN and still got their GC. PLENTY!! he didn't claim to be a US citizen, the made up SSN might belong to someone or it might not. I'm not saying it was the right thing to do but it is what is.. Move on!!

Are you SERIOUS?

She admits her employer made up an SSN for her and she admits to working illegally. If the employer put US citizen on her I-9, she's in a LOT of trouble.

[chimcham 18]

No judgement here...only respect for those who have the respect and honesty to do things the right way. Unfortunately the world is full of people who feel entitled and try to get around the system. The OP is lucky, that's all.

[sn530 27]

Congratulations! Hope things continue to work out in your favor and good luck with your future endeavour!

[orangedesk 27]

I don't normally go in this forum, but this thread showed up on the main page. I should probably set aside my personal feelings about the OP's use of words, language and overall arrogance about this topic, but wow...

First of all, the OP's user name looks like a first name and last initial. I bet it wouldn't be hard to figure out exactly who this person is if someone from the government really does read this forum, as speculated. What about the email address used to sign up for this site? Wouldn't she be afraid of the mods reporting her? Maybe there's a reason why these posts are never deleted and can only be edited after a short time.

If she's in a real, legitimate relationship, then she just got lucky. I wanted to ignore this thread, but this whole situation makes me sad when I think about all of the effort me and my guy have put in to do things right and legally - all the time we've had to spend apart. He's from the UK too and visited twice under the VWP and never overstayed. Everyone on this forum who has to deal with sacrifice... the OP's post is just a slap in the face.

Edited June 22, 2012 by orangedesk

[chimcham 18]

I wanted to ignore this thread, but this whole situation makes me sad when I think about all of the effort me and my guy have put in to do things right and legally - all the time we've had to spend apart.

Everyone on this forum who has to deal with sacrifice... the OP's post is just a slap in the face.

Precisely!

[Hypnos 6,576]

Since you have essentially given USCIS a signed confession admitting to a federal crime (I-9 fraud) I would expect major problems in your future, particularly for ROC / naturalisation and especially if you made a false claim of US citizenship on the I-9.

Short of murder, a false claim of citizenship is one of the worst crimes you can commit in the eyes of USCIS. Any benefits they have granted you in the past (green card, citizenship, etc.) can be revoked and as others have stated there is no waiver or appeal in such a case. You would be deported back to the UK without being able to pass Go or collect $200.