I am a USC who sucessfully filed an AOS for my husband in 2006. The process was long and complicated, not to mention very expensive for a new family but the sacrifies were well worth it. I don't regret it for a moment and can relate to the feelings of confusion, anxiety and frustration those who are in the process of filing an AOS.
However, I have come to learn that a relative of a friend is currently in the process of committing fraud. She agreed to enter into a marriage to a man who paid her unknown sum of money for the purpose of him obtaining permanent residency in the US. The marriage is obviously fake because after entering into this (faux) relationship, she went to live with another male, participated in a cultural wedding celebration with this second male and gave birth to the second male's son. They have since dissolved their relationship and although the second male's name is on their son's birth certificate, she told my friend that while in immigration court, she told the judge the her legal husband is the father of her child. This is mostly second-hand information from my friend, while some details have been substantialized (such as her second marriage, her child), most of it is from what my friend shared with me, since she knows I went through the same process (only my marriage is bona fide).
While I can sympathize with the immigration process and while I think some policies are unfair, hearing about this made me angry. I told my husband and he said it's none of my business and that this is all second hand information and I should stop involving myself in other people's affairs.
What are your thoughts and what would you do?
However, I have come to learn that a relative of a friend is currently in the process of committing fraud. She agreed to enter into a marriage to a man who paid her unknown sum of money for the purpose of him obtaining permanent residency in the US. The marriage is obviously fake because after entering into this (faux) relationship, she went to live with another male, participated in a cultural wedding celebration with this second male and gave birth to the second male's son. They have since dissolved their relationship and although the second male's name is on their son's birth certificate, she told my friend that while in immigration court, she told the judge the her legal husband is the father of her child. This is mostly second-hand information from my friend, while some details have been substantialized (such as her second marriage, her child), most of it is from what my friend shared with me, since she knows I went through the same process (only my marriage is bona fide).
While I can sympathize with the immigration process and while I think some policies are unfair, hearing about this made me angry. I told my husband and he said it's none of my business and that this is all second hand information and I should stop involving myself in other people's affairs.
What are your thoughts and what would you do?
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