Proxy marriage and work visa

[Sunlove 0]

Hi,

I have tried to find answer to my question, but no luck so far. I'm Finnish citizen myself. I am about to marry Texan inmate by proxy. I have no wish to move to US at the moment, but might want later, after I finish my studies. I would like to know, does my marriage have any affect on me getting work visa in US?

Thank you for your help!

[canadian_wife 1,823]

USCIS does not recognize proxy marriages. The marriage must be consumated before USCIS recognizes it. Although you should detail your marriage on any form for a work visa you apply for.

Good luck

[Sunlove 0]

USCIS does not recognize proxy marriages. The marriage must be consumated before USCIS recognizes it. Although you should detail your marriage on any form for a work visa you apply for.

Good luck

This one I knew already, but I wonder will it prevent me to get work permit later. I plan to request work permit based on my education and work place, not my marriage.

[aaron2020 11,651]

This one I knew already, but I wonder will it prevent me to get work permit later. I plan to request work permit based on my education and work place, not my marriage.

To get a work visa, you will need a US employer who is willing to apply for one on your behalf. You cannot just go apply for a work visa and then try finding a job in the US because that is not how the system works.

There are very specific criteria to letting a foreign national into the US to work. It is bad public policy to let foreign nationals into the US when US citizens are unemployed and can do the work. So, the US employer must prove to the US Dept. of Labor that no US person was available or qualified before the employer is given permission to apply for a work visa to bring the necessary talent into the US. Generally, this person must have a degree in a industry with a shortage of workers.

What is it that you do? What is your degree in?

[Boiler 45,661]

It should not be an issue.

Most Work Visa's allow dual intent which sounds like the issue you are concerned about.

Which work visa do you have in mind.

[mallafri 0]

You don't have to marry by proxy in Texas, just go get the marriage license with an affidavite from your incarcerated boyfriend and a person stepping in for him, then you can get married at his prison. You can immigrate based on your marriage if both of you were present at the wedding cermony. Many prisons in Texas perform marriage cermonies on the inside, just make sure you have everything set up with his prison before going to apply for the marriage license.

[Sunlove 0]

Thanks for answers. I am a chef, but I am studying at the moment, and I will graduate from university. My field is traveling, hotel business etc. and because I am multilingual with many languages, I think it will benefit me. I am aware of what are requirements to get work visa, how educated I need to be and it is why I am studying more all the time. I am in no hurry, I want to be able to benefit US when I move there, not burden it

[JFH 12,190]

You don't have to marry by proxy in Texas, just go get the marriage license with an affidavite from your incarcerated boyfriend and a person stepping in for him, then you can get married at his prison. You can immigrate based on your marriage if both of you were present at the wedding cermony. Many prisons in Texas perform marriage cermonies on the inside, just make sure you have everything set up with his prison before going to apply for the marriage license.

All TDCJ units do not permit marriages to take place in the prison. Federal prisons may be different. If the OP's boyfriend is on a TDCJ unit then it will be a proxy marriage.