Brit Abroad

You could have (and should have) reported the fraud to USCIS as soon as you realized.
Please do it ASAP, and then be done with it and let USCIS do their investigation.
Start by writing up the facts and gathering the evidence.
No action will be taken against you in any way, so don't worry about that. Good luck.
I requested this be moved to a forum that discusses this sort of thing, and there there is a thread on how to report fraud to USCIS.

HUH? Illegal to get married on a student visa?
Please stop posting nonsense.
good luck

To be fair, his case does not seem that sympathetic.

It's possible he has a bar for non-compliance of a deportation order. He should consult with an experienced immigration attorney, as his case is certainly not a DIY one.

~~general immigration from IR1/CR1 process and procedures as OP isn't sure they want a spousal or K1 visa, and is looking for alternatives to a family visa~~



We married sooner than we would have if immigration (either to Canada or to the USA) wasn't an issue, but I wanted to marry my husband as it was. I knew before he asked me to marry him that he was the one I wanted forever in my life. That's why I said yes. I wanted him to be in my life, however necessary. I would have liked to go the route of living together and then getting married, but I wasn't about to let him get away, and he wasn't about to let me get away either. Being together was more important than either where we lived, how much money we made, or who else felt it was important. My brother stopped talking to me the day we filed for me to move to the USA because he didn't agree with our decision. Other family members have yelled and gotten angry. I've explained where we were coming from and then told them that the decision was ours, no one else's, and we did not need to explain ourselves to anyone. No one needs to know our private conversations on how we reach OUR decisions. As long as other people control your lives, and you let them, there is no future for you as a couple. My husband is my rock and I am his. He is my best friend and I am his. We go through this world together, side by side.
If your girlfriend doesn't want to marry you, then a long distance relationship, or finding a work visa, is the best you're going to get. IMHO, I'd find someone new, knowing someone didn't want to marry me. Especially if it was because their family had decided they didn't like it. My family didn't tell me what to do, this is my life. I wouldn't want a spouse who couldn't stand on their own two feet or stand up for me. But that's me.

He cannot marry someone else after arriving on a K1 and stay. You can report him to USCIS and ICE for visa fraud if you choose. Or you can forget him and move on with your life, thankful that you did not marry him or apply for his adjustment of status. I suggest unfriending or blocking this person on facebook. Getting reminders of things like this is just painful and there's no reason to cause yourself pain.

Actually marrying a person just to get a green card is fraud, the rest just sounds like a truly crappy relationship and ugly divorce. Crappy relationships and ugly divorces go on all the time in the USA and most of the rest of the world. When two people get so angry that they spend their divorce just trying to screw over the other person, the only one who wins is the lawyers, they're going to love you guys. Go to your lawyer, file the divorce first, you'll be in a better position. You can also go to the local sheriff or police and request an escort to get your belongings from the house you've been thrown out of. Which itself is illegal in most jurisdictions. If she refuses to give you the green card with the sheriff there, you have a witness of them keeping your property. You can get a judge to order them to turn if over or be held in contempt of court. Also no lawyer is going to withhold that green card from you because the know doing so is illegal and risks their ability to practice law in their state.
I know you're pissed, I don't blame you for being so even if I don't know the whole story. But acting out in anger and revenge is more likely to get you screwed than to your benefit in both the short and the long term. Be civil, and be smart and you'll be in a much better place at the end of this mess.

Good luck getting anyone in the general public to care. To them, Immigration = Illegals = To Be Stopped.

I would get a copy of all your receipts, write a respectful letter kindly requesting that they reimburse you for the expenses. Reiterate that nothing they gave you stated that you had to be a citizen to apply for this job. The application didn't mention it, in fact it did just the opposite, it indicated you only had to be legally authorized to work in this country. So you flew out at your own expense, relying on the information that they had given you which indicated you only had to be legal to work in this country. And I would just ask them to reimburse you for it. And also mention the time you had to take off from work.
Maybe they will, maybe they won't. I think it's the kind of thing where if you state your case clearly and ask respectfully, you might have a chance that they may reimburse you for some portion of it if not all of it. They really should as they were clearly in the wrong. If citizenship is a requirement the application should have asked "Are you a US Citizen?" But it didn't. And you were misled by that omission into believing you met all the basic requirements for the job.
If they won't reimburse you there's really not much you can do about it. You could sue them but as others have pointed out - it's way more trouble and expense than it's worth.

Yes you can sue but chances are your lawyer's fees will exceed the amount you're owed. You could sue in the lower courts but that would require your presence in court, meaning more trips and time off work etc... You lose either way.
Having said that, consider writing the office of the Governor of Wyoming and see if they would agree to refund any part of your expenses. I think it is a long shot but you have nothing to lose but the stamp.

Sounds like you have been issued a recycled SSN. Either it's incorrectly issued by SSA, or it hasn't been cleared off the Credit Reference Agencies list of defunct SSNs.

Start with the SSA office. Ask them to verify that the SSN you have been given is correct and that your personal details attached to it are correct. Assuming this is so, ask them to print multiple copies of them out on headed stationery. Google the numbers for each of the credit reference agencies and call them, requesting the mailing address for you to send an SSN correction record. They should be able to contact the SSA and ask them to confirm and correct the credit reference tables they use.

Sounds like you have been issued a recycled SSN. Either it's incorrectly issued by SSA, or it hasn't been cleared off the Credit Reference Agencies list of defunct SSNs.

Start with the SSA office. Ask them to verify that the SSN you have been given is correct and that your personal details attached to it are correct. Assuming this is so, ask them to print multiple copies of them out on headed stationery. Google the numbers for each of the credit reference agencies and call them, requesting the mailing address for you to send an SSN correction record. They should be able to contact the SSA and ask them to confirm and correct the credit reference tables they use.

Sounds like you have been issued a recycled SSN. Either it's incorrectly issued by SSA, or it hasn't been cleared off the Credit Reference Agencies list of defunct SSNs.

Start with the SSA office. Ask them to verify that the SSN you have been given is correct and that your personal details attached to it are correct. Assuming this is so, ask them to print multiple copies of them out on headed stationery. Google the numbers for each of the credit reference agencies and call them, requesting the mailing address for you to send an SSN correction record. They should be able to contact the SSA and ask them to confirm and correct the credit reference tables they use.

Sounds like you have been issued a recycled SSN. Either it's incorrectly issued by SSA, or it hasn't been cleared off the Credit Reference Agencies list of defunct SSNs.

Start with the SSA office. Ask them to verify that the SSN you have been given is correct and that your personal details attached to it are correct. Assuming this is so, ask them to print multiple copies of them out on headed stationery. Google the numbers for each of the credit reference agencies and call them, requesting the mailing address for you to send an SSN correction record. They should be able to contact the SSA and ask them to confirm and correct the credit reference tables they use.

To qualify for file for citizenship through marriage to a US citizen for three years the alien must be in a valid marriage and be living with the US citizen. If they aren't living together then she isn't qualified.

it is illegal to enter the US on a non-immigrant visa with the intent to immigrate.
People do it all the time, however, and many do not know it is wrong.
Once in the US, if allowed entry, then intent to immigrate upon entry is not a reason to deny an AOS.
If the person lies to gain entry to the US then they will be banned for life for misrepresentation.

Tell your mother to set you up with that rich girl. Play along while bringing your actual wife here.
Once wife is here, stop all communication with rich girl and mother, horribly shaming mother.
Live life.

I find it disheartening how many people show no compassion to others who were born into less than desirable circumstances. Every normal parent wants the best opportunities for their child, this is natural. How far would YOU go to get your child a better life if you lived in a country where their very survival was at risk? How many of you move to get into good school catchment areas and away from bad neighborhoods the second you can afford to do so?

Considering an accident of birth made you a citizen of a first world country, don't be so arrogant.

I find it disheartening how many people show no compassion to others who were born into less than desirable circumstances. Every normal parent wants the best opportunities for their child, this is natural. How far would YOU go to get your child a better life if you lived in a country where their very survival was at risk? How many of you move to get into good school catchment areas and away from bad neighborhoods the second you can afford to do so?

Considering an accident of birth made you a citizen of a first world country, don't be so arrogant.

I am surprised someone has not tried to take a pickaxe to the Statue of Liberty to remove its plaque...

I find it disheartening how many people show no compassion to others who were born into less than desirable circumstances. Every normal parent wants the best opportunities for their child, this is natural. How far would YOU go to get your child a better life if you lived in a country where their very survival was at risk? How many of you move to get into good school catchment areas and away from bad neighborhoods the second you can afford to do so?

Considering an accident of birth made you a citizen of a first world country, don't be so arrogant.

Then you go to jail and appear before a judge, rather than agreeing to something you believed not to be true. They were pressuring you into admitting something that they believed (regardless of whether it was true or not; you say it wasn't, they say it was). If they had accused you of murder would you have agreed to that as well? There's a good chance they were simply bluffing (which they are allowed to do) with the aim of getting you to admit it, which they successfully got you to do.
It sounds like you were going to be performing what according to the legal definition would have been work. CBP suspected it, and strongarmed you into admitting it.
Either way, you're beyond the scope of a DIY form now. You should consult with a lawyer experienced in waivers, but given that you voluntarily signed a document admitting your violation, I wouldn't be holding your breath.
Never, ever, ever sign anything you do not agree with 100%. They (the police, CBP, heck even an agreement for a store card) want your signature because it makes things a million times easier for them. A week ago I had to sign something for my own lawyer and I sat there for ten minutes reading it before I did so, and if I hadn't agreed to it completely I wouldn't have. Did it annoy her having to wait? I have no idea, nor do I really care about that, because if I'm putting my name on something then it's ultimately my ####### on the line if something goes south.

This is not true. No need to spread rumors based on misinformation.

i see two extremes:
1. after talking with the landlord about the impossibility of proving up these things with a recent K-1 visa holder - said landlord waives all doc requirements on her.
2. you get a private rental elsewhere that isn't so strict.
inbetween these extremes - you'll find some middle ground

No he did not.