RO_AH

Exactly!!!   Someone at PhilPost opened the box, liked what they saw...  *poof*

This is why you never ever use USPS to send anything to the Philippines 

Maybe he wants to check whether the AP was produced before he left and it is in the mail? Maybe that way they get lucky? But he has left for a month and no AP in the mail, so I doubt it, most likely the case was abandoned.
 
I guess this is another advantage of doing a IR1/CR1 visa rather than K1.
 
 

As geowrian said, just be honest. Just be honest and confident in your answers. You are not doing anything wrong so why would you lie. Sounds like you are feeling guilty or worried for no reason and that will make you nervous when questioned. Get that all out of your head.

Nah, I opted for a younger husband ;-)
Yes it is good to point out the red flags and to give good advice. However no one here on this board has a crystal ball or is a fortune teller ( are there any here on this forum) so statements as that she is definitely going to leave him are imo inappropriate.
 
 
I  know many people with a huge age gap, and there isn't always a financial or immigrant benefit involved. 
 

Nothing wrong with giving advice and listing potential red flags. But I have seen postings here that had nothing to do with giving advice but are crossing a line of what is considered appropriate. I guess it's a form of immigration forum deformation where people have seen to much fraud cases and became cynical.
 
The rest I totally agree with you and hopefully OP won't be blinded by his feelings but also remains some rationality. That way HE ( not us ) can determine whether this a genuine relationship or not.

I'm strictly speaking to if he planned to remain in the US after getting married - fraud would be suspected. Should of clarified better - its been a long day!
 
If you plan to go back to Canada after getting married then yes you'd apply for the spouse visa and wait for that in Canada. 

This is completely wrong. You can get married in the USA. She can apply for spouse visa. You can visit her or she can visit you until visa is approved. If you will visit her you need to show strong ties that you will return. Having a job and residence in Canada will help. The fact  that you married and then returned shows that you are not trying to get around immigration.

You can visit during the process. My husband and I visited and I was there for 5 months during the process. 
 
Your best bet is probably a spouse visa since you get a green card and can get a job/us driver's license etc right away.

Elephant in the room or not, as you said, there is no legal basis for denial of the application. If they did deny it and age WAS a factor, it would mean a massive human-rights violation / age discrimination had been committed by a government body. That's not going to happen. Give me a break.
 
The OP is completely and perfectly fine with submitting an application, it's not a "dangerous decision".
 
And lastly, to most people who posted in this thread: This forum SHOULD be about the legality rather than crude assumptions, speculation, scare-tactics, and misinformation. You should be trying to HELP people find the proper and legal information they're looking for, not saying "there's no way she's into you". It's not our place (or the governments) to tell two complete strangers how they should think, feel, or act towards each other. If they want to get married, there is nothing at all to stop them, especially people's opinions on age.

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You are getting some real bad legal advice. I mean REALLY bad. With your posts we can only see one side of this and As I said before I really hope the best for her.

Mr travel:
To your question: did you meet on Facebook?  Yes, I am in several ecommerce  groups. She befriended  and the conversation was only ecommerce and how to develop websites for shopify. Shopify, is a platform to sell anything around  the world  like eBay.  We chatted and I call her via Facebook  call, and exchange  pictures  of ourselves and selfies. I said I was  a single  man, raised  a stepdaughter who is currently  a doctor, and my daughter  is studying overseas  in Seoul. Yes,  I just  turned 62, but i look  like a 45 year old man.  The conversations got longer  and we share the same goals and values. I am going to visit her in Morocco  in the next six months for 10 days. Then we see how things turn out. There is no guarantee  that what will  turn. I am just asking  these  questions so I know how to proceed  if she  turns out to be the  person I am searching for. I will be happy to provide  my fb profile  to those that think I am a old geezer.  Thanks to everybody that provided their insights.

Do they now? They really marry out if their culture? I did not say they don't marry non-Moroccans so please don't put words in my mouth.  My sister-in-law cannot marry a non-Muslim and the rest of the women are encouraged to marry within their culture either Moroccan or Berber.  They may marry on-Moroccans but they don't stray far away from their Arabic or Berber roots. I'm not an expert but I don't think my husband (who is Moroccan) would lie to me when explaining their culture for both men and women. 

I'd love to see the statistics to back up your claim that European countries produces more visa fraud.
 
Do you have any? 
 
A good rule of thumb that's been mentioned before is: if your country has access to use the VWP/ESTA program - you're considered a low risk county. If I remember correctly, most of Europe can use the VWP?
 
Also, no one is saying because you're from a poor country you're definitely scamming for a visa. It makes it a hell of a lot less likely you'd be scamming for a visa when you're coming from a more economically stable country where you have a good quality of life, right? 
 
Edit - although not gospel or official USCIS data, I'll leave this here for you (you'll get pretty much the same results with every hit):
 
High Risk Countries

Legally yes but let's not pretend age isn't a factor here.  It is the huge gigantic elephant in the room.  And in this case 40 years is a massive factor. 
 
Never say never again comes to mind.  However the reality of the situation is I don't know any 24 year old ladies that want to marry someone 40 years their elder.  In this case the people who are concerned on this board have every right to point out the dangerous decision the OP is making, judging or not.  Sometimes judging without knowing is justified, especially in a situation where the odds are overwhelming against working out.      

I would never say anything is impossible when it comes to love. I am 25 years older than my soon to be wife. We will be married in her country in September and go the spousal visa route instead of fiance. Our relationship is 6 1/2 years old and we have spent a lot of time together so I have no concerns over scrutiny. Also in her country it is not uncommon at all for younger woman to marry older men. I can not speak for Morocco as I am not familiar at all with their customs and culture. However as other have said you will receive much more scrutiny if it does not fall within their customs and culture.
 
One bit of advice. Our hearts seem to toss out all critical thinking in matters of love. I always tell people it is okay to follow your heart but MAKE SURE that you use your mind as a filter as to what makes it to your heart. Your mind will see warning signs that your heart will ignore. People have been scammed often look back and see all of those warning signs that were ignored. Is she talking to you a lot about coming to USA? You haven't even met in person yet how can either of you be thinking about spending the rest of your life together? Like one other person said, a good test is to say that you really want to be with her and don't want to wait so long for the migration process. See how she feels about you moving there to be with her instead. If she is not immediately accepting of that I would be extremely suspicious.

I would never say anything is impossible when it comes to love. I am 25 years older than my soon to be wife. We will be married in her country in September and go the spousal visa route instead of fiance. Our relationship is 6 1/2 years old and we have spent a lot of time together so I have no concerns over scrutiny. Also in her country it is not uncommon at all for younger woman to marry older men. I can not speak for Morocco as I am not familiar at all with their customs and culture. However as other have said you will receive much more scrutiny if it does not fall within their customs and culture.
 
One bit of advice. Our hearts seem to toss out all critical thinking in matters of love. I always tell people it is okay to follow your heart but MAKE SURE that you use your mind as a filter as to what makes it to your heart. Your mind will see warning signs that your heart will ignore. People have been scammed often look back and see all of those warning signs that were ignored. Is she talking to you a lot about coming to USA? You haven't even met in person yet how can either of you be thinking about spending the rest of your life together? Like one other person said, a good test is to say that you really want to be with her and don't want to wait so long for the migration process. See how she feels about you moving there to be with her instead. If she is not immediately accepting of that I would be extremely suspicious.

I would never say anything is impossible when it comes to love. I am 25 years older than my soon to be wife. We will be married in her country in September and go the spousal visa route instead of fiance. Our relationship is 6 1/2 years old and we have spent a lot of time together so I have no concerns over scrutiny. Also in her country it is not uncommon at all for younger woman to marry older men. I can not speak for Morocco as I am not familiar at all with their customs and culture. However as other have said you will receive much more scrutiny if it does not fall within their customs and culture.
 
One bit of advice. Our hearts seem to toss out all critical thinking in matters of love. I always tell people it is okay to follow your heart but MAKE SURE that you use your mind as a filter as to what makes it to your heart. Your mind will see warning signs that your heart will ignore. People have been scammed often look back and see all of those warning signs that were ignored. Is she talking to you a lot about coming to USA? You haven't even met in person yet how can either of you be thinking about spending the rest of your life together? Like one other person said, a good test is to say that you really want to be with her and don't want to wait so long for the migration process. See how she feels about you moving there to be with her instead. If she is not immediately accepting of that I would be extremely suspicious.

At this point I think he's just making up. 

I would never say anything is impossible when it comes to love. I am 25 years older than my soon to be wife. We will be married in her country in September and go the spousal visa route instead of fiance. Our relationship is 6 1/2 years old and we have spent a lot of time together so I have no concerns over scrutiny. Also in her country it is not uncommon at all for younger woman to marry older men. I can not speak for Morocco as I am not familiar at all with their customs and culture. However as other have said you will receive much more scrutiny if it does not fall within their customs and culture.
 
One bit of advice. Our hearts seem to toss out all critical thinking in matters of love. I always tell people it is okay to follow your heart but MAKE SURE that you use your mind as a filter as to what makes it to your heart. Your mind will see warning signs that your heart will ignore. People have been scammed often look back and see all of those warning signs that were ignored. Is she talking to you a lot about coming to USA? You haven't even met in person yet how can either of you be thinking about spending the rest of your life together? Like one other person said, a good test is to say that you really want to be with her and don't want to wait so long for the migration process. See how she feels about you moving there to be with her instead. If she is not immediately accepting of that I would be extremely suspicious.

But what if the green card is not the only main purpose. Let's say that the person genuinely wants to spent her/his life with the USC, they are just not in love.

Wrong again. I worked in Divorce Court for a very very long time. A text message is not admissable as evidence. I remember only one Annulment that was granted and that was where the wife asked for annulment, because the parties never had sex before marriage and the husband had some sort of dysfunction in that area and was unable to have a "normal sex life" or have children.
Typically for a no-fault state, Fault isnt even discussed. It was few simple questions: Have the objects of martimony broken down and there is no likelihood that the marriage can be reconciled?  Were your statements in your petition true at the time it was filed , and are they true today? If the court does not grant you a divorce, can you go back to your spouse and live as husband and wife? Simple
I would wonder the purpose of seeking an anullment, would it be to have the court find a finding of marriage fraud and submit that to prevent her from Adjusting her status? 
It seems as if this is all about revenge and basically you both made a mistake in entering the marriage. Sometimes you just have to wash your hands of a situation and move on. Being consumed with revenge and hurting the other person may backfire and just cause you more pain and definitley a lot more money. She isn't entitled to any spousal support and none of your assets, she left with a backpack, how difficult could that be? Just move on as peacefully as possible. This marriage was only a few months, why drag out a divorce and entire process longer than the marriage lasted? 🤔

Why would you have to withdraw an application for a fiance visa that has been approved and dealt with and is history? You were doing Adjustment of Status? 

wow using something that can be faked in less than 5 minutes as good enough evidence for marriage annulment.
 
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